12 July 2020

        This morning I awoke to the sound of my morning jazz playlist on youtube. A very nice way to wake up indeed. I get up and talk with my family and grab chow from the dfac. A satisfactory breakfast with real bacon this morning. The bacon is probably the reason for my heartburn during the day. Sadly my allergy medication has two unfortunate side effects: increased heartburn and reduction of the bodies ability to regulate temperature. I still take it because the alternative of snotting and wheezing at night is unbearable at best. In fact, about a month ago when I went tent camping this happened. I forgot to take my medication in the morning like usual and when the time came for sleep I sneezed and wheezed until midnight. I took my pill and then fell asleep sitting upright in the car so I wouldn't keep anyone else awake. It was an awful night. 

      After breakfast I play some minecraft and kill some time before having to go and fetch a few items from the commissary. I peruse the main PX for about 30 minutes just killing time until 11. I don't even get anything from the PX because the line is over 10 people long. That's just too much. I walk in the commissary when it opens and head straight for the water. I put x3 2.5 gallon jugs of water in my cart; this water is what I will drink all week. Next I get some cane sugar for coffee and tea. I also guiltily add pop-tarts and chocolate chip cookies to my basket. Only a $17 dollar trip.  

    I get some lunch on the way back; baked chicken, rice and beans and baked beans. I am now fueled up with enough fiber to produce enough gas for a trip to the coast. I chat with my boys and play some minecraft for awhile. I do go on a nice bike ride and listen to some ask pastor john while I ride. I have some revelations in the word and am grateful for the time I have to be in God's word. I come back to my room and pray and read the Bible. 

   

Ft. Knox has lots of railroads

    By now the boys are awake and cranky for my wife. We spend the afternoon and some of the evening talking about buying the house in College Station and getting dinner figured out for the boys. Eventually we get to the point where boys are fed, bathed, and asleep. The realtor sent up the offer for the house and now the waiting game begins. I wish I could sell my first house but we have just put a tenant in there a few months ago and the contract is nowhere near up. I'm gonna sell that house as soon as I can, and hopefully for a profit. 

    I shower and make some great tea with the new organic cane sugar. Florida Crystals makes organic cane sugar and other specialty sugars using a process that generates no waste and uses no outside electricity. Having looked this up earlier, I feel pretty good about my sugar choice. It also tastes great in a cup of decaf black tea at 2200. I am disappointed though to find out that the Army TA program will only cover half of my master's degree and that I have to wait to finish ALC in order to even start the degree. I may not go to ALC until 2021. Surely I can get some sort of waiver, but that will be for another day. Maybe I can get a grant or something to help with the 9,000 dollars it will cost for my half of the tuition. 

    Ah well, at least the bachelors and associates was free. 

Pull-Cord toilet, my great fix after breaking the handle off.