Happy Birthday Jenna & Jana!!!

I've been in my head a bit lately.

Baghdad has been pretty unstable and violent so I've been worrying about Brian more than usual. Thankfully he called last night so I know he's alright. He sounded pretty good too. I can tell when he's stressed and tired and overworked, but he sounded alright. He said he'd try to call me later, but I doubt I'll hear from him. It never seems to work out that way.

I went to the gym this morning and did 20 minutes on the elliptical on "random". I remember when the elliptical scared the hell out of me and I couldn't last more than a few minutes before wanting to shoot myself. I've pushed myself in my latest gym endeavor more than I have in the past. I think it's paying off. I even have abs of (semi-)steel.

Tiny is whining at the door and the last time I let him out when he did that he walked outside and promptly laid down in the sun. wtf? He's an odd dog alot of the time.

I have a red dot on my stomach that is worrying me a tad. Hopefully it'll go away on its own and I won't have to do anything about it.

Jenna and Jana turn one year older today. I got Jana the classic Life game and made Jenna a picture frame. Jenna actually hasn't cost me anything (other than the card) yet. I'm planning on getting her some liquor and maybe a mixology book, but we'll see. It's almost 1pm and I still need to shower. I'm thinking I might put off delivering presents until tomorrow. (This was a pointless paragraph.)

Brian's target date to be home is in 16 days. It's hard to believe those numbers even though they are typed out right in front of me.

Yesterday we had a couple major thunderstorms roll through. We lost power from 3:55 til 4:15. It's a surreal feeling to be without electricity. Keith tried to leave for school and the garage wouldn't open. I walked into the bathroom and instinctively turned the light on, but it didn't come on. The whole house was eerily quiet.

I'm so lazy. Or tired. Or something else. I really need to get in the shower and clean my bathroom and finish cleaning my room. Ugh.

S.