Not for the men to read

Ok, the women will understand this: I scheduled a dentists appointment (A cleaning) and a Pap smear in the SAME morning! What was I thinking?! Anyway, both appointments went well. I now have an Ortho consult to see about fixing my teeth, and I had to get X-Rays done on my left knee as apparently I have some kind of fracture there. Checking that out tomorrow.
But I tell you what?! Is there anything more humiliating then being up on that table, legs spread eagle for the doctor to see. (Male doctor) I KNOW that it's necessary, and that they see this stuff ALL the time, but STILL, it freaken SUCKS.
Sorry had to gripe a wee bit.

Similarities

We had a class at church this afternoon called UU101! :-D Kewl class. We first went around the table and introduced ourselves and gave a brief background of our religious upbringing and what had brought us to Unitarian Universalism. The very interesting thing was that with all the differences, the stories just about mirrored each other in that most of us had found at some point in our lives that the traditional religion, the patriarchal Christianity, had not meant anything to us at all, and that we just didn't "feel" it. There was something that we were missing, and that religion wasn't filling. And most of us were not really into spouting words that we just didn't believe. As my pastor says, we wanted to maintain personal integrity. What led me to the UU church was my mother who took me to one almost 2 years ago in Greensboro, NC, and since then I have found that it is a comfortable place to be. Since being out of an "organized" church for many years, I missed the community, the sense of a place to belong, and for me, the UU church here in Augusta has filled that spot. Although I do have to say, that when I tell people what church I attend I get those looks of "ooo evil", because most people have a misunderstanding of what Unitarian Universalism is. Even I did not know a lot before I attended the class today. Anyhow, it's a good day, although I didn't sleep all that well last night. Got into a pretty serious argument with the one I love, and I hate arguing. However all is well now, we talked things out, and I really think that the argument in one sense helped. Does that make sense at all?

Not so new journalist

New link on the sidebar all, this time linking to someone near and dear to my heart. He's a strange person, and that reflects in his writing, but it's fun:-D E.g. he has a major thing about Disney and I love it. This is the man I want to marry? Eeeegads what am I thinking ROFL:-D Is ok though, I love him dearly anyway.

Rainy mornings

I walked out of my room this morning to go put laundry in the washer, and the moment I opened my door I got a blast of COLD air. Then I discovered that it was raining, so I turned around and grabbed my windbreaker. As I started walking over to the laundry facility I started walking on the grass, and almost fell on my A**!!! Freaken even the grass was iced over! Hehehe. KEWL as all get out in my opinion. After a year of extreme heat, this cold is cool, JUST so long as I DON'T have to go out in it all that often LOL.

OH MY G-D!! I have seen it snowing here, but this I have never seen before !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is my car this morning! Thank goodness today I clean my room and don't have to go anywhere.

Oh yeah,

And since all of you are wondering: I have 8 other siblings all younger then I. 5 sisters and 3 brothers. Yes, life was interesting growing up, but I wouldn't trade any of my sibs for anything in the world. (Well, maaaaaybe a million dollars ROFL MUMMY I am joking!)

Cutting of one's own hair

Ok be honest, how many of you did this when you were kids? I know I did, and just about all of my siblings as well. It seems to be a rite of passage in my family. My youngest sister (4) just up and chopped off all of her beautiful curls, and I am now only dreading what it must look like. Eeeek! I love my kids, but sheesh the silly things they do!
Going out with my company to a new bar tonight, should be entertaining:D

For your amusement: Me at 19, JUST before going to basic training in Fort Leonard Wood, MO. Check the retainer!!!!!

Bone Scans

I went in yesterday to have a bone scan done on my legs, to either rule out any bone abnormalities, or show what the heck is wrong with them. Before I went in, I was a wee nervous, as people that have had them before had told me all kinds of horror stories about this icky liquid you have to drink, and that you can't eat or drink. So I wasn't exactly thrilled at this prospect. I got there, signed in, and the doctor called me back and asked me to sit down so that he could give me a shot. When I asked about the liquid, he said nah, we just give it to you in shot form. YAY! I don't deal well with needles, not particularily fond of them, but a shot is better any day then having to drink something utterly gross. I did raise my eyebrows though when the needle he picked up said "Caution, radioactive" EXCUSE ME? hehehe. Necessary though for them to be able to see the bones though. He then released me for a few hours, told me to drink LOT's of liquid, whether it be water or otherwise, and that I could eat lunch. Good deal, I was starving! I came back 2 hours later, laid down on the table, and was fascinated by the machine. It looked and acted like something out of some freaky sci-fi show LOL. But it went well, I actually took a nap while they were scanning my legs. I will find out the results here in a few days.
I called my mother last night, as it was another sisters birthday, this time this one turns 12. Still very much a young girl, thankfully, I would much rather keep her that way as this sister is more my baby then my sister. Had a good conversation with Mummy though, about moving to VA (Which I am now trying to do) and Karaoke at the wedding. This was something my dearest boyfriend had suggested to her one night, and she very much took him seriously! ROFL, her reaction was funny. He was just trying to think of all the most outrageous things he could suggest to see how she would react hehehe.
I also recieved a phone call last night from a dear friend, and we talked for about an hour until his phone card ran out. We had a very entertaining conversation, he is still in Kuwait, getting ready to leave, and apparently having to deal with some things we left behind LOL. Towards the end of the conversation he asked a very interesting question, that unfortunatly I didn't have the chance to answer properly before time ran out. Bummer. One of these days I will share that with you as I think it would make an interesting blog, but maybe later. I need to get my day going, after PT this morning I came back to my room and napped LOL. Been staying up on the phone way too late but all for good reason:-D

