...drumroll please....

I found out last night that I will be switching to the day shift starting our next work set (Monday). I'm feeling mixed emotions about it, but really glad that I'll get to be back on a regular (and more normal) sleep schedule so that's what I will focus on and not the other stuff that makes me wish I wasn't being switched. I will be working with different people too so I will have to adjust to that. I'm glad that my friend was able to switch too so we can keep carpooling together, and I'll have someone to talk to too :]

Anyway, that's my news for the week. We are "lucky" enough to be having a formation bright and early this Saturday morning in our Full Service Dress (the blue uniform aka Blues). This is possibly due to the chance that someone in our Squadron got a DUI and we were warned that the next time that happened that we would have this formation. Now let me just say that the weather has been crappy these last 2 days with winds up to 60mph and rainy and such. Almost everything is closed today (schools, government offices, etc) because of the severity, so if that means anything to you you will know that that is what we might also be dealing with tomorrow. I am so not looking forward to that, but crap happens. And then we volunteered to work at a car wash to raise money for Squadron functions (aka the Holiday party every year). We'll see what the weather does to this plan too...

Anyway, I can't fall asleep (been up since 3pm yesterday) and I blame the 5-6 sips of Redbull that I had at 3 am today...or the fact that I'm cold too and I can never fall asleep when I'm cold. Warming me up takes a while too :/ But yeah, I'm going to go get ready for the day since there is no way I'm gonna fall asleep when I'm this wide awake. I'm sure I'll be taking a nap later.

still waiting...

on what is happening with me and changing shifts. Had a talk with one of my supervisors yesterday and found out somethings that are a bit hard to swallow, but I'm a big girl and I can handle it. Just have to step it up and work harder I guess. Now that I know the reason why they want to switch me though (and I can't really talk about it) I don't think I want to switch for something lame. Because it is lame. But if they want me to I can't complain about it because I'll be getting back on a normal sleep schedule again. Anyway, I guess we will be finding out for sure tonight at work. I'll let you know the outcome tomorrow.

some interesting news..

Yesterday when I got to work one of my supervisors came up to me and pulled me aside. Now the first thing that ran through my head was "Crap! What did I do??" but really, he just wanted to ask me if I would be willing to switch to swings (the day time shift) and I almost cried! But I told him that I carpool with a friend since we live so far away from work so I was torn...she asked if there was a way she could get switched too and he said he would see what he could work out for us. If we get switched I'll be able to function like a normal person again!! and get to see luke too! :] I will let you know what I find out since he said he would let us know today at work...oh the suspense!

~Nicole

Trying to get things together and get our school on!

Yesterday I spent most of the afternoon getting things filled out and ready to mail off for College things. Luke and I are going to be visiting the education office on Hickam sometime in the near future to figure out what we need to do to finish getting our AA from DLI and the CCAF (Community College of the Air Force). I only have to take like 3 more classes for the DLI one and I can take a CLEP test for them too!! I love that we can do things like that! Makes life less stressful when I don't have to do homework or be enrolled in a class for however many weeks. Just study for a couple days, take one test and BAM! 3-6 college credits right in my hand! So yeah, I'm getting pretty excited about this as you might be able to tell :] Then it's on to a BA!...not sure what my Major will be though...hmm...that might take some thinking..

Anyway, just wanted to give a little update into our lives. Luke will be starting Language Class that lasts for 6 weeks starting today. I started working the night shift this month and will be doing this until April....I do NOT like this shift!! I am one grumpy person too lately. Poor Luke has to put up with me too. That is why I am up right now writing this...because I am trying to make the transition easier for me on the nights that I do work. Thank goodness I only work 3 days at a time with a 3 day break inbetween!! I might hurt someone if that weren't the case that is for sure.

Well, thanks for stopping by! I'm going to go find something else to do for the next couple hours before going to bed so see ya later!

~Nicole

Yay!

Happy New Year Everyone!

Love,
Nicole and Lucas


oh, and I forgot to post about Christmas Day...

It started out with Luke getting sick at about 6 am that morning (and I wasn't feeling so great later on that day) so we decided to just open presents early. It was short and sweet. We took a nap and then called family to wish them a Merry Christmas. After all that was done, I went to the supermarket to get him some soup and powerade to settle his tummy. Poor guy :[

It was a very laid back weekend that's for sure since we were feeling under the weather (Luke more so than myself). I think the best part though was that we got to spend it together :] and that's all that mattered to me.

The accident..

Here are a couple pictures of the car since the accident yesterday. I still have to have him recount the story...I'll add that to this post later.

well darn it

I took my DLPT on Monday and Tuesday this week and found out my scores after I finished the second part yesterday...I failed again...the only bright side was that I improved my reading score by one full point..but that means it went from me having a 0+, 0+ proficiency level to a 0+, 1+. My goal is to get a 2,2 or better. This really stinks. But I'm going to make the best of this next year to study and get my scores up dangit!!

In other news (and not so good news either), Luke got into an accident yesterday on the H1. Nothing serious, no one was hurt...just my poor little car :[ I'll take pics and post them soon. I'll have to let him re tell me the story so I can get an accurate description of what happened. Now my insurance is going to go up even more...ugh. It doesn't help that Luke's truck is still broken and we can't fix it until we can tow it back home. Can't do that till our official AAA cards get here so we can tow it without it costing an arm and a leg. Then he can fix it and I can get my car back!!

