The HMS Pelican Brief has officially arrived!

Another view of ABOT above,

Also, a pic of the HMS (Her Majesty's Ship) Cardigan Bay

SO, the word about the Brits arriving has come to prove correct. The HMS Cardigan Bay has officially arrived on station. They will be taking over the platform soon. They are in command here, however we were solely operating this place. Slowly, their personnel will trickle in and we'll hand this place over.

Had a good PT day today. An hour and 45 mins and I feel great! Except for that cookie I ate for lunch...= ) Trigger (the linguist here) and Littlefoot (on the police squad) and myself went to the "prison gym" as we fondly call it. All of the machines are rickety and rusty, however in full operation mode. Works for us! We were the only people in the gym, making up 1/2 of the female population. We did some leg workouts and some arm stuff... My legs are in pain, especially after the 5 flights of stairs to get up to work this afternoon! Anyhow, so we're PTing and we're talking about the Brits pulling in and I was like, "Yeah, I heard the 'Pelican Brief ' pulled in today..." They both look at me like......?? What? "You know, the British ship....?" "I'm sure you mean the 'Cardigan Bay'..." Haha, close enough.. We were having a good time at the gym, and they were pushing me to lift more than normal, which is good. Littlefoot weighs maybe 100 lbs soakin wet, maybe! And she was lifting just as much as us 2!

I learned how to play Euchre the other night. Was pretty interesting, a bit like Spades, really, but the trump card changes every time. The guy who taught us swears this game is indigenous to Ohio, and was amazed I had even heard of it! Hah, well my team ended up losing, but I'm thinking I'll take another stab at it.

We had some delectable watermelon for lunch today! And Faisal set aside some of my favorite cereal for me!! (by way of afternoon snack!) Every time I come to eat I'm walking in just as he's closing up and he's like "Where were you LYDERRR?? I was worried lyderrrr" Hah, PT went a little long today, almost didn't get any lunch! Would have been a long watch.

I'm going to watch "Paranormal Activity" tonight with Trigger. I hear it's pretty scary. Little Foot watched it last night and was telling us it's basically about this girl who has a demon and the whole movie is filmed by a handheld video camera. Supposedly it only took $11,000 to film the whole movie and it's already made millions. Sounds like it could be interesting..

Hope everyone is getting ready for XMAS back home! Day after T-Giving and time for the Christmas tree!! I'm excited to get back to Bahrain and start some X-mas shopping. I'm hoping most of it can be done online, however I will check out the local malls for trinkets, baubles, and things of that sort.

Hope everyone is doing well!

So tell me....what exactly is an ABOT

I'm sure you are wondering, hmf.  What exactly is an ABOT?  Well, ABOT (I had to inquire) is an acronym which stands for Al Basrah Oil Terminal. I don't have the tools to upload my own pics, but I've posted a couple I found.  

This morning I awoke to the wonderful smell of tanker fumes.  Smells a bit like rotten eggs and diesel fuel.  Goody.  

However, to lighten my day, was a call for all hands on Papa 4.  So, out of the bed I roll to see what the commotion is.  Strap on my  boots, undershirt, wrap up the hair, and off I go.  I stumble down the rusted rickety stairs to find all of the Navy personnel waiting.... So, I turn to my roommate, and inquire about what's going on at 6am on a wednesday that's so important. Well, stores of course!  Basically, the unloading of pallets of food and goodness.  A replenishment ship from Kuwait called Inchape pulls up next to one of the tankers that's tied to Papa 4 and the pallets are taken from the Inchape onto the tanker, and then from the tanker's crane it gets let down to the platform.  Interesting to watch, really.  So the pallets come down and they're wheeled over to the freezer/fridge/storage container and we rip them open like christmas pulling back wrapping.  Hah, never thought I'd be so excited to see fresh fruit and vegetables, juiceboxes, real milk... -A sidenote here..the lettuce here is very strange.  It's like when they grow it they put a large weight on top so it grows out only.  So basically a large flat head of lettuce.  More like a discus of lettuce.- Then we all line up and pass the goods along from hand to hand and into storage it goes.  There were only about 12 pallets today, which went by very quickly since everyone was out helping.  There's something refreshing about seeing everyone work together smoothly without any complaining.  Like a well-oiled machine. It's nice to see comradery.  

