30 days.

That's all I have to say. :-) 

Okay, not really.  

This past weekend was great!!  Ashley had her 30th birthday party in Ktown Saturday morning.  It was so fun!  A whole table-full of ADX alum were there, and it was great to catch up with old friends that I haven't seen in a while.  Kristin was even in town from VA!!  I miss my VA friend. Too bad I have to wait until Thanksgiving for her to be back in town again. :-(

After the party I had to head out to Lemoore.  We had the big First Kiss drawing at the FRG meeting.  The FRG had been advertising it for months.  Whoever won the raffle would win the grand prize of having their husband off the plane in Lemoore or the ship in SDiego FIRST (hence, giving them the First Kiss) before all the other guys in the squadron.  WOW!   Wives could buy raffle tickets or just show up at events and "earn" one with their presence.  

I had "earned" four.  

But before the deadline to buy tickets passed, I went ahead and bought 20 more.  Why not?  I figured I would share them with Amanda and Kristy, my two Navy wife friends. :-)  So, Amanda and I went to the meeting (Kristy had to work), and I split my 20 tickets with her.  The FRG Pres chose the two winners for the drawing--one for SDiego and one for Lemoore.  Neither of us won. :-(  But then they chose four other people from each group to win gift cards.  Amanda and I both were chosen to win the gift cards--she won with a ticket I gave her! Yay! Well...then they said that we could keep the gift cards or choose a "second option".  I chose the other option...Amanda chose the gift card...and they told us that if we chose the other option then we would get a First Kiss too!  That means Mark is going to be one of the first guys off the plane when they come home! Yay!! 

So, then they pulled the gift card bag out and showed it to the girls who wanted the gift card option, and it was empty. :-( We thought Amanda wasn't going to win anything (because she chose a gift card), but then they said that those people who opted for the gift cards would win First Kisses too!! So, they tricked us, and they really had FIVE first kiss winners from SD and FIVE from Lemoore. So both Mark AND Carl (Amanda's hubby) are going to be two of the first five guys off the plane.  :-)  SO EXCITING!! 

Apparently when FRG Pres asked the CMC (Command Master Chief) for one guy to get off the plane and ship first for the First Kiss prize, he said he could do better than that, and said he would give us FIVE from each location.  Yippeeeee!!! I like that CMC guy...someone needs to give HIM a kiss for us! :-)

I'll write more and update you on life soon. :-)  My plate isn't full right now...it's about to overflow!  Keep me in your prayers!