"Now we have to make it through almost 3 yrs. of sea duty."

Wed., Jan. 22, 1992

     Things have been going pretty well lately. Ez. started sleeping better at night. She hasn't taken any naps longer than about an hour except for a 2-hr. one this past Mon.

     It was kind of nice having Guy go back to work last week but it's nice to have him home again. So he's finally through with his shore leave. In a way it was a long 3 yrs. cause he had to put in so much overtime and it wasn't the easy-going atmosphere like it was at his last shore duty. Now we have to make it through almost 3 yrs. of sea duty. I sure don't look forward to his first cruise. I told him one day when he got home from work that I might like having him work every other week. We're trying to keep Ez. on a better schedule while he's off this time.

     He took the chiefs test again the day before he left SIMA. He said this was the hardest one ever. He always says that but he said everyone else was saying that this time. This'll be his last time to take the test. He got his best evils. ever this time - straight 4.0's and he was ranked this time where he never has been before. I sure hope he makes it this time.

     I don't think I wrote about New Year's Eve. Mark & Linda Pugh invited us over for the party they had for the Singles. It was pretty fun & Ez. did pretty good. She was awake til about 10:30. She slept through all the noise at midnight - the teens came over from their party at the building with lots of noisemakers. She woke up when we put her in the car but I sat in the back & gave her a bottle on the way home. She didn't wake up when we got home but she didn't sleep late the next morning.

     She just turned 9 mos. Sunday. I still can't believe how fast she's growing. We got the video camera out Mon. to make some tape of her & the camera fell off the tripod. Guy was so upset. He called Sears to see if that was covered under the maintenance agreement. They said it wasn't, so then he was even more upset. Tues. he took it over to the service center but didn't tell them it fell. They fixed it for free. It was recording the sound but not pictures. It's fine now. Then he took the tripod to the store to get a refund. They were going to just exchange it because they discovered a crack in the piece where the camera fits on. When she went to get another one the girl found they were all cracked. So he paid the extra money to get the $100 model. They did let him have 10% off because I'd bought the first one when they had a special sale day where everything in the store was 10% off. This one has thicker legs & it looks sturdier - it goes up higher too. We just taped a little bit to be sure it worked. I want to just run the tape showing Ez. playing in the floor. It's hard to get her to act natural in front of the camera sometimes, she just wants to look at it.

     She's started saying dada this week but not necessarily to Guy. Nothing that sounds like mama yet.

     Well, time to start a new notebook. I bought one before our trip, thinking I'd need it while we were gone. If I was able to write as much as I wanted I'd go through notebooks a lot faster.

January 17, 1992

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