Mid Crew

As I may have mentioned before, I am in the United States Marines, Working as a supply clerk in the Aviation supply warehouses. I am stationed here in Miramar MCAS, in beautiful, sunny San Diego. Its a pretty good job and can be very fun if you make it that way. Lately i have been put on the Mid Crew Shift, which goes from Midnight to 7am. I enjoyed the switch from day crew to mid, especially since I now have more time in the day to spend with my baby girls. Brooke is also happy with that too, as they can be quite the handful for her. We are also able to go places during the day that we would have only been able to go on the weekends before, like SeaWorld, Disneyland, various San Diego Museums, the beach, etc. But, like all great things, it has its ups and downs to it.

Socially, all of my friends here on base are either Deployed or on the Day shift, making me have to wait until 4 or 5 if i want to do anything with any of them. We usually compensate that with having lots of get togathers at my house and lots of game day parties to have people come by the house and watch our large glowing rectangle. (see last weeks post, "glowing rectangles" Sunday at Shakey's we call it.

Sleep wise, its a totally different story. Ideally, I've been planning on going to bed around 8pm, waking up at 11:30, going to work, getting home around 8ish, doing some workout and PT, and then going to sleep for a few hours and then spending the day with the baby girls. For the most part, its been working, except for days ending in 'Y'. Sundays and Mondays, NFL season has started and my friend Bonus, is almost always over. Thsi usually won't get me to bed till 9 or 10 somedays. Tuesdays, NCIS is on. Along with it being one of my favorite shows, my children are ADDICTED to it. My Daughter is named Abbigale, after the show's bubbly gothic Forensic specialist, and she loves to see her on tv. Anna, seems to have a crush on one of the big characters on the show, but it seems to change every time. These girls WILL NOT SLEEP, until they see their favorite character Leroy Jethro Gibbs, the head investigator played by Mark Harmon. This character is also famous for slapping people in the back of the head, a motion that my wife is now frequently doing as well! Wednesday and Thurseday there isn't much to stop me so far from going to sleep at my usual time, except for the 3 Redbox movie machines we have on base and the base movie theatre, conviently located 3 blocks from our house. Friday and Saturday nights I try to sleep in, but I usually can't sleep in past 7:30. Those days, I am awoken by the sound of my kids talking to each other and plotting the next mind control scheme of their daddy. Saturdays, I usually head down to the kitchen and make pancakes for Brooke and TRY to bring her breakfast for her in bed, but the babies always foil my plan and get mommy to bring them downstairs to watch cartoons. Sundays, we have church from 1-4, which is especially nice to give us enought time to get the babies ready for church.

Its pretty quiet during my shift, especially since there is only me in the warehouse, and one guy on the other end of the warehouse. Our lights are activated by motion sensers , so I have often thought about getting a remote control car and driving it around to turn on all the lights to psych out the other guy or whoever is there for weekend watch. I usually have a couple orders an hour, or have plenty of gear to stock, so I do usually keep myself busy during the shift. Plus there is lots of things there for me to use to excersize, so I can keep my really really good lookingness.

Not sure yet how long I will be on this shift, but I plan on enjoying all the extra time that I have with my baby girls while I still can. At least until I can invent some baby food that will make them stay cute and little forever