Jennifer Reed, me (I'm the hobbit in the middle) and Rhonda Jackson
Last night Jennifer Reed invited Rhonda Jackson and I to hang out and have dinner. We all met up with Angie at Bono's near Town Center for an ALS Association Fundraiser Dinner. Angie is involved with the local ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) Association. Our sailors are all on the same ship together and currently deployed. We had a great time talking at dinner. It is so interesting to hear the other stories and perspectives of how things are going aboard the ship. Some of our stories are the same, and then some were different. None of our sailors work in the same department so they are all involved in different tasks. Also, some of these ladies have been married to the navy for about ten years... maybe more. Angie's husband was former enlisted and now an officer, Jennifer and her husband have lived in foreign ports, and Rhonda's man is highly ranked and she knows much of the lingo that I am not accustomed to.
Once we left the restaurant we headed over to Cheesecake Factory to pick up a few pieces of cheesecake. We carried those back to Jennifer's house and had some wine and watched a movie called The Invention of Lying. It was interesting. Really funny at first and then not so much. Anywho... the guy got the girl at the end and the main characters didn't die, so it was better than a Sparks film. Nicholas Spark's movies aren't all that bad as long as you don't watch them during a deployment. Somehow sadness seems so greatly intensified during deployments.
We had a great time and it was night to get out on Saturday evening after I had such an incredibly rough day on Friday. I found myself in tears missing Brian and had one of those days where I just needed to get a good cry out and then move on. I hate days like that, but they always make the following day seem better. Thanks to Jennifer (the fantastic hostess), Angie and Rhonda my Saturday evening was the highlight of my weekend.
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