"KNOCK ON WOOD"

Thursday, Feb. 20, 1992

     Elizabeth's been sleeping fairly well. I got up with her once night before last & had to stay & pat her behind til she went back to sleep. I don't remember getting up with her last night but I woke up for no apparent reason at 3:46 this morning & didn't go back to sleep til after Guy left at 5:30. Then Ez. woke up at 6:10 and I had to rock her back to sleep for about an hour this morning when she took her nap. I'm so glad she's taking longer naps now. (KNOCK ON WOOD) Sometimes she still fights going to sleep in the first place but in general it's getting better.

     Guy got off at 11:30 yesterday. He said the whole ship gets Wed. aft. off when the CO feels like it and the ops dept. gets Fri. aft. off when the division officer feels like it. He was told yesterday that when they're underway he will be the acting communications officer. That means that he'll stand his watches on the bridge instead of in radio. He's not too happy about that cause he figures he'll make a lot of mistakes since it's an officer's job. It'll look good on his record though. And he said he's already started working on his ESWAs. I don't know what that stands for but it's something he should've gotten a long time ago and he quit working on it when things started going bad on the Radford. Anyway, once he gets that and with the comm. thing and his straight 4.0 evils the last time, surely he'll make chief this time. I think it's his best chance ever but I'm afraid something will happen to mess things up.

     After my story yesterday I went out to run errands. I went over to pick up my Sudafed prescription. Guy had turned it in Tues. – I had called last week to ask Dr. Lazarus to mail it to me. I'd thought I'd have enough to last til my next appt. but it was my last refill.

     I signed up for an infant & child CPR class on the base. It's through the Red Cross & it cost $22.00. It's on March 14. I have to read the book before class – it's about 1" thick. It's an all day Sat. class so I was waiting to find out what Guy's duty schedule would be like.

     I went to Wal-Mart to pick up our developed pictures from xmas. They turned out really good. I wish we'd taken more pictures when we were at Nick & Tina's but I forgot the new roll and had to save some for Mt. Vernon. I'm surprised we don't take more videos and pictures of Ez. than we do.

     I'd asked Guy if we could afford to get something for Barb Leland's birthday today cause she won't ever let us pay her for keeping Ez. He said $10 would be ok. I went to the Crafters Mall to find something & just decided to get a gift certificate so she could decide. I went by her house to give it to her & she seemed really please with it. I stayed & talked to her too long. Wal-Mart was my last stop and the traffic was bad before I got home. Didn't get back til nearly 5:00. Guy went running while I fixed supper & fed Ez. After the news he went to the grocery store. When he got back Ez. was ready for bed. He gave her her bottle while I took a shower. He went ahead & put her to bed so I could watch ice skating. The women's competition started last night & finishes tomorrow night.

     Ez. went down for her nap a few minutes ago. I'm debating whether to take a nap myself or try to catch up on tape watching. I have to remember to take out the trash tonight.