For The Geeks In The Crowd

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Red Tape

I've talked about sleep apnea a couple of times, and specifically about how the military is not a fan. Well, despite having known that this diagnosis no longer applies for a while now, the military finally had acknowledged that fact. The trouble is that they are currently out of scholarships for this year, so I'm left out on the alternate list. Fortunately, this list is based on merit, and now that I don't have sleep apnea, I'm now a top category applicant. The thing that is most irritating is that when I originally approached the Army, already having lost the weight, they told me that sleep apnea would easily qualify for a waiver. If they had just said, "we don't know, you might need another sleep study" this whole thing might have been resolved months ago and I might be reporting that I am on Army scholarship... guess I should just get used to this sort of efficiency.

So nine months ago...

Nope, its not what you think. Its going back to this thing. Turns out that to get an Army Health Professionals Scholarship you can't have sleep apnea. Since I learned this fact I have lost 50 pounds, so I had a follow up sleep test over spring break. The results came back today and I no longer exhibit the signs of sleep apnea!

Well... I Truly Appreciate Math...

More great observations, lessons, and whatnot can be found at Saving the World.

Got This in an Email From My Uncle

Dear Lord,
This past year you have taken away my favorite actor, Patrick Swayze; my favorite actress, Farah Fawcett; my favorite musician, Michael Jackson; and my favorite sales man, Billy Mayes.

I just wanted to let you know that my favorite president is Obama....
And my favorite congressman is Pelosi......
Amen

Just For My Honey

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Christmas Break A Week Later

We tried to take our own picture while we were in Galveston over Christmas. It took a few tries:





It was easier the second time we tried:

Its much easier to just get someone else to take the pics:

And then here's one from Christmas eve service back in Houston:

What We Did For Thanksgiving

My wife and I weren't planning on leaving Kirksville for Thanksgiving, but she went snooping around for plane tickets while I was preoccupied with finals and found great fares to LA where my family was gathering to see the new addition to my brother's family. Here's the pics we took while we were at the San Diego Wild Animal Park.

 

 

Mom hiding behind the camera.

 
Still hiding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
A fuzzy rhino for good measure.

 
Now mom is hiding behind a hairy gorilla.