The other oil terminal is called KAAOT: Khor Al Amaya Oil Terminal

This is the terminal the Iraqis solely run, we have poured countless hours of manpower, training, and money into it and turned it back over to the Iraqis.  They have let it run down and it's basically falling apart,  I may be traveling over there to check it out so I'll have to take pics.  Basically all the tankers pull into ABOT because KAAOT is run down and can't pump at nearly the speed/efficiency as we can.

The pictures up top: 

1.  This is the Tactical Operations Center, where I work.  There are basically 4 boxes stacked on top of each other and inside is our comms equipment.  This is platform 5.  This is also where boats tie up to take our garbage, and where we get dropped off and picked up.  When I arrived, the helo dropped me at USS Hopper and we took a RHIB over to this platform and you climb up a ladder on the side there.  I look at it like a clubhouse up there, really.  A bit more tactical though = )

2. This is what it looks like if you're standing at the top of platform 5 down on the other platforms.  You can see all those con-x boxes stacked on one another, that's platform 4.   On the right is the galley and the MWR/rec center, internet cafe, etc.   On the left are living boxes.  I live in the top right one, but there's camouflage all over it now a days.  

3.  This is an older view of ABOT, before US got knee deep.  It's improved a lot since then.  But this is a good look from above.  You can see the tankers on the left haven't filled up yet since they're so high in the water.  Only 2 can fill at a time, so usually 2 are filling and there are tankers pulling out/in to the other 2 berths.   It's crazy how low in the water they get.

4.  Another view from platform 5, those are the MA's that walk around and protect the ABOT.

Deployment 2.0

Iraq doesn't seem that bad when you're looking at it from afar that is...
I find myself on deployment...on deployment. Bahrain to the Oil Platforms.
I am now calling Abot my humble abode. One of the two largest oil platforms in the world.
Offshore Iraq. There are 5 platforms and about 100 American military up here.
We're working on turning it back over to the Iraqis so we are working hand in hand with them.
I never thought I would be standing on the pinnacle of the world's oil reserve.... but here I am.
Watching larger than life oil tankers pull up to the side and fill up, which takes a couple days usually. There are 4 ports where they hook up at, however only 2 can fill up at a time because the equipment is so out of repair. We're running at about 25%.... Word is the Iraqis make about $250 million a day from this joint.
Everything is super rusty out here because of the ocean and humidity. We do have some luxuries, though you think we'd have marble floors and glass houses out here because of the money it produces... we have what we call a "prison gym" which is basically free weights and workout equipment outside, we have an inside "gerbil cage" consisting of cardio equipment and some other workout devices inside a box type room with 2 fans. We have a dining facility that's tiiiiny. You walk in and there's about a 10 foot area where they have the food set up. There's a pantry with cereal/muffins/salad toppings that you wedge your way through. For seating there's a kitchen table and 2 lines of stools in an attached room which can hold up to 14 people at a time. As many people are here there is usually a place to sit. And there's always the picnic table outside. Our living spaces are "containerized living units", or CLUs, which are basically metal boxes stacked on top of each other like legos. They are about 6' by 15' and hold 2 bunkbeds and 4 standup lockers. We have 3 females in ours and it's cramped, but not nearly as bad as a berthing on a ship.
It seems to be more humid up here compared to Bahrain...which seems strange since we're farther away from the equator. I'm taking some pictures to share later.
I've met some interesting folks. There's Fasil, the head cook who is Indian and makes AMAZING food. Last night he made chinese noodles with chicken and delicious BBQ ribs. Each night there is a theme. Thursdays, mexican. Fridays, asian. I'm interested to see what comes next. Fasil is always very happy and in a good mood and excited you are there to see him. If you don't show for lunch, he'll save you a hot plate! I don't know how, but he knows every single person here. (or maybe just the ladies!- ha) Our interpreter for the Iraqi militants is actually the City Planner for Bahrain. This is sort of like his side job. He comes up for about a half a month to help out. He has lots of interesting views on Americans and is very intelligent. He's invited us all out on his boat with jet skis and cigars when we get back to Bah. Our other linguist is Kas (pronounced Khaz) , but all the locals here call him Gas, hah. He does a killer British accent and has lots of stories. There are assorted Navy folks out here, about 100 if I had to guess. There are reservists also. Mostly Seabees (construction) and MAs (cops) to do roving watches and whatnot, make sure we're safe. There's only about ten intel people up here actually.
Abot consists of 5 platforms. They are all connected by rusty metal walkways with decrepid railings. So you pray you don't fall through basically.... I work at platform 5, which has 3 or 4 CLUs stacked on top one another and a lookout point where the Iraqis have set up shop with their form of military cops. And also a bathroom. Platform 4 is where I live, also the galley, bathrooms, showers, laundry, gym, and where 2 tankers can hook up. Platform 3 is where the SOF (southern oil factory) workers are, who fix everything on the platforms. Platform 2 is more living quarters for Navy peeps and 2 more berths for the tankers to come in, and Platform 1 is where the Iraqi military reside.
The ride out here was amazing. We got on a helocopter in Bahrain and took about a 2 hour ride up here. They landed on the USS Hopper, a DDG. Once we disembarked the helo and got our bags, we were loaded into a rhib (rigid hull inflatable boat) basically like a tiny blow up speedboat. We climbed a ladder down into it and got ready to leave. The seas were a tad rough, but off we went! About ten mins later and 3 gallons of water in my face....we arrived at the Abot. Up our bags went by way of rope, and we hopped on the ladder and officially arrived at our new home. (myself and a Navy Captain who was here to take over command)
I got a tour from the Chaplain and was dropped off at Platform 5 where I would be working for the next 30 days. .... and here I am....
OH, last night we got a new toy up at the shop. Infrared Imagery binoculars. Basically 20,000 dollar eyeballs. You can look into them and see anything on the water in the dead of night. We were watching the USS Hopper, at about 3000 meters away and could see it perfectly clear, to include the waves and other boats out there...pretty cool..not really sure why we need them but....
Hope all is well back home, I'm thinking about everyone..lots of time to stare out into the ocean and make some dreams = )

