Sunday is a day of rest for many, and that is exactly what it was for me.  Last night we were informed that today would be a day off, well with the exception of a few mandatory meetings of course.  An Army day would not be complete without getting all together at some point during the day.

So I took the rare opportunity to sleep in, as much as anyone can sleep in when there are two other people cohabitation a very small room with you.  I woke at 0730 thinking I had overslept, but then quickly reminded myself that I could go back to sleep.  I finally woke around 0930 when one of my roommates was getting dressed.

I had missed breakfast as it ended at 0730 and I was not about to get up, dressed just to go get some sub par food and really bad coffee, so I headed over to the Joint Readiness Center where Cafe Dix is located (a small coffee bar inside a building with fairly decent coffee, bagels and such) but they were closed.

Disappointed and willing to take the post shuttle to the Shoppett where there is a Dunkin Donuts, I headed back to the barracks office to look at the shuttle, when I saw that some very kind officer had already gone to DD and bought a box of joe and some donuts!  It is pretty crazy because normally I am a tea drinker and if I do drink coffee it is from Starbucks, but like I wrote in a previous post, it is those small familiar things that bring comfort, like DD.  I have a friend who worked at Emerson and he is in the National Guard, and when he was deployed he asked some of his coworkers to send over a box of DD cups so at least the coffee he put in it would remind him of home.  I am sure that when I get over there I too will want some random request like that too.

But anyway, today has been nice to be able to sleep in, head over to the commissary to buy sushi and not eat at least two meals at the dining facility and to get online in the day room to catch up on e-mails and this blog.

We have one more week here before Christmas leave, which I CANNOT wait for!  It will be so special to spend time with my boyfriend Adam and his family, and spend at least a week in our new apartment that Adam has spent countless hours unpacking and cleaning so I can have a nice safe home to return to!

I hope you all are well and enjoying your sunday too!