Turkey Necks and Sloppy Joes

Sunday, October 6th, I got up fairly early so I could start my crockpot ribs!  I got to smell the ribs all morning and I only missed getting to smell them when I went out for a Hash with Southside.  The ribs were fantastic by the time I got back :-)  Not a horrible way to spend a Sunday!

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Monday, October 7th, we didn't have PT in the morning because we had a sequence rehearsal for the CSM change of responsibility which can be worse than a change of command because CSMs never know how to shut up :-P  One of the CSMs had some pretty fantastic one liners including "you can tell by my turkey neck and sagging belly."

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Tuesday, October 8th, was a fairly normal day though the top ranks of the band were out at the M9 range.  We worked, there was drama due to the government shut down.  Fairly normal stuff at this point.

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Wednesday, October 9th, we did half mile sprints for PT and then had a fairly normal day.  We were suppose to have concert band in the morning, meetings and paperwork in the afternoon.

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Thursday, October 10th, was a long day.  We did buddy exercises in the morning for PT.  We had a sequence rehearsal in the morning and then classes (which were frustrating as hell).  Then we had a Honor Guard Ceremony in which I marched.  It was frustrating and long and hot.  Afterwards, I stayed late working on paperwork for training and for my squad.  I treated myself to a milkshake from Once Upon a Milkshake.

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Friday, October 11th, was the start of my four day weekend for Columbus Day. I slept in a bit and then met up with Sam for a day of shopping.  We went over to Garden5 (where we had the joint concert last week).  We got these really strange corn shaped, bread with cream in the middle things at the subway which were fantastic.  Then we had fun, spicy hotdogs.  When we left, we had small cakes (that I had eyed last week!)   We shopped the hell out of the food, can't say we did much actual shopping though!  We've decided we are both good window shoppers but are horrible at committing to an actual purchase!  We headed back to post and ran into a couple other band guys in Itaewon so we had coffee with them and then showed them some of the funny things we found at the Hamiliton Shopping Center.  We also found the Korean version of a Claires which was lots of fun.  We headed back on post and went to the Navy Club since it was $1 beer night!  I ended up meeting up with a bunch of people and it was pretty hysterical.  One of the guys had a bit too much to drink so I walked him home and then had movie night with another friend (we watched Airplane which I hadn't seen in forever!)

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Saturday, October 12th, I rolled out of bed to go run the Columbus Day 5K fun run on post.  A couple of other band folk and Carter also ran which was nice!  I ran with Herold for a bit but he took off on me, but I still ended in around 27:00.  Afterwards we got Jamba Juice!  I showered and relaxed for a bit before meeting up with Sam and we went and got our nails done - Mani and Pedi.  I think I terrified the Korean lady with the amount of calluses on my feet.  Then we went and got her watch battery replaced and shopping around a bit on post.  We decided to go out to Itaewon to go have dinner at the Rose and Crown and didn't realize that the Itaewon Global Festival was going on.  They had shut down the street and lined it with tents - Sam and I decided to walk down the middle which was crazy crowded.  I led the way, since I am the giantess, and helped break our way through the crowds.  There were tents with all sorts of world arts and music, but predominately the tents were filled with different types of ethnic foods.  And it was an odd assortment of countries - USA, France, Germany, Kenya, Uzbekistan... very random.  The US tents had boiled crab, hot dogs and sloppy joes.  I was really excited at the Ecuador tent which had horchata!  I had us stop and buy some - it wasn't as good as the horchata from my Taco Stand in Fernley, but it still tasted like being back in NV.  We decided it wasn't worth trying to fight for food so we went with the first plan and got a table at the Rose and Crown.  I had Young's Double Chocolate Stout (which was fantastic!) and Sam had an Irish Cream Ale.  We both had a salad (because the dressing is soo good and I am trying to figure out what its made of!) and then we split the Fish and Chips and the Shepards Pie.  After dinner, we trotted down to the Bampo bridge to watch the water and lights show.  Afterwards, we came back to my place to watch Pitch Perfect.  Sam stayed the night since it was late by the time we were done with the movie, plus the festival was creating so much noise that Sam wouldn't have been able to sleep at her place anyway.

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Sunday, October 13th, was an extremely lazy day for me.  I rolled out of bed fairly late, went and grabbed some coffee and then got pulled into a book and couldn't stop until I finished it.  I finished the third book of the Hunger Games Trilogy, Mockingjay and it left me in quite a funk.  The trilogy really makes you think about what we as a species are capable of and what could possibly happen.  I walked down to the commissary to stock up on food and made beef stroganoff for dinner (though it wasn't nearly as good as Moms!)  I got to skype with a friend and then watched some tv online before deciding I should call it a night.

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