Celebrations and more

Well today is Memorial Day and there were no parades and no celebrations, although like always, the Dining Facility out did themselves with USA colors everywhere and they are serving very American food; yummy.

I got word from Household 6 that she took the kids and the family dog to the local parade. There is nothing more American than having the family dog watching the local parade and maybe next year or for any July 4th celebration, she will get a red, white and blue bandana, which will make her even more American.

In the Army, as I am sure in the other services as well, we celebrate various ethnic groups where we learn about culture, share food and in the most recent case, shared some pagentry. One of my Soldiers is from American Somoa and this month we celebrated all things Asian-Pacific culminating in a dance festival.

There were performing groups from Fiji, Philipines and American Somoa and remember that these people are all here. The group from Fiji and the Philipines both work here and the group from American Somoa are all Soldiers. The evening was a festival of food as they cooked three pigs, one below ground and two on a spit, colorful costumes and music. My Soldier is extremely proud of her heritage, as she should be and she was the finale. It was truely an awesome show. Here is a picture of me and her taken after the Friday evening show.

This week, we will reach another milestone as it has officially gone over 110 degrees. They say it will get hotter, but right now it is like standing in front of the oven with the door open or walking around with a hairdryer blowing. Thankfully, the AC in both the room and the office are working keeping me comfortable.

Thats all for now and once again, happy Memorial Day.