Staff Sgt Jason Ross - Marine

I was one of those crazy kind of days, where we didn't think there were any appointments, however, he was out of one of his medications (he had made an error in calculating how many he had - - he counted wrong), so he needed to go in and ask for a refill. Yep, not only was he out, he was also out of automatic refills, so it was a double reason to go in. Anyway, the need required us to go in and have to talk to a couple of different folks, and while we were there we visits a couple more. It made the stay at Balboa go a little longer, but we had to wait for the Rx to be filled anyway. It was also one of those crazy days because Jason received a notification about how the use of utilities could possibly go up, unless a waiver was processed. The form needed to get in this week, as time was running out and we're going to be gone next week. Anyway, neither of us know 32nd Street (That is what the Naval Base is called, where we went), so we ended up driving around a bit, and even ge...

Kind of an interesting day for the two of us. We didn't have anything planned and no where to go, so Jason just stayed in his bed for the entire day, except for his shower and dressing change. Breakfast was simple, as I fixed cream of wheat, and lunch was soup and a sandwich. Also, I fixed the same for the girls, as they were now at the house with us. Jason received a text message from their mother and she asked him if we could take the girls today, because she needed to go to the ER. She came by at about 10:30 this morning and it did appear that something was bothering her, since she seemed to be favoring her left leg. I asked if we were going to be keeping the girls or was she going to be picking them up this evening. She didn't know at that moment and said she would let us know. Why her father wasn't able to watch the girls, I don't know, but it really doesn't matter, it is good to have them here with us. Jackie is in the early stages of potty training, or I gu...

Well, today was a pretty good day for Jason (and me), as we weren't rushed to do much of anything this morning, and only wanted to get up to Oceanside to take Gracie up to the dog training session. We left the house with enough time to get there, and headed over to the gas station on MCRD, across the street. When we got on base we discovered there was some sort of a running event going on, and there must have been in the neighborhood of about 5,000 runners, since I saw some of the runner's bibs numbered into the high 4,000's. Anyway, this caused a bit of a delay in getting to the gas station, and then when we did finally get the gas, we were again delayed getting away from the gas station. Normally it would have taken us maybe 12 minutes to fill up, and this time it was closer to 30. Some of the other drivers, behind us were getting a bit anxious, since it was taking so long. A couple of them got out of their cars, while we were waiting and walked up to me and asked what wa...

Jason spent the day at home, and I think it was something that he needed. Him staying down in bed, except for shower and dressing change, only helps the healing more. He did work on the leash he is weaving together, and it looks pretty good. He completed about 5 feet and he said that it was as long as he is going to be making that one. I think, since he wants to end up with one greater than 10 feet, he will work with at least twice the length of cord, as he was using on this latest one. I took care of a few things that I needed to get done, and I felt pretty good because I got them all done, including the smog check for my truck (Jason's old truck). The really big thing I got taken care of was making sure that the transportation plans are all in place so we can leave on October 5. Tomorrow we will be heading up to the dog training class, so we will have to get out of the house for at least part of the day. I don't think much else will be going on, so I might go for a short bi...

I just realized I forgot to mention something, in yesterday's post... It was the 777th blog post, since starting this blog a couple of years ago - okay, over 2 1/2 years ago. I hope it has been helpful for everyone who has been reading. Jason and I went to the gym this morning, and did a little exercising. Actually the trip over there was to see if he could actually take advantage of the gym here in the housing area, and he was to a very limited degree. The was it went was that we got up, and headed right over; stayed for a little over 1/2 an hour and then came back. I spent my time on a stationary bike, and it did make my back feel better, though my hip started to tighten up a bit. How come you can get out of shape so fast and it takes forever to get back into shape? After the gym we came right back home and took our showers. Jason wanted to go see the movie The Family, with Robert De Niro, and it was starting at 11:05. The movie was entertaining, and even funny in a few place...

Wow! What a crazy day! It started off very much normal, and the first thing that we had to do was simply get up and get ready to go. The girls wanted breakfast so I let them pick out their clothes and then had them head out to the kitchen. It is really cute how they know the routine and want to help set the table and get the napkins and spoons while Grandpa grabs the bowls and the milk. They seem to have two favorite cereals, Cheerios and Kix. There are a few that others that they enjoy, but those two are their favorites. We dropped the girls off at about 08:00 and after the extended good-byes (Stacy didn't want us to leave today), we headed back to the house. Before we got into the house, well, actually before we even got out of the van, Jason said he wanted to head up to Miramar because he was contacted and his clothes are ready, or at least some of them are. We grabbed some water and got back into the van and we were off. Now that we have gone up to Miramar a couple of tim...

Easy day with very good weather, and time with the girls. The only thing that didn't happen was to get outside and play with Stacy's new "Stomp Rocket." It was one of the gifts she got for her birthday, and she really liked playing with it. She's been talking about learning more about rockets, and growing up to be able to launch bigger ones, all the way to the moon. We didn't get out side because by the time she and Jackie were done playing their Bingo game it was getting too close to dinner and then it was too late to be playing over at the park. Jason and I went over to Costco to pick up a few things, and as hard as it is, sometimes, we went into Costco and only bought what we intended to get. We came out with spending less than $100, and didn't feel like we forgot anything. We came back to the house and kicked back for a few hours and then in the afternoon I went back over to the CDC (Child Development Center) to pick up the girls. Not sure what was g...