Happy Thanksgiving

I cleaned the CHU yesterday. It was very dirty because of the rain. Lots and lots of mud that turned into dirt in the CHU. We had to wait a couple of days before we could clean it out, because every time we came into the CHU we just tracked in more mud. It has finally cleared up enough to make cleaning worthwhile. Of course the weather guy said that it is suppose to rain tomorrow afternoon...figures. I took our rug outside and tried to get some of the dirt out of it. It was filthy. We need a vacuum cleaner, but the ones they sell here are terrible and don't do anything.

Cara has a mission tonight, so I will be flying solo Thanksgiving Eve. It is always such a bummer when she is not around. Hopefully we have good weather tonight, so her mission will only take one night and not two. If it takes two then I will be all alone on Thanksgiving day. Well not all alone, because I will have my other friends to hang out with. But Cara and I have Friends watching plans, and I would hate to watch it without her. AFN (Armed Forces Network) is playing three hours of Friends Thanksgiving episodes on Thanksgiving day. This is going to be the highlight of my tour. Cara and I are very very very excited. For those of you who are not Friends fans (don't tell me if you don't like the show...I don't want to know) the Thanksgiving episodes are the best ones. So three hours of Friends Thanksgiving episodes = heaven.

There is a half marathon in January, and Cara and I decided to run in it. We figure we have nothing else to do, and why not accomplish a half marathon while we are over here. I ran 5 miles last night at the gym, on the treadmill, with no ipod (I forgot it). It was the longest 5 miles of my life. We can't run in races with an ipod because it is against post policy, but during the 10 miler I had Cara to entertain me. When I don't have something to distract me from the fact that I am running I get very bored and like to quit early. I managed to stick it out last night though. I think running 5 miles without an ipod on a treadmill was more of an accomplishment than the 10 miler.

I hope this post finds everyone warm, happy, and full of food on Thanksgiving day. It is by far the best holiday of the year in my opinion. A whole day dedicated to nothing but food, being thankful, football, and family. Not to mention it is also the Texas vs. Texas A&M football game, which is really why Thanksgiving is a national holiday. This yeah will mark the 63rd year of the game being played on Thanksgiving day. Obviously, Thanksgiving didn't even become popular until this game was moved to Thanksgiving day.

The only thing that can top the Texas v. Texas A&M game is...you guessed it, Mizzou vs. kU on Saturday.

Back to Thanksgiving. Thanks for all the Thanksgiving day emails. I am thankful for all the support from my family and friends. You guys are quite amazing, and I don't know what I did to deserve having you guys in my life...but thanks for everything you guys have done for me.