Subtle Coolness

I, having been appointed a second lieutenant in the United States Air Force, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter, so help me God.

Today my best friend was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Air Force. He invited me to the ceremony. It was really cool. His father, a retired Air Force Major, commissioned him.

That got me to thinking. If I had done ROTC and been commissioned today, could my father have commissioned me?

I always feel something stirring within me when I listen to the National Anthem with my hand over my heart, facing the flag.

About three weeks ago I StumbleUponed a website with a recipe for apple crumble, and tonight I finally got to try making it.

Yeah. I followed the recipe, but it didn’t turn out that good. Well, I used gala apples. That was probably a bad idea.

I need to find some better recipes.

There isn’t always a price to pay for fun, unless you’re simple like me.

Last Saturday I frolicked with friends over at the lake. Well, it’s actually a river, but it’s been dammed so it counts as a lake. It’s just a very long, narrow lake. And that’s where I was when said frolicking took place.

I tried to slackline. That’s where someone ties a cord between two trees so that it’s really tight, but it’s elastic so it gives when you put weight on it. The idea is to balance your self on it, but I never got that far. According to the guy who was teaching us, I’m too tense.

I dived in. It was cold. I swam around. I got on a boat. I played with a Frisbee in the water. I had a great time. On the way home we “hiked” Mount Bonnell.

I got sunburned. And I got sunsick. I was expecting the former, because I always get sunburned. But I completely forgot about my sunsickness. Until the morning after.

When I awoke Sunday morning, I felt terrible. I felt sick to my stomach, and generally weak all over, and extremely dehydrated. I had a little headache. I stayed home all day, drinking lots of water. I felt better when I finally got out of bed and had something to eat.

The sunsickness only lasted a day. I’m happy to be feeling much better this morning, but I’m sad that I missed Church yesterday.

And that’s my adventure for the weekend.

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labarum14.mp3 (24:58, 64kbps, 11M)
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