Counters

I finally went and got around to installing one of those nifty little counters in my blog template, so as to have a general idea of how many visitors a day I get. Well, over the last three days I have had around 650 give or take a few, I haven't looked lately. BUT, what I find amusing, is my statistics. I used BlogPatrol.com, and on their site they give you a detailed listing of the top 20 search terms used. I just wanted to share them with you as one in particular, is laugh out loud funny.

cari gasiewicz (Google)
girl in army uniform (Yahoo)
life in this girl%27s army (Google)
%22this girl%27s army%22 (Google)
army girl pics (Yahoo)
avengerredsix.blogspot.com/ (Google)
cari gasiewicz pics (Google)
life in this girl%27s army (Yahoo)
LMTV photos (Yahoo)
MIDLE EAST SEX (Google) (OK CAN we say HUH? So curious as to WHY someone would be looking for this, and just how my web page came up.)
sgt lizzie (AOL)
sgtlizzie.blogspot.com (Yahoo)

anyway, just interesting tidbits that I am discovering. I am finally getting the chance to sit down and read other blogs besides the few I kept up with in Iraq, and even then not so much LOL.

Reconnecting

I had the chance last night to reconnect with an old friend of mine from years past via MSN messenger with Webcam. While we have never totally lost touch, our only contact has been via email and phone on occasion, so we haven't "seen" each other in 4 1/2 years. It was a load of fun, as he exclaimed with surprise as to how much I have physically changed, and that while I still bear some resemblence to the girl I was at 19, I look much older now:-D Wicked cool. Of course, he is still as good looking as ever ( I can never be accused of having bad taste in men (Quiet Mother) Anyway, it was just a lot of fun to chat again, catch up on life as it has treated us over the years. If you dear readers do one thing today, find an old friend, one you haven't talked to in awhile, and play catch up. It makes you feel so good inside.

Life goes on

Ah, the joys of the weekend, mean yet again I have to face Mondays. Ok not really a bad thing when you known darned well you aren't doing much all day. Today I have to submit a pass form so that I can head to Miami in the beginning of February, NOT waiting until the Presidents day weekend to see my beloved again, just ain't happening LOL. I also have to go get a new ID card as my ETS (When I get out of the service) date has changed while over seas. Re-enlisting will do that. I just hope that my picture this time isn't near as bad as the one I have now. I look positivly bloated! But nothing tops the picture taken April 7th 2000, my first day in the Army. I swear I look just like a young boy!!!!! That picture was so damned funny I had to ask to keep the ID card itself.
In other news, one of my longtime and most beloved readers has hit a few snags in life. Go visit him at http://www.churchofsteelle.com and if you can be of assistance, please do. He has some wonderful art prints available for sale:-D I know if I could I most certainly would get one for my room. (Ah damned cars, so expensive)
I went to my old church for the first time yesterday, and it was enjoyable being back in the company of people who think like I do. To explain, I attend the Unitarian Universalist church here in town, and the only way for me to explain that one is to recommend that you do a search online and read about the church itself. Anyway, the minister there, who hasn't seen me in over a year, was cracking jokes with me, checking to see if I had been shot, and when I looked at him and deadpanned that while, no, I hadn't gotten shot, I got blown up, you could have knocked him over with a feather. It was just funny. These days I really don't like to make a big deal about that fact as it is over and done with and I am recovering rapidly. Just another part of my life, that ranks up there with all the other bad things I tend to deal with and then move on. My philosophy in life is to deal with things as they come, then move past them. There isn't any point in dwelling on them, as if you do, you usually end up miserable, and since I am not a miserable person..........................Granted I also have to see psyche here shortly as it was doctor mandated back in Iraq, but hey, talking to someone isn't a bad thing. I am just not fond of military pyschologists. We shall see.

Me, dressed all up. The theme was 20's and I think I did pretty darned good:-D

Dressing up and playacting

Ah the things I love doing but get to do oh so rarely. The Augusta Symphony had a cocktail party that I decided to attend tonight. I was a wee apprehensive about going as 1. I was going alone, and 2. I am still missing a damned tooth. But it turned out really well, I enjoyed talking to people all evening, had a long coversation with one lady that was just a lot of fun. Got to try caviar for the first time ever, interesting ROFL:-D