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Rob and I at the beach in Pensacola

We've settled into somewhat of a routine. Rob goes to work at a different time each day, comes home at a different unpredictable time, but calls me before he comes home every time. :-) I prep dinner at 4pm so that it is almost ready to go for whenever he gets home. During the day, I partake of a variety of activities, including, but not limited to: checking my email, walking the dog, doing a Bible study, cleaning, doing yoga, researching topics on the internet or at the library (presently learning about going green), and tons of other fun stuff. Fridays the girls usually get together while the guys attend roll call (that ends at any given time between 5 and later). Saturdays, Rob and I usually reserve for us to hang out. And Sundays are church, relaxing, and prep. I'm sure only a fraction of you were interested in such details of our routine (our moms :-) and as a reward for the rest of you, I'll share some fun pictures.

This is Gus checking my email and doing my Bible study. He's such a spiritual dog.

The girls: Taryn (pregnant with twins!) and Katy

Lovely hostess Sarah and me

And the Guys: playing Rock Band at Sarah's after roll call

At the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola. I like to think Rob was proud of my airplane recognition as I was able to mostly identify the F-4, A-6, F-14 and Hellcat (it's one of my favorite dogfighters). Of course he was my own personal tour guide as we admired the planes, explaining what each was (hardly ever even looking at the display sign!) and its purpose. I'm a big sap when it comes to war heroes and the endurance of the human spirit so I teared up a lot at the displays like the one about the USS Forrestal and the huge fire that devastated the deck, killed hundreds, and inspired the remaining to acts of heroism to bring the fire into submission. In fact, I'm tearing up now. It's a beautiful and sad story. I also loved seeing retired Navy or Air Force men wearing shirts that said their call sign or another signification that said, "hey, I used to fly these" - those guys are so amazing!

This is Rob and I in the cockpit of the A-6. I'm his bombardier/navigator to his pilot. Can I get an "awww"?

Sunset in Pensacola

So I thought only dumb people in movies ever did this! I started to fill up the sink to soak some dishes, went to the other room and promptly forgot about the running sink. I returned just in time for my brain to go, "what is going... oh no!" Thankfully, it was just before I would have had water flowing over the sink!