My place of Zen

I have been enjoying some peace and quiet lately.  I wake up to the sounds of birds chirping and the natural light of the sun coming up first thing in the morning.  No alarm clock is necessary, because I am fully rested and spring to my feet excited to tackle another day.  I call this my place of Zen.

My zen was interrupted the other night when the person who lives above me watched TV all night long...loudly.  Seriously until about 8:32am in the morning...not that I was watching the clock or anything...see paragraph above about no alarm clock necessary---place of Zen corrupted!!!

I tried to pin point the location of the TV, and in my delirious restless state thought that perhaps I could hit the power button with my .357 magnum.  You know help the guy out by turning his loud television off for him so that we could both enjoy my place of zen.  

But then I imagined someone in the neighborhood getting the wrong idea and calling the cops at the sound of a gun shot.  I didn't think my story of 'just trying to aim for the power button' through a wall would go over too well with the police.

 So I came up with Operation: When in Rome.  Which basically just means I listened to James Bond through my ceiling all night long.  Hey, at least it was Sean Connery's voice...I mean if you have to listen to a voice all night long might as well be one with a nice accent!

I'm seeing things.....

I looked at the date on my computer this morning and it says June 1, 2011.  That can't be right!!!  Deployment fever has struck again! My mind is playing tricks on me...


Then again I am in the 'only do what is absolutely necessary for deployment survival' mode...so maybe it really is June 1st. 

What is absolutely necessary for deployment survival mode you ask?  Well let me give you a list:

Answer unknown numbers
Wait for an hour on skype
Drag myself to work...brushing my teeth is optional
Going to the gym
and watching TV for a minimum of 3 hours

Yep that's all that's required in survival mode.  Of course when I finally get out of survival mode then I have a long to do list that looks a little something like this:

Brush my teeth
Call tricare to get a new card
Make Dr.'s appointment
Go to Dr.'s appointment
Make car recall notice appointment
Go to Car recall notice appointment
Make dentist appointment
Go to dentist appointment
Grocery shopping
Birthday present shopping for Maren
Cooking....ugh!  Do I have to??
Laundry...double Ugh!!
Take sick dog to the vet
Mail care package to Iraq
Clean house top to bottom for husband's upcoming R&R
Shave my legs
Get my hair done
Shop for cute homecoming outfit (this is more difficult than it sounds!!)
Did I mention laundry?

What can I say, I am a very busy woman!!!  But instead of tackling any of these things I think I will just continue to sit here on skype waiting for my cutie pie to call me.

Have a great wednesday!!