We had a nice windy day yesterday so I thought we would try flying a kite. We went to Target and all they had were $9.99 kites but I figured... hey... why not splurge this once. I should have gone to the dollar store! The kite would NOT fly. It was just not happening. I started to get frustrated with it and then just put it away. So we played with the kite tails instead. I tied them to sticks and let Noah play "rhythmic ribbon" with some. Other ones I tied to the deck to fly in the wind. Another one I tied to a stick and threw up into the air so it would wiggle in the air. A dollar kite would have been made entirely of that lousy kite tail material. Next time I will know better.
I got a horrible phone call early this morning from someone I used to work with. A friend of mine, who was stationed in Iraq, was killed yesterday in her sleep when her trailer was hit. SGT Trista Moretti was an amazing person. She had an impact on so many lives in so many places. It's going to be tough for everyone (like me) who can't make it to Jersey to say goodbye. I've been crying off and on all damn day. It seems so unfair. I hate this war and don't agree with it, but I don't think she died in vain. She died for everyone else out there. They fight for each other, not a cause, not their government. That's what I miss about the Army. I miss my comrades. Trista was hilarious and beautiful and had this great Jersey accent. We used to play word games and gossip and eat lunch together every day. We would laugh all day long while we "worked" haha. I remember when she first got to the unit I told everyone some bitchy chick with an accent was in the...
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