RSVP! On the Road Again!!

Hello, All! I have returned with lots of new info and many (slightly dubious) pieces of advice to share after a trip out of the states. Hopefully everyone is motoring through their respective deployments with relative ease. One fun way to speed through the separation is to stuff your free time with no end of activities and visits. This does necessitate accepting invitations you might not have been expecting, or might not even understand what you’re going to be doing or where you’re going…but, what the hell! Keep life interesting! What I’m saying is…if somebody invites you somewhere -- anywhere, really -- if you can afford it…GO!

If your coworker invites you to canasta; go! (If you’re not sure whether it’s a dance or a card game, it would be wise to pack for both activities.)

If your uncle asks you to go fishing, put on the hip-waders and go. If your boss invites you out for cocktails, get a designated driver and go.

If your BFF invites you to help out at a birthday party for three year olds – um, well – there are some things a sane person shouldn’t do. But, since we all know our sanity was put up for auction long, long ago when we signed on for the deployment long-haul, you might as well go to the birthday party, too. Just remember, nearly all bodily fluids and butter cream frosting can be washed off. Febreeze will take care of the rest.

If your friends invite you to Tampa, and promise to stuff you with all the best vegetarian fare on the planet, even if you usually take your oatmeal with sausage, bacon, and ham on the side; go!

And, last but not least, if your parents offer to take you to the beaches of sunny Mexico…duh! GO!!!

So I did!

Trip report to follow.

Peace, love, and sand in your shorts!