So yeah, this is how our week has been so far. I still have to get Christmas Cards out...might be late on that and I apologize. It's hard for us to sit down and take a pic when we've been busy lately now that Luke is working a day shift and I'm not. We will hopefully get our Christmas lights up before Christmas...I'm beginning to think that it might not be worth it anymore since Christmas is next week and the lights won't be up for very long after that...and I still need to finish mailing out gifts to people..hopefully I can finish that today though. And clean the house...so many things to do and it feels like I don't have enough hours in the day to do them! Well better go get started on what needs to be done today. ttyl!

~Nicole

Rain, rain and more rain!

The rainy season has begun (much to my dismay). It's been raining ALOT lately (started on Thursday last week) and hasn't really felt like letting up for very long. I think the record from the 1950's or so for the most rainfall was broken on Thursday too (by like 2 in). Roads have been flooded, the water pipe at work burst, causing a major traffic jam since now the fastest way to work is road blocked (now I get to take a 20 min detour to add to my already 50 min drive...ugh) It's been raining so much it's scary. and some people don't feel the need to drive safely too...when they can't even see the road because of all the rain. I hope I don't hydroplane one of these days...or ever...I can't wait for the rainy season to end. It doesn't help that Luke's truck broke down on last week so we've been sharing my car...which means I have been getting up WAY early to take him to work just so I can have the car to get me to work..ugh. Today was especially annoying since I had to take the first part of my language proficiency test this afternoon, but had to be up at 5:30 am to take Luke to work. I will be taking the second and final part tomorrow. And since I am testing tomorrow I should get to bed. I need my sleep...since I was so tired at work after my test and was struggling to stay awake. So I shall say good night. I will let you all know how I did on my tests tomorrow. Later

oops...

So I was a big dumb dumb and got my first speeding ticket tonight. I was going 70mph in a 45mph zone while trying to pass someone...doh! Luke said that as long as I learned my lesson then this would be no huge deal. $182 ticket is ok right? Especially since the cop gave me the impression that my ticket was gonna be a lot bigger..like I was thinking in the $2-300 range...but then again I know nothing about their system and how they decide what the price will be for the violation. This week has just sucked big time for me so far...I hope it gets better :/

Well, I need to go to bed now so ttyl!

~Nicole

Eventful weekend...

So Thanksgiving came and went...I had to work unfortunately so Luke was all alone that day :[ . We went shopping on Black Friday together which was quite the adventure. Got some pretty neat stuff so I'm glad that we went. We also got our Tree that day too (decorated it on Saturday). However...I had to work that day so I was very tired from lack of sleep...which leads up to Saturday.

the ocean view
the valley ( I think LOST is filmed around here...)Luke trying to be studly

We went on the Puu Piei Hike with a couple friends this last Saturday...a very long and steep hike...that when one hasn't gotten alot of sleep lately, can get tiring very very fast. So...I became very grumpy, very quickly.

I tried to convey to Luke that I didn't want to keep hiking up the mountain...but he insisted

I started to get a headache right about the time that we were done and on our way home (started the hike around 1pm...didn't get home till 4:30pm...) Got home and took some Tylenol hoping that that would fix the headache, but man was I wrong.

We thought I was having a headache because I was hungry so we ordered pizza, but that didn't help at all. Instead my body decided to throw it all up...3 times within 3 hrs...until I didn't have anything to throw up, then I started dry-heaving. So Luke took me to the hospital around 1am Sunday morning. Not fun. I don't know if I have ever mentioned how much I hate needles...but I loathe them and I had to have an IV of course since I was dehydrated from puking. So me being a thinker asked the nurse if she would numb my hand first before giving me the IV..it didn't work and my vein collapsed in my hand so she resorted to sticking me in my arm...NOT A GOOD FEELING!!!! I was miserable. Luke thought he'd make a funny by telling me to take it like a man...he was lucky that I was in no condition to kick his butt at that moment..but I look back and laugh at it now (sorta). Anyway, so after all that nonsense they did some blood work to find that it wasn't a virus (they thought that I might have had meningitis...) and had me do all these movements to see, like put my chin on my chest, raise my legs in the air...things that when you have a migraine...hurt alot. The doctor asked me lots of questions and I was trying my best to answer him and not throw up all over him at the same time...not an easy task I might add. Finally he caught on and talked with Luke since I had already told him earlier how I was feeling. They gave me some meds for the nausea and my headache in the IV...then we waited for the bloodwork like I had mentioned earlier. When the results came back they decided the nausea was caused by my migraine (DUH!) and sent us home with some meds for both the pain and upset tummy. Didn't get home till after 3 am...it had been a long day.

I think what irked me the most was that I had told them my reasoning for why I was sick (and I was right) but they insisted on just torturing me...ok maybe I'm being a bit dramatic now, but seriously...I wish that I didn't have to have an IV...I am fine though...just trying to get back to normal again. This whole "clear liquid" diet is killing me...but I've only had to take one nausea pill so i'm doing alright.

Anyway, just wanted to tell everyone about our adventure to the hospital. Stomach virus...psh! I also wanted to post some pics from our hike and our pretty Christmas Tree too! Enjoy!

Love,

Nicole

Lucas and I on the mountain

Our First Christmas Tree!

I made the tree skirt using crushed velvet