Alright so I was thinking yesterday and I figured I would blog about Megan Margaret Cain. So for those of you who don't know my full name is Megan Margaret Korn. and then you have Megan Margaret Cain. Soooo when I marry Thomas I will be changing my name to Megan Margaret Cain. CREAPY, I KNOW!! hehe. SO Megan and I joke that she will call me Kegan instead. BUT you see she is now moving to GRENADA which makes room for Megan Margaret Cain II. So you have Megan Margaret Cain movin out and Megan Margaret Cain movin in (soon enough). hehehe
People ALWAYS ask me what my last name is going to be when I get married so I tell them. BUT then I tell them about "my fiance's sister's name" and they laugh. I think it's pretty entertaining. But thats it for now.
BTW I see Thomas next FRIDAY which his course will be COMPLETE!!!!
Oh and also 192 days left till the WEDDING!!!
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
So what do I do?
Well I figured I'd take this time to maybe explain a little about what I've been doing for my training. Not sure if you really know what a Signals Officer is but I'll do my best to explain what I've been doing so far.
On this course we are focusing on more of an officer role, planning and preparing. Last week we were writing orders, and developing Courses of Action "COAs", for a hypothetical scenario. We had to develop communication plans using antennas, satellites, radios, computers, vehicles and troops that would provide a wide range of services to units in a battle field. We had to come up with three options and present them to a commander. Kinda geeky when you think about it, seeing how we aren't using the equipment but simply researching it. So that one of the things that we've been doing. Made for a long week.
Also for the last 6 weeks we've had an assignment to create a CR, basically an office, that would handle all sorts of documents. It had to handle different levels of security and meet a bunch of requirements for rooms, buildings, locks etc. It took alot of time to creat it seeing how we have to ensure that every safety measure to protect information is there. Again Kinda geeky.
In 2 week we start another hypothetical excercise. This time, we get to work in a CP where we basically oversee what is happening on a battle field. We brief anyone that comes in on the situation, letting them know whats happened in the past and what we expect to happen. During this week we'll have to create orders and come up with COAs to present to commanders to provide comms to the fighting units. So yeah thats another thing we do, maybe a little less geeky.
So thats what I got right now. Figured I'd let you all know what I'm doing seeing how I'm sure no one really knows what I'm doing.
On this course we are focusing on more of an officer role, planning and preparing. Last week we were writing orders, and developing Courses of Action "COAs", for a hypothetical scenario. We had to develop communication plans using antennas, satellites, radios, computers, vehicles and troops that would provide a wide range of services to units in a battle field. We had to come up with three options and present them to a commander. Kinda geeky when you think about it, seeing how we aren't using the equipment but simply researching it. So that one of the things that we've been doing. Made for a long week.
Also for the last 6 weeks we've had an assignment to create a CR, basically an office, that would handle all sorts of documents. It had to handle different levels of security and meet a bunch of requirements for rooms, buildings, locks etc. It took alot of time to creat