I Can Do It!

I did two dives today. I have not tried it in 7 years since my trip to the Kerama Islands when I was in Okinawa. Next weekend I am taking a class that requires me to do 3 dives in one day and 2 the next. I have been worried that my ears would not allow me but I was fine today.
I also got us a dive camera. We are still working on learning how to use it!

Rain

We have not been doing much lately. It has been raining much more that I remember from the last 2 years. Two weeks ago the main road on the island was completely flooded at 530 in the morning. It was horrible. I passed 3 stalled cars and 2 wrecks on my way to work. 10 minutes later the number of stalled cars had tripled!

School is going well. Ronnie is not going this semester but my Oceanography class is kinda interesting. I am looking forward to the Anatomy and Physiology class I will take next semester in preparation for my year long school.

We are having trouble getting Ronnie orders. He applied for orders and was told that he was "a perfect fit" but the orders could not be granted because we had not submitted our spousal collocation. We have attempted to submit our paperwork, but I have been told that it will not be approved because I am going to school. He needs to have orders cut and I will request to be assigned where ever he is once my school is over. Once again we have 2 people telling us 2 different things. (DEEP BREATH to prevent me from screeming......EXHALE.) So, here we go on this wild ride! I guess we will have to wait and see what happens.....again.

Training

I found out this morning that I have been accepted to IDC school. This is a military school where I will learn how to manage basic medical conditions and run programs. We will leave Guam in May?!??? I won't get my official orders to transfer until February but my class starts in June.

Later

One thing that is difficult about the military is that you move every 2-3 years....and so does everyone else. In the last year, we have said, "See ya later" to several families and it does not gett any easier. The only good thing about this is the more people we see off, the closer we are to returning to the states!

Warly this week I submitted my package for school. Hopefully we will know in 2-4 weeks if I was accepted. I have no clue when we will be leaving Guam (should be April or May). It will take another 8-12 weeks or so to before we get to pick our date to move back.

We have also started looking for a house in Californina. Not a pretty situation but it is what we will have to deal with.

Now We Know

Our court date was not too bad. We have to pay for damaged carpet, door draft guards (that were not even damaged), and a handle for the sliding glass door. I am a little upset about not getting everything back by default of the home owner not following the lease, but we are getting something back.
If I ever rent again, I have learned my lesson. DOCUMENT EVERYTHING. No matter what it is.

Who Knows

We were contacted a few days after we moved out of our house by the realator that our land lord used to pick up the recommendations from the final inspection. Our security deposit was over 3K and the final inspection exceded that.
To back track a bit, we had always had issues with the home owner. Phone calls not returned. Repairs not completed. We would have to call several times to get things done. It was just not a good situation all the way around. When I told him that we would be moving out, I told him that I wanted a preliminary walk through to get an estimate for the return of the security deposit. He told me that he would do a walk through, but not to expect a return on the security deposit because he wanted to repaint the interior of the home. I told him that I was not going to pay for things that we did not damage and it was not my responsibility to pay for the inside of the house to be repainted. Ronnie asked 2 times for a preliminary walk through and the home owner never showed!
After picking up the final inspection paper work, I sought legal advice. I was told that my best bet was to send a certified letter requesting the return of my deposit due to non compliance with the lease. I sent the letter and waited. Once the letter was returned uncollected after 2 notifications, I returned to legal advice.
Now, we are going to small claims court. What a pain in the astrick. I have had to take 3 days off of work to take care of this crap andnot I have to take more time off. We do have a court date, but that may change. I am just so frustrated with this situation. It would be different if we trashed the place, but we took very good care of it. Compaired to the tenants that Shelly had, we were like angels. We just hope that we do not have to reschedule the court date and we can get this over with.

Legs

Bear seems to be doing better. Only 2 days after we started him on his meds, he started chasing Ares around the back yard again. He has completed his supplements that are designed to lubricate his joint. He is now taking daily pain meds. Fortunately for us, he likes them and we are not wrapping them in cheese or some other yummy food.

Court

So, I wrote a rather long story about having to go to court and then decided not to post it because it was legal. We went to court for the first time last week and we have to return in 2 weeks. Hope things work out in our favor. This entire situation just makes me nausiated. I can't wait until it is over.

Doggies

We took Ares and Bear to the vet on Friday to get their teeth cleaned. I told Ronnie to have them look at Bear's hips because he seemed to have trouble getting up after he had been sitting for a long time. I got off of work early on Friday so I was able to pick them up on my way home. I guess Bear had his teeth done first because Ares was still a little drugged up when I got there.
I got out bill (that was VERY large) and medicine for Bear. This told me that we had a problem. The vet brought me into an exam room and showed me Bear's x-ray. I actually teared up. This left thigh bone is messed up. Ever notice the piece of cartilage on the top of a chicken leg when you pull the meaty part off? Well, Bear is missing a piece of bone that is similar to that. His leg bone has some thing called a neck and a head to it. (So do you.) The head of the leg bone sits in side the pelvic bone and when he walks, it is suppose to be a nice smooth motion. (This a ball and socket joint just like on cars.) He is missing the head.
The Vet told me that he was probably born this way and right now there is not too much to worry about. I told her that he does not limp and pretty much the only time I notice it is when he has been sitting for a while or when we go up the stairs. She (the Vet) thinks that his is not in much pain but is probably just sore.
The treatment-herbal ligament meds 2 times a day until the bottle is gone and pain meds for 3 days. Then we only need to give him the pain meds an hour or so before we go swimming or to the dog park. She is also getting us some other med but she had to order it from the states.