Rest and Recreation Sept-Oct 2009

Whoa. It's been a while eh? 

I'm in WI for R&R. About to go back to the desert on Friday. Can I get a woot wizzoootttt!! Alright. Maybe not that excited about my travels back to the middle east. Can you blame me?

Whilst I was home I got to party with Cas, Mon, Jawls, Jen, and my Sis and visit family n friends.  Went to Denver for a wedding which was amazing.  Pam got married can you believe it?  I'm still taken back that we are all of the age to get married and start lives.  It's crazy.  They grow up so fast. (tear) = )

Time to go back to the grind or whatever they say... I had a relaxing time on leave and I look forward to coming home again, of course.

Oh, I got a new tattoo.  Note above.  The coordinates are Maryville.  The coords were a previous tat I was just adding the compass yesterday.  It  represents the traveling I've been able to do through the Navy and otherwise.  Also, the Maryville coords mean "You can take home with you wherever you go" which is true for me anyway.

I had lots of yummy food while I was home, Mom n Dick were gracious enough to cook me up all my faves. Meat loaf, Mac n Cheese, Hot Wings, Won Tons, annnnd the lissssst goes on....

Now, preparation for my days to get home! 

Until next time!! Love you guys!

Araaaabiaaaaan Niiiiiiights Like Arabiaaaannn Dayyyyys

Hello one! Hello all!!  I am currently in England waiting for my flight to BWI to go to school for about a month. Just had a few mins to put some of my pics up.  There aren't too many, but you can get the gist of it = ).  Hopefully I'll get to go home for memorial day, we'll see!  

Take Care,

Hannah

City Streets in Manama...a lil dusty

Umm... something here doesn't belong...

The City Centre, the Brits built a mall here.  apparently it's popular with the locals

There is a significance to this...it's called the pearl

   I guess it's famous for something

  Some buildings by the mall

                    talkin to wayne

       my new digs

   camis

                 my bed

       more of the city

walkways with propellers have become increasingly popular here....

elevator times

the lobby at the Diplomat

    The Diplomat Radisson. 

      view of the pool from my room

Arrived.

Hello all,

I have made it to the Kingdom of Bahrain.  I only have like 5 mins...but I'm busy busy checking in and whatnot.  Getting uniforms...travel claims...agh all the good stuff. It is offensively warm outside.  You get drenched in sweat 5 mins into your walk.  Well, me anyway.  I haven't quite climatized = ).  I will eventually.  I have my address, if anyone is interested.  

CTR2 RYDER

N2

PSC 451

FPO AE 09501

I think mail is pretty fast here, but there's no telling.  I guess the actual country mail is taken on camel back.  Good thing we have vehicles for mail in this place.  

Anyway, until next time take care!

Hannah

Hello? Bahrain?

