Camp Cupcake

 September 25, 2014

 With so much quiet time to myself, for the first time, my personal inbox is empty – zero!  Everything has filed, either in archived folders or for later – to go through if I ever had the time!  Nice huh?  On the other hand, my inbox at work will never be empty, as I continue to have a 9-5 job hehehe.  I got a bike to ride to and from compound so, I had a nice bike ride over the weekend.  After skipping several cafeteria meals, I lost 7 lbs already in nearly two weeks.  If it costs $3 for frozen food, it’s worth it more than a dish of lasagna, fried chicken and what have you at the buffet in the cafeteria.  Man, some people are so skinny and can eat all they want and not gain a lb.  I got the Ngernwichit fat “gene” LOL!  Sorry to say but I am what I eat.  So for exercise, I’m planning for tennis (when the courts open again), abs class, Hiits worksout, cross fit, Zumba, T25 and all you can think of.  Some of us aren’t born lucky.

I am still not sleeping well but at least I’m getting photo updates from Jason on Alyssa which always brings me a smile. I know he’s bad with e-mail but he knows what I like!!! Seeing Alyssa having fun gives me a peace of mind.  This is a catch-up time for him and her for the year.  After all, the first five years of her life, Momma Bo spent her time taking Alyssa to all these b-day parties and playdates.  Go to my smugmug site (thevillatravels.smugmug.com) and you will see the most populated folder or gallery is the playdates.  Man, don’t I just have my priorities straight do I?!?!

The bottom line is that Alyssa is a good girl, she’s secure, she’s resilient and she’s going to be OK.  And I hope that she will grow up to be a responsible adult and start a generation of healthy Villas or whoever if she decides to adopt another name for her future family. 

So you might wonder why I labeled my blog “camp cupcake.”  Yes, they call this in comparison to Basrah because I definitely see more greenery and shrubs. You got it more here. I have yet to get a taste of the people’s personality but at least I feel somewhat not so much in a prison!! LOL the MGT Officer at the last place told me, “I’m letting you go on parole” as he turned to the mailroom DPO lady and said you got to stay a bit longer, hehehe.  But I really didn’t feel Basrah a prison, because the people were nice, the food was GOOD and I had a group of friends that we exercise nearly every day with.  They were my friends.  It’s just that it’s out in the middle of no where (desert) and you don’t see any trees, mostly it’s hot with lots of gravel everywhere.  Well for now, I don’t need to look no further for a friend, other than my roommate.  She is sweet, concerning and we communicated a lot.  I might start a bible study b/c doing it alone, I fall asleep, LOL!!! I have these bible books with exercises, it’s still not the same as fellowship.

Here is a picture of my new cross-fit workout?  Rough huh?

Well, counting the days still..This is still one of my favorite pictures of Jason and I, when we were in Paris 2004.  We met in December of 2003 at a Montreal trip my friend Joy decided to set up so I went.  We clicked when we met face to face and had personal interaction.  So if E-mail between us was poor then..what tells me it will be good now? :-)  We were always better in person and so we must keep it that way.

Have a great week! :)