"Rost in Transration ( Read more... )

Amy and Crista flew into Nagoya after 11 pm last night. They were met by a big group of people who took them out to celebrate. Amy was tired and annoyed and wouldn't order anything. She just drank water, and one of the translaters kept asking if she had a headache. Amy told her she was just tired. Great. She said the apartment is new and cute but ( Read more... )

After signing a contract that said she would be leaving for Japan "on or about June 1st", Amy is finally packing to leave on Monday. Hmm...only 2 months late. The contract was originally for 3 months of dancing, but with all the delays she had her boss change it to 2 months so she can get back for the Rockettes season which starts Oct. 12-- ( Read more... )

It has Mickey heads on the tie, regardless of his boss's statement that "Disney security is no Mickey Mouse operation." : ) You don't know (wait, some of you do) how wonderful it is to hug him good bye in the morning and know that he's going off to the Happiest Place on Earth--not The Place with the Most IED's. OK, he'll still wear BDU's for a ( Read more... )

Wow, I haven't done this in a long time ( Read more... )

I always thought it was cool as a teacher to point out numerically interesting days, but when you think about it every day only happens once a century. I watched all the news broadcasts about the goths planning weddings today, the new Left Behind book coming out (even though I think these guys are really clutching at straws, now), and, of course, ( Read more... )

Thank you, Sgt. Ledesma!

OK, well, I finally know what Constantine looks like. Amy went to Boston Conservatory with him and was very excited to find out last year that he was on American Idol. She didn't watch it until she found out he was on it, and I didn't watch it at all, but I just saw him on the red-carpet thing tonight ( Read more... )

Three years ago a stranger came to my door and took my son away. After months of crying and arguing, I had come to terms with what he was doing. I had developed a sense of pride, but I was never happy about it. I almost fell over from shock when we received letters from basic; I knew the sergeants made them write, but it was still a shock. We went ( Read more... )

Oh, my, so much has happened, lately ( Read more... )