I spent most of this week pretty sick. I had some bad ribs at the DFAC on Saturday dinner, and was sick for the next 2 days. I didn't stop feeling terrible until Wednesday, I stopped having splitting headaches on Thursday, and yesterday was the first day I was able to eat anything normal. Existing off corn flakes, shredded wheat, and ginger ale is not fun. Fortunately, I am feeling much better today.
Last Saturday, before I got so sick, I was following a stray dog around base. That may not seem all that great to you, but here on BAF, all strays are treated like they have rabies, since it's such a problem over here. I kept a safe distance the whole time, but wanted to see where it went. After following it for a time, I figured it WAS sick. Maybe not rabies, but something you wouldn't want chomping on your leg. It was still being very friendly, but you could tell by looking at it, and how it wandered about it was not well. The MPs were eventually called. I haven't seen it around lately, so I figured they trapped it and put it down.
Our hutch has 2 sides, each with 4 little "rooms." For the last 2 months, one of our roommates has been out and about, so it's just the three from the unit. However, one my friends who lived across from me moved to a different building this morning, so now it is just me and one other fellow. It kind of took me by surprise that he would move so suddenly, since I brought him over to our hutch back months ago. However, he said it was because the other half of the hutch is loud enough to keep him awake. I don't hear it, but I also have a small fan going which is pretty loud.
Today is Easter. We had a minimal manning day in the office, which meant I got extra time off. Typically I have Sunday mornings off, but have to go in by 1200. Today I didn't have to go in until 4PM, and that was for a specific meeting. If the meeting was Sunday, I doubt I would have gone in at all. I slept in and enjoyed relaxing this morning.
It rained a little today, but not too bad. It's days like today I really miss sitting out on my front porch and watching the rain come in down the street. The storms and clouds come right up the street, so we can sometimes see the line of rain move torwards us. Otherwise, it's nice to watch the rain and hear the thunder, and still be nice and dry and cozy on the porch. Especially when the sun is setting and there's a light rain, because the sun sets directly in front of our house, so we get lots of nice colors from the sun and its reflecting off the leaves.
I am looking forward to running and working out again. I've been generally sick or fatigued for over a month, and now that I've mostly regained my energy, I'm looking forward getting back into the gym. Nothing too hard, since I don't want to storm back in too hard and get hurt and have to miss it again for a while. I do miss the time away from the office, so I'm excited about tomorrow.
Happy Easter everyone. I hope you had a Blessed day!
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