Greetings from Naples, Italy.  I am currently in search of this place they call Bahrain.  1 '757' + 4 layovers + 300 passengers = BAHRAIN!  Ohhh goodie.  I shall be arriving around 5am.  But we shall see when I actually get in.  Here are a couple of pics from my trip to MD.  I will try and keep everyone updated on here = )  Miss you guys!

Hannah

Hello One, Hello All!

I am at the Subaru Dealer getting the Ru some new oil and greasen up her tubes or something.  I should be doing my taxes I suppose, as they are due in ohhhhh 8 days.  Oh deer.

Well anywho, I'm about to push off from these parts they call Great Lakes, and head south by southwest.  I'm a drivin home to get my life packed out and put into storage.  Then, to St. Louis to get my car to good ol Pontoon Beach.  

The stars have aligned and I will get to see everyone on Easter Sundee at GC's.  Mom and Dick are coming down, too.  Sarah has Monday off so I'll be able to spend some quality time with da sis.  = )

I sure am ready to leave this place, it's freeezing.  though, it'll be strange going from 30 degrees to 130 degrees.   It's going to be like a year living in a sauna.  Maybe the pounds'll just fall off.  Forget the pain and stress of getting into my swimsuit shape = )

I've met quite a few people here, done some networking, and have got back into the swing of how things work in the Navy.  Probably because they've got us put up at good ol Ship 17 on Recruit Training Camp.  There's nothin like hearing recruits chanting "Anchors Away" every morning at 530.  Then it's reveille at 6, formation at 715, give the ship a good sweep down and cleaning of the heads and berthing.  Then it's colors at 8, and on with the day.  Did anyone understand that? hehe  Iiiiin the Navy..... Isn't that a song or something?

I'm sippin on some Jamba Juice, sad to say there is nada in Bahrain.  Boo huh. So i'm soakin up all the Strawberry Surfrider I can until I leave.  

I'm not sure on the actual date I push off.  I will know tomorrow I suppose.  I have an appt. at 1030 with the travel office and they'll issue me tickets then with dates and such.  I'm interested to see how they've got me getting over there.  Someone I work with said she had to MAC flight her way there when she went.  But it wasn't anything like the space-available flights I took to Europe, she said the plane was more like a commercial airline.  Thank goodness.  I don't think I can handle many more 17 hour C-130 flights.  So I'm leaving here Thursday afternoon with hopes of pulling into the Ville on Friday afternoon.  My packout is Monday-Tuesday, I'm planning to head to St. Louis on Thursday and fly out Friday.  I assume travel will take a good 2 days to get over there.  I wonder what the time change is like... hmm.

I hope everyone is doing well,  take care!

Love, Hannah

city life

Taxi. Chicago style.

Navy Pier

Chicago

Navy Pier
Millenium Park



I have officially been in Chicago for nearly a month.  I've been super busy, but just wanted to post a couple pics of Chicago.  I've had a chance to go into the city twice and it's amazing and there is so much to do!  Lots of people, but plenty of room for them = )  Mom's coming down this weekend and I'm anxious to get down to the city and explore- also want to go to the Museum of Natural History, word has it there's a pretty BA Pirates display.  Anywho, hope everyone's doing well, I'll write more lata.  Oh, I got my orders.  I depart for Bahrain in a month or so.  I'm looking forward to going there actually.  Other than the 130 degree temperature, it sounds pleasant...from what I hear = )

20 things you may not know about me

1.  My first car was a '91 Mercury Tracer.  I totaled it after 2 months

2.  I love to scrapbook.  Mostly for other people

3.  I floss my teeth every day.  Because my dentist told me to.  = )

4.  I want to be a pilot 

5.  My favorite holiday is St. Patrick's Day.  Hands down

6.  Facetious.  It's my favorite word.

7.  I've lived in Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, Florida, and Hawaii

8.  I am obsessed with reality TV.  From Real World to Housewives of Atlanta.  I watch em all.

9.  My favorite movie of all time is Clue

10.  I usually go days without bathing.  And I'm okay with it

11.  My favorite part of boot camp was rifle range.  My least favorite: the gas chamber.

12.  I took Beginning French in College

13.  I'm a Godmother of 3.

14.  I've performed as a rifleman for 53 military burials.

15.  K-Mart creeps me out

16.  I love photography

17.  I get reallllllly sweaty when I dance. = )

18.  Traveling is what I live for

19.  When I get my eyebrows waxed, I cry like a baby  

20.  There are 2 babies named after me.  Danielle Hannah Maria & Hannah Lynn

Baby Shower for little Leonidas!

