Sorry, I've been neglecting this website. I've lived here for 2 months now, but really havent had the opportunity to get out much. I go back and forth between the two bases quite a bit, but not much excitement about that. I'm deployed for the 4th time, but this is very different from the other deployments on the ship. I have a lot more freedom and I'm running a 10,000 sq ft facility. Its nice to have control of actual facilities again. This is a very different k...

Hey everyone! I just got back from 8 days in Egypt! It was absolutely amazing. I went with my friend Booter and it was quite the adventure. I decided that for this particular trip it would be much easier/better if I joined a tour group instead of doing my usual just fly there and figure it out. I'm very glad I did. It would have been relatively easy to get around, but there is very little of Egypt that I haven't seen now with the exception of Alexandria but I hav...

I went to Utah for a conference a week ago. Conferences are usually painful and sitting through some of these education sessions are no different. BUT I love going to this conference because its NRPA- National Recreation and Parks Association aka. a lot of friends from all over the world that I have met thanks to MWR and some of my professors. So we sit and suffer through the lectures, but the teachers are professional recreators too and know our need for enterta...

I went to a place called Fatima today. Fatima is famous from the Lady of the Rosary apparations and considered one of the most important shrines to the Virgin Mary in the Catholic faith. In 1917, 3 children saw the Virgin Mary and she spoke to them. Mary showed herself to the children 6 time. When the children told the town there were of course skeptics. Mary told them to tell the town to witness a miracle on a certain day. That day the entire town gathered outsi...

I got back from 4 days in Dublin with my friend Kim. It was great to see her! I worked with her on the ship and she was my roommate onboard (aka partner in crime) she moved to Sicily in August. We spent a lot of time just seeing the sights and enjoying lots of Irish food... sooooo good. Of course, we couldnt pass up the chance to get some yummy sushi either so overindulged at a Japanese /Chinese place one night (Lisbon has no good sushi *sad*) Both champions at s...