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Strangeness

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I’m lying in bed this morning slowly realizing my dreams have faded and the day has begun.  The fact that the house is still silent means my radio alarm has not gone off yet and I do not stir to get up – no need to rush out of bed.  My mind drifts over the fading dreams and I start mentaly singing one of the pop songs my neices love to listen to – not necessarily a great song, but it’s played so often it gets stuck in your head.  What is strange is that when my radio alarm turned on while I was stretching off my sleepiness, that very song was being played and it was exactly on the spot where my mind was replaying the song as if I was just listening to it before it switched on.

*sigh* Time to go upstairs and paint. Weee.

Home from Iraq!

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My brother is on his way home from Iraq and should be arriving tomorrow night! =D  I intend to be there at the base to greet him and will most likely spend a great deal of time visiting with him over the weekend (if nothing else, to keep my nieces occupied for a while so he and his wife can get reaquianted 😉 ).  After 6 years and 2 tours of Iraq, my brother is ready to process out of the Army and lead a civilian life again.  He’s worried about finding a job in this economy since I’ve been looking for nearly a year and have yet to find something that doesn’t require me to relocate.  Time will tell.

One thing that’s interesting to note is that the returning soldiers are complaining about 75°F being “freezing” to the point they bundle up in thermals and have heaters blasting in their bases in Iraq.  I guess when you’re used to the normal temperatures of 120°F that is to be expected.  It will also mean they will all get a shock on coming back to a climate with a 40°F high temp for the day.