Ros

As we all prepare to celebrate a long weekend a day off from work (hooray!), I hope that everyone will take time to remember those who you have lost and those we have lost serving our country. Every year as I get older, losing those around me becomes more common and "real". My sister found out on Wednesday that her roommate 2nd semester freshman year from the Air Force Academy was killed in Afghanistan. Her name was Roslyn or "Ros". She was a 1st Lieutenant stationed out of Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu. She was an intelligence officer. She was killed by a roadside bomb along with a civilian contractor. They were all alone. No convoy. Absolutely horrible. She had been there since February 2009.

Ros was one of Robin's favorite roommates. When I talked to Robin Wednesday evening she told me how incredibly smart Ros was. Robin would ask her for help on her Chemistry homework quite often. Ros would read the question and then look at her and ask, "Robin, did you even read this question? Look on this page on this paragraph". Ha! All the students at the Academy are brilliant, but I guess Ros was something special. No wonder she went into intel. Robin's freshman squad (Viking 9 as they were called) are all going to the funeral. I know Ros's family will love to see them there. Robin's graduating class from 2006 has now had eight graduates killed during active duty. It is so sad. They are all so young and so brave. I know Robin and Kasey (Kody's brother) will both be deployed and serving our country overseas at some point in time. That is one reason Ros's death little too close to home for my family. I pray that Americans continue to give our military the proper support they need to be successful. If you think about it, please keep her family in your prayers and all the others that are currently serving our country!

Glee!

I hope that no one missed this last night. Glee premiered after American Idol. I have been looking forward to this for months! It will be airing on Thursday's in the fall. I think I'm going to start signing my name with a gold star as well...

Don't stop...believing...

Giving In

I did it. I bought Twilight. I figured I would hop on the bandwagon and see what all the fuss is about. A lot of my co-workers have been saying great things about the series. With Kody being gone during the week I actually have time to devote to reading something like this. I have been told that I will get hooked and will not bet able to put it down. Time will tell.

Kody came home for another great weekend. We spent time with his family celebrating his parent's 34th wedding anniversary. Congratulations! We were able to see Kasey and Ashley which is always fun. Ashley flew in for the weekend to see Kasey. It will be so exciting once she is a permanent member of the family. The girls have seriously been out numbered!

In the exciting news department, Kody got is CV (resume) completed this weekend! Yes, the CV is a very big deal for medical students. He will send it out with his application for residency programs beginning July 1st. Yes, July 1st he can start sending in his applications!! I kind of get dizzy every time I say that in my head, out loud or type it. I cannot believe how fast this whole experience has gone by. It is less than 365 days until his graduation, it is 361 to be exact. Wow, wow, wow. My husband is going to be a doctor in less than a year. He will technically be a fourth year medical student on July 1. He already kind of is in my eyes, but whatever.

Bailey is getting a haircut this week. I don't know when, but it is happening. I don't want black carpet anymore and I refuse the run the vacuum more than once a week. Good thing I don't have children yet...

THE Finale

I'm so happy. American Idol has turned out exactly how Kody and I both dreamed....

By the way, I called Adam as a finalist from his audition. He was in Wicked...that makes him a winner in my book any day. I also think Kris is as cool as can be. It will be a great finale. I'm so sad it is all coming to an end. Oh how I love Idol.

Happy Mother's Day to Me!

Bailey was so sweet. She bought me a Diet Root Beer for Mother's Day. I feel so special.

A Lot of Random...

Kody is now in Idabel. He'll be there the entire month of May. He'll be able to make it home for the weekends, which will be great. Thankfully I will be able to keep myself pretty busy during the week. I think I will get through the next two months just fine. He'll be in Oklahoma City during June. Bailey is playing watch dog, which she is totally not suited for. She's not mean enough. She's not mean at all. She's just a friendly, tail waggin' girl. I was hoping she would have stayed in bed with me all night last night, but she bolted around 2AM. So typical.

Everyone in my office is coming down with some nasty flu/virus. I don't think it is swine related, but who knows. I'm trying to stay away form everyone and keep my hands very clean. I think I'll pick up some hand sanitizer today.

In other news, my dad played golf with Bob Stoops yesterday. They had to play in the rain which I'm sure was not too fun. Sorry Angela, my dad didn't mention you. :) I asked him if he told Bob that he was a Florida fan. He did. Luckily, Bob was still nice.

Happy Cinco de Mayo to everyone! Enjoy some chips and salsa today. Hopefully I'll have some pictures from the qualifier that I can post at some point. Kody was too busy cheering and keeping track of times to take pictures. I'm trying to gather some from others that were there.

Qualifier Update!

So the qualifier is over and oh what a weekend! I'll give a better post about it later, but for those of you who are wondering...I finished 10th overall! I'm really excited about how well I did. I'm really looking forward to training over the next year to see where I can end up next time. There were some amazing athletes there. Our gym owner, Breck, finished 2nd overall and qualified to go to California! Awesome! More details about the weekend to come later. Thanks for all the encouragement and well wishes! It was a great experience and I'm really proud of myself. I also have to say I have the most supportive husband in the world! He was a really great encourager over the weekend. Thanks Kody!