Naples

First things first, Naples, Italy SUCKS!!! The "Family" has messed it up so bad that if I never go there again it will be too damn soon. There are trash piles everywhere and the people just walk or drive around them. They have nowhere to put it. It isn't like you see one small pile of trash on the street corner, no they have piles EVERYWHERE that are 20 feet long, 10 feet wide, and probably 6 to 8 feet high! The rich areas (where the Family lives) doesn't have any trash piled up. Course I didn't go knock on any doors and ask what they did with their trash. I much preferred Rome to Naples. Hell I prefer Izmir, Turkey to Naples!!! Izmir is cleaner! One of the German guys that was with me stated that he was going to kiss the ground when he got back to Izmir.

OK. Mini rant over. I can now say that I have eaten pizza in a little outdoor cafe, had Vermicelli all Carbonara, and a Limoncella shot on the seaside of Naples. Been there, done that, skipped the tshirt, ain't going back!

Oh and something I noticed when I was in the Munich airport terminal walking around waiting for my next flight, they have a sex shop in there. Dildo's, vibrators, oils, and lingerie all on display in the store windows.
No I did not go in. I looked at the displays as I walked past it to the bathrooms.

Make a nice day!

Packing

I am packing to leave again. I am going to Naples, Italy this time. Where they are having garbage issues. Evidently they no longer have anywhere to put it. The weather is heating up. Oh happy happy joy joy! At least I didn't have to catch the 5:05 am flight! My ride is picking me up at 1 pm today. Some of the other guys that are going caught a 6:15 am flight so they will already be there at the hotel drunk by the time I get there. I fly back to Izmir on Friday morning and get back in the afternoon. On the way there and back I get to go through Munich since I am flying on Lufthansa. I wanted to go on this route so that I can see part of my route that I will be taking home in 15 days. Seems like 6 months have absolutely flown by! Time to get back to packing.

Give your pookie a hug and a snuggle and make a nice day!!

P.S. I hope everyone remembered to call their Mother's yesterday!

Beauty

It seems odd to me that I noticed a very nice smell in the air a few days ago. Thought maybe honeysuckle but I haven't located it yet. Then yesterday on my walk home I noticed that there are blooming rose bushes almost everywhere! All different colors. All of them beautiful. I can smell them easily over the smell of the city. I hope they can stay blooming the rest of the time I am here.

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Church

After church today we went over to St Polycarp's Church. It is very beautiful and represents one of the 7 Churches in Revelations. I sent out the photos already. If you didn't get it then I don't have an email address for you. Drop me a line and I will send them to you.

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Performance

I have been trying to do my annual performance report. It sucks that I can't get anything from my last duty station. They won't answer my emails. I had to eat a few TUMS because of this. Not to mention they changed the EPR form and this is my first one of this type. Just a lovely time. I will have to put my rater off until Monday I guess and do everything I can on it this weekend. I can't use anything from my previous station unless they send a letter of evaluation, and trying to get that 4 months after leaving is kind of hard. Hell trying to remember what I did 12 months ago at work is difficult. If I were still there I could go through my emails and jog my memory about stuff. Now I am just screwed I think. Too bad I can't tell them to just skip it this year.

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I Stole this MeMe from Vixen

Any teenager can write a survey about their favorite class or their secret crush or how nice their car is that their parents paid for. This survey is only for the grown-ups.



1. Do you have a college degree?

Yes. I have 2. Ya'll might remember me posting about that.

2. What was the amount of your last electric bill?


$58.17

3. Do you have life insurance?

Yes. Two separate policies.

4. How many hours per week do you work?

I'm in the military, I'm always working!

5. Have you ever attended a Toastmaster's event?

HELL NO!!! I barely managed to make it through Speech class to get my degrees and you think I am going to inflict more pain on myself intentionally? Are you stupid?

6. Favorite place to attend happy hour?

A bar with strippers... :D


7. How many miles is your commute to work each day (one way)?

Around 10 miles. On a city bus. In Izmir, Turkey...


8. What time do you get up every morning for work?

0600

9. What is your definition of sleeping in late?

0700

10. Do you check your cholesterol on a yearly basis?

No.


11. How large was your first cell phone?

I am behind the times. My first cell phone was a black RAZR.

12. Does your employer provide good health insurance?

Yes. Even if I get shot or blown up!!


13. Did you use the internet to write a research paper?

I have.


14. Have you ever attended a HS reunion?

No. I was overseas for my 10th and I will be overseas for my 20th this summer.

15. Did you become what you said you would "when you grew up"?

A burden on society? No not yet...


16. What is your favorite drink?

Margarita

17. What is the most expensive bottle of wine that you have in your residence?

About $35.

18. Have you been divorced?

Yes.

19. How old were you when you stopped getting ID'd for Alcohol?

19.

20. Favorite casino?

Horseshoe Casino in Shreveport, the buffet is awesome!!