Sun

Last weekend, we brought the 4 wheelers out and rode with our ridding group for about 4 hours. I forgot to grab my long sleeved shirt so I was applying sunscreen like crazy. We had a great time and I am glad that we got out of the house and went. I did happen to misread the e-mail and we were an hour late. Lucky for us, other people were late also.
Sunday we took the dogs to the beach. They had a good time. For some reason, Ares does not want to get into the water any more. He will walk in up to his 'elbows' and then he runs back out. He did get a good work out running up and down the beach.
Tomorrow, we are getting the dogs' teeth cleaned. I am not looking forward to it, but Ares' teeth look bad and I am sure Bear's need some love. We are also going have Bear's hips looked at. He seems to struggle a bit to get up when he has been laying down for a long time.
Saturday we are going on another trail ride. I am really looking forward to this one. We went on a ride in this area when we first got here. It was our 2 4 wheelers and 2 Jeeps. I think we are going on a different path this time but I am hoping to be able to get some really good pictures.

Weekend

We have had house guests for the past week! Chuck, CeCe, and Axona (sorry about the spellings) came to visit. They flew in on Tuesday night and Ronnie had been home sick all day with the shickies (contact a member from the Lincoln for a definition) so I picked them up from the airport. We just hung around the house and did a little of this and a little of that. Ronnie had Friday and Monday off so he and Chuck did a bit of diving.
We did not do much of anything this weekend. I worked for 24 hours on Friday (and everyone else went out again) so I slept until 1 pm on Saturday. We went to Gab Gab so Ronnie and Chuck could dive. Sunday, they dove again so I sat home and did the last 3 assignments for my college course! Yeah......3 week break and then American History to 1877 starts!
Today was just a rough day at work. My office is FULL of shredded paper and copies of records and stuff. It has just been crazy.

School

I keep saying that I am going to get better at blogging, but I seem to be getting worse!
We have been pretty busy with work and school lately, but we have managed to get out of the house for the past few weekends.
About a month ago we took the 4 wheelers to channel 10 for the morning. We had another quad and a dune buggy out there with us. It was a good time. We cooked out and just hung for a while.
The following weekend, we went to the beach for a few hours. Ares and Bear were tired as heck, but they had a good time. We just sat around and hung out. A friend of mine and I snorkeled for a little bit and found a very pretty blue starfish. We brought it back to the shore to get some pictures of it. Bare decided he wanted to play with it. He picked it up and tried to walk away with it. Surprisingly, he was very gentle with it!
Last weekend we went to Smokin' Wheels. Saturday we helped prep the drag strip for the night races. (We did not stay because I was really tired and it was hot out.) We also hung out with our ATV riding club for a little bit. Ronnie was asked to ride one of the quads for the next day's 2 hour enduro race, but he had duty and would not be able to get there in time. We did go back on Sunday and watch the end of the race and the beginning of the motorcycle enduro.

Dance

We all know that I can not dance. This past weekend a few friends made us get off of our butts and go to the Chammoro Heritage Festivl. A very nice young lady taught me how to dance. Despite her best effort, there was very little improvement!

Phone

We have our phone and internet hooked up now. It was a nightmare. Maybe later I will post about it. Our new number is the same as our old number except you replace 649 with 564.

A Little Walk

A month or so ago, we went on a Boonie Stop. This is what the locals here call hikes. We chose a route that was all beach with a few coral barriers that we had to climb over. It was a good time, but the dogs required a little assistance.
Here is a crab!

Bare checking out the pond.

Jason and Ronnie

On our way back:

I would like to do these more often, but I am so damn lazy! If John could find more super easy ones like this, I would get up and do 'em!

Yeah

I got my Associate Degree in the mail today! Yeah. I guess now I have to start on my Bachelors!

The List

Ronnie is horrible at Christmas. As soon as a box goes under the tree, he loses his mind. "What is it, when can I have it, ......." This year, I made a deal with him. I gave him a gift early so that I did not have to hear it this year. I got us a PS3 but he got it early.

Christmas morning I woke up about 3 am. I could not sleep. I got up about 530 and took the dogs out. When I came back up stairs, Ronnie was up. We waited until Ares and Bear woke the guys up and trashing the living room began. Ronnie scored seasons 3-11 of the Simpsons, Batman The Dark Knight, Lego Batman, some Blu Ray movies and a Camcorder with bag and stuff. I got the Eragon books on hardback, CSI season 1-3, candles, and a new Canon 40D camera with a bag and memory card.

Rock Out

If you have spent time at our house-nothing else needs to be said.

2+3=4?

I finnished my last class for my Associates Degree last week. I checked my score online and was sad that it was 0.4 short of a B. So I double checked my scores and noticed that I was missing 5 points. I e-mailed the instructor and she told me that she was not finished with the scores and I would get my points.

I checked two days later and my points were there-20 of them. My grade went DOWN 0.2 points to make me 0.6 away from a B! I don't understand. I e-mailed the instructor again but have not gotten a reply. Hopefully, there was a misscalculation and it will go UP instead of DOWN.

More inportantly, I only needed a C to graduate! I should get the paperwork in about 6 weeks!

Ares' Puppy

Ares' first puppy dog was this brightly colored puppy that squeaked. He was pink, blue, and yellow. Ares ate it. I sewed it back together. Ares ate it and I sewed it back together. He ate it again and we took it away. After a few months, I stuffed it again and sewed it back together. It did not last for too long, and he had it totally destroyed. We threw it away at this point.

While Ronnie was TAD, I had to buy some dog food. I happened to walk down the dog toy isle and there was the puppy dog. I got one for Ares and the bunny for Bear.


I tired to get them to sit by each other, and Ares just wanted to play. Here is Bear: