Best Day Of The Year!

I hear that in most places everyone is the fall colors have been amazing....not going to lie, im a little jealous since you all get to see colors other than tan.....I even got a few leaves in the mail from various people. The weather here has been a little strange though, we had that fog I mentioned before but on top of that we had three days of 5-10 min torrential down-pours. I was working in the tent and suddenly there was this loud sound on the roof.....and the canvas started to flap to the point where we could have lifted off....crazy. But since it NEVER rains here, or so far it hadnt, I went outside to enjoy it....well i walked out the door and WHACK I got knocked in the head with hail......thats right, dime to quarter sized hail......i'm in the desert....im a little perturbed.....anyway, it was nice to see some rain and it came back every night for 3 days straight but only for about 5-10 min.....enough to make some big puddles though. It was refreshing.

October had its ups and downs but its been a good month overall and I've been in a really good place for various reasons. A lot of it has to do with starting to look into what I plan on doing for my R&R in March/April. The plan is to head to Europe. My friend Jody is hoping to fly over there to meet up with me, see some sights (Paris, Barcelona, Prague, Venice, Rome, Marsielle to name some ideas), maybe hit up a Mediteranean cruise. A lot of you are probably wondering who Jody is so for those of you who dont know, I met her back when I worked at Round Hill in Wisconsin in 2005. She and I have been emailing one another a lot lately and it came up that I was heading to Europe and we got to talking about things so now the plan is to meet up and hang out for 2 weeks. We both have pretty much the same ideas for places we'd like to see, the type of travelers we are, and since i've done a little traveling in foreign countries before, she's not worried (right Jody?), so its going to be a great time. I'm really looking forward to it.

On the 30th I ran a competitive 5k Halloween Run....it was a lot of fun....some people even dressed up in costume....a buddy of mine was Capt America....fake muscles and all....pretty funny...there was a bumble bee, male version of Zena Warrior Princess and other random costumes....all in all it was a fun time. I'm also playing on a flag football team out here....its a little hard digging into the sand during the games but we're 3-0 right now and have another game on the 2nd.