annual training day 14

Finally home! Pretty glad to be back in San Diego. Landed at around 2pm and got back to San Diego around 6, ridiculous right? Anyway, great annual training this year. Time for some rest and relaxation and getting ready for work tomorrow.

waiting to get home at o'dark 30

waiting to board

kansas city, mo

annual training day 13

We packed up the connex box today and had our annual Javalina Awards. It was pretty hilarious. All in all, a really nice last day here in Oklahoma. Not too bad, but didn't really see much.

people at the javalina awards

more people at the javalina awards

swing time

annual training day 12

We had our MWR day today at the lake and it was pretty fun. But before that we had a promotion ceremony for the 85th Army Band's commander. At the lake, we played some beach volleyball and saw some really big bugs. The BBQ was awesome and we had time to mingle with the other band. After we got back I took an epic nap, all is well.

at the 85th's promotion ceremony

crazy warning sign

Foster tearing it up at the grill

I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike!

I purchased a bike today! So exciting. I've been talking about getting a bicycle for awhile and now I have one! It's the Schwinn 700C Trail Way Hybrid for women. I bought it at Target for $250 after tax. Although it's best to get a bike at a bicycle shop, their prices were too steep for me, especially since this is the first bike I'll have since I was 11-years-old. I didn't want to shell out $400-$600 for a starter bike. If I become a cycling enthusiast then I'll consider a higher-end bike. In the meantime, this little number will do the job.

annual training day 11

I didn't take any pics today cuz I forgot my SD card in my computer. We did some crazy training today, clearing rooms. It was pretty fun. Anyways, I'm posting a video of our performance from yesterday, this song rocked.

annual training day 10

Good stuff today. We played a gig at the bar and it was awesome. The line up was my band, skArmy, then the rock band, ClassSix, and then the 85th Army Band's pop group, Custard's Mustache. It was 3 bands with 3 different sounds. I loved watching the other bands perform. Everyone was dancing at the end, it was great.

rodriguez doing her solo "Badfish"

skanking it up

us performing

annual training day 9

We played a parade today. Shortest parade ever. I think we played 1 song and in the middle of it we finished marching the parade. It was for the special kids camp or something like that. We also got our band tabs today. Its pretty cool, can't wait for other people's reactions, "wtf? band?" or something.

at the parade route

first sergeant identifying us

Gera, sporting the new tab