Yesterday was Maggie's baby shower and it was a huge hit!  We fit around 25 people in the living room!  Games and treats all around = ).  I think I can do without another cupcake for a long while....though, Sarah can make some killer cupcakes.  We played "Who knows Mommy Best?" and I won!! With 14 correct.  I think Sarah won the next game with "What's Mommy Wearing?"  Or maybe it was Beth.  Ah well.  We decorated bibs with puff paint and a jolly time was had by all.  Mags brought her Hawaii pics and we all sat around wishing we were there and not here in the cold.  BUT, it got over 65 yesterday can you believe it??  What a perfect day for a shower!  Maggie has lots of thank you cards to write!  I'm glad everyone was able to make it.  It was nice to see everyone.  

In Yoda news: he ran AWAY!  Well, he got just over the hill to the cemetary before Sarah caught up with him....he's a runner. Usually he perks right up and comes to if you say "Treat treat treat!" but I believe he's caught onto the fact he's not going to get a treat when we say that. = )

Hope everyone has a good week!

Hannah

Yoyo

Here's some more of the little guy!

Sailor Hannah

               Grandma Corky came down today to work on the scrapbook she's making for Dick of their cruise up in Alaska.  It turned out great!  I loves me some scrapbooking. Oh, also we played 3 or 13...and guess who won some pennies!! ME. mwahahha victory is mine.  She brought down some stew and it was deeeelicious!!!

Wayne went to his graduation ceremony (far right) at Hawaii Pacific University.  I'm so proud of my Nat! It looks mighty nice there, no snow for them!

Oh- I FINALLY found a punchbowl at Hobby Lobby....after searching at Walmart, Target, Kohls, Penny's....I looked high and low.  Who'da thunk it'd be so hard to find.  So we now have all the pieces we need for Maggie's Baby Shower! Woot!

I got a call from Senior Chief today and the Navy Cryptologic community has accepted me back and I'm due in Chicago on the 23rd of February.  I better get started finding all my uniforms!  It's 3 weeks up there and then off to my duty station...which is yet unknown.

I'm watching the british version of The Office with Ricky Jarvais. Has anyone seen this??  Ricky Jarvais is hilarious.

Grandma Corky's Birthday weekend

Hello all!  I recently found this pic from Morse Code school down in Pensacola in 2005.  You know, 4 yrs old = )  I was a lowly E-3 at the time.  Memmmmories!

Update on the Navy Quest:  I had my phone interview today and my package is complete.  Should be hearing something in around 2 weeks.  They will call to tell me if they will accept me back as a CTR2 (Cryptologic Technician 2nd Class, E-5) and aroundabouts when I'll leave.  Then, I will be heading up to Chicago for about 3 weeks of training (uniform re-issue and Navy classes).  Then, off to wherever my duty station will be.  

I am currently plopped in Grandma Corky's living room watchin TV with the sis.  Tomorrow is Grandma Corky's Birthday, the big 7-0....and boy do we have a sweet gift for her!  I'll tell you about it when the cat's out of the bag!

Yoda was just a terrible pup today.  I brought him up to Grandma Corky's today and as we were scrapbooking we could hear Yoyo chewing on something....and we assumed it was his bone.  Negative.  Twas half of her plant in the other room along with some pinecones.  YODA!  Uh, he is such a bad dog when we bring him over here.  I think it's cause all of the attention is no longer on just him.  THEN, later on when Mom got here we found him with a little wooden mouse that was chewed to bits.  He was chewing wood!  There were chips of it all over where he was laying and he just looked up at me with those big Yoda puppy eyes like "What'd I do?"  Ugh...he will never learn!

G.C. made some delicious roast beast for dinner and it was yummy yummy delicious!!  Also, we played rummy and I pretty much won the first game! No big whup.  Victory dance and all.

Hope everyone has a good weekend!

 

Obama Inauguration!

1.  LOST STARTS IN 2 days...TWO DAYS.  I know everyone else is excited as I am.  And I have made myself a memo in my phone.

2.  Turns out the Wall Street Journal is not as dry as you may think.  Today I learned that 2 border patrols shot this drug dealer guy because they thought he was carrying a gun.  Turns out it was a weird light reflection....the man was not armed. These 2 officers got 12 years in prison.  Hmm.. interesting.