21. Are you happier now than you were in high school?

Hell Yes!!

22. Did you ever have hyper color shirts?

Yes I Did!!! I loved that shirt!

23. Do you​ remember when Michael Jackson was black and attracted to women?

Yes.


24. Do you remember when MTV played music videos?

I remember the very first video they played...


25. Have you had a will made?

Yes.

26. What music was in your cd/cassette player when you were in high school?

Guns N' Roses, Aerosmith, Lynyrd Skynyrd, AC/DC, and other rock bands.


27. Favorite fancy/upscale restaurant?

About the fanciest I get now is a Chinese Buffet!!

28. Where were you when you found out about 9/11?

I was stationed at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana. The undisclosed AFB in Louisiana that President Bush diverted to before he continued on to Offutt. He came to the building I worked in cause we had the communication equipment he needed. The first statement to the American public he gave was in our conference room.


29. Do you have any children yet?

Yes. I have a 20 year old daughter, an 11 year old daughter, and a 9 year old son.

Pictures

OK folks. I uploaded the pictures of Bucharest and sent out the invitations to view. Didn't get one? Want one? Drop me an email or leave a comment with your email address. I share pictures.

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Romania

Ok. I could definitely live here in Bucharest. I have told Gorgeous this already. She told me no. The reason she said no? The same reason I could live here. There are so many absolutely physically beautiful women. Do I know them on a personal level? Hell no! Do I want to? Hell no! They might speak and ruin all my fantasies! Besides I have Gorgeous now!

But I have been here a week and the people have all been nice. I don't want to go back to Turkey. It sucks there. Ok, maybe not sucks, but the women don't look like this. You see a blond in Turkey and you automatically think they are from somewhere else.

I will stop whining. I took pictures of the buildings, not the women. I'll post them when I get back. A lot of the buildings are leftover from the communist era. They are old and appear to be in bad condition, but the people are all happy. I think that is the main reason I could live here pretty easily. People are Happy.

Make a nice day!!

Bucharest

I made it here. Got to go around all day and visit stuff. Took some pictures. The Parliament building is a huge frikkin building!!!

Thats all I got for now. Make a Nice Day!!

Packing

Well I'm packing my suitcase again. I have a ride coming to pick me up at 0330 in the morning and I am still sitting here at the computer, listening to the dryer run. When it finishes I can move the clothes from the washer over and start another load washing. All so I can have clean clothes on my trip. Where am I going this time? What is the big thing in the news right now concerning NATO? The NATO Summit in Bucharest. So that is where I am going. It sucks that I have to get up that early to catch a plane to get there that early in the day when I don't have to start work until Sunday. Hopefully I can get situated in the hotel and stuff. I don't even know if I am supposed to wear civilian clothes back and forth to the site. I feel like I am so unprepared. Time to move the laundry around.

Make a Nice Day.

Balmy

Well the weather here isn't quite balmy yet but it is warming up. I haven't been blogging lately cause what do I say? I miss TG a lot. I miss not being able to jump in the car and run to Wal-Mart at 10 pm. I miss TACO BELL!!!! Jeez. You'd think they would have some kind of mexican restaurant here at least, but NO. You get all the dang shish kebab and döner you want, but try to find a damn taco! Oh and there is only one, 1, ONE, chinese restaurant. It isn't a buffet either. Anyone help me out? Know where there is a Taco Bell in Izmir, Turkey? Come on people, I'm jonesing here!!


Make a nice day and tell your special pookie that you love them.


I LOVE YOU GORGEOUS!!!!!

(That's MY pookie!)

Weather

Ok, I guess the weather here is just like the weather where I grew up. Last Sunday it was colder than a witch's tit with a brass nipple ring, and this week it is sunny and in the mid 60's. Go figure. So I decided to take a picture from the same place I took the other pictures last week in order for you to see the difference. :)

Make a Nice Day!!

WTF?

Guess what I woke up to this morning? Go on guess. I'll give you a minute to think about it. Nevermind I'll just tell you. Snow. Yep snow in Izmir. Cold, windy as all get out, and snow. I tried taking a picture of the snow flying through the air in the wind, but they didn't turn out. I got pictures of the small amount of snow on the ground. Here are the pictures. I could have done without snow. I hate snow. Well I don't hate snow, I hate the lack of heat that creates the conditions that allow snow to be created. Yeah I know, "Quit whining about a little bit of snow!" It's my blog and I'll whine if I want to!!





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Weekend Getaway

Last weekend I went to Pamukkale (pah mook a lay) and Hieropolis. It was cold and foggy for the most part, but this is definitely the off season. I got to take off my shoes and walk out on the white terraces and travertines. That stuff was cold on the feet, and I got my feet back into the hot thermal water pretty quick. I took a bunch of pictures which are in Snapfish. If you didn't get the invite to it drop me a line and provide an email address.

Yes I am still alive, just haven't blogged.

Tell your Pookie you Love them and make a nice day!!