3.  Did anyone watch American Idol?  I thought the San Fran contestants were quite dry.  Also, Simon is still loud and rude.  As usual = )  He is consistent, I'll give him that.

4.  Did everyone watch Obama's inauguration?  Sadly, I missed it.  I tend to fall asleep during long speeches.  Sarah said it was a tad long.

Today I took Yoda for a walk at Krug Park.  Yes, I got lost....again... Seriously this place is like OZ or Narnia or something. Every time we try and go....we get lost lost lost.  I ended up on the south end somewhere.  But, thankfully I had my GPS with me (thank you G.C.!).  Anyhow, we made it to the park, but turns out Krug is closed during the winter for some reason...the gates were locked and all.  We were able to feed the 10,000 ducks and take a short walk.  It was snowing and very chilly.  Yoda doesn't seem to notice the cold at all. Though, he does like to eat the snow.  And duck droppings.  He specifically does NOT like his collar, as he chewed it off on the way home.

I went to Sonic, a daily routine for me, to get me a route 44 diet chocolate coke, my usual.  I am really going to miss that place.

Then, it was off to the lair (Sarah's basement) which is packed FULL of my boxes.  I finished sorting everything out for what I want to get shipped to my duty station and what I would like to leave here.

Oh, I got a call from my Enlisted Community Manager and he says I will be getting an email from the lady in Pensacola who is going over my paperwork to make sure my package is complete.  Paperwork paperwork.  He also said there is a very good chance I'll get back to Hawaii because there are lots of orders out there right now.  Which was goooood news to hear = )

Hope everyone had a lovely Tuesday!

Thanks for reading,

Hannah

Yoda

This is my nephew, Yoda.  He is Sarah's puppy.  She got him August 8th.  Sarah and Justin ventured down to Kansas City in search of the perfect fit for our family = ).  When Sarah saw him, she immediately knew he was the one.  His brother was running around and hyperactive and he was just kind of chill and laid back.  Joke was on us, because he is a rambunctious fellow.  He likes to run back and forth from the kitchen to the living room. At warp speed!  He also likes to dig holes, consuming the dirt as he goes.  I believe his favorite place in the house is buried deep underneath my bed.  He loves to explore under there...though, the only thing he ever finds is an empty shoebox and a giant clipboard.  But, he is determined to find a gem down there.  

His Nana Vikki thinks he's sooooo cute!  All of the family seems to have embraced him = )  Now, Sarah thinks he needs a companion to play around with so there may be another pup around here soon...

I'll keep you posted!

Thanks for coming!

Hannah

Friends in HI

I'm looking at pics from when Pam & Colin, Moose & Mags came out to HI to visit, memmmmmmories.  Here's a pic of Waikiki Strip & Diamondhead (and also the Catamaran we took the Booz Cruz on = )

Welcome!

Hello Everyone, I've created this blog so I can keep in touch with all of you guys!  This way I can post pics and keep everyone updated on what's going on.  

Currently I am in the process of going back into the Navy.  I've gone down and finished my paperwork and physicals at MEPS (Military Entrance Processing Station) down in Kansas City.  So, my paperwork is all turned in and I"m just waiting to hear back if they'll let me back in.  (fingers crossed!)

Also, I would like to get stationed back in Hawaii.  I know, I know.....the whole time I was there I wished I was back here, or at least closer to home.  But, now that I've been home for a while, I'm realizing I will have to be there to accomplish my goals.

I would like to continue taking classes at Hawaii Pacific University.  I am in the MBA program and taking 2 classes: Business- Intro to Accounting and Finance, and Management- The Ethical Environment of Business.  I had a feeling this classes would be a tad challenging...but the accounting information is a bit overwhelming since I've never had any accounting classes.  Thank goodness for Maggie, she seems to know everything about accounting.. She knows a lot of random stuff, come to think of it.  Lifesaver!

If I get back to Hawaii, the plan is to attend Embry Riddle and learn about aeronautics.  I would like to work in the field of aviation, preferably as a Naval Officer.  I took the Officer test and didn't score as high as I wanted, so I need to bring up my scores on the aviation portion.  After some classes I will feel more confident about taking the test over.  Also, I reallllly want to take some training to attain a pilot's license.  It's a bit farfetched at the moment, but with some dedication and lots of legwork I think it's attainable.  

Also, can I just say...I'm over winter!  It's so cold....and you get all cooped up inside.  I miss the beaches and sunshine, I'm not gonna lie.  

Thank you for reading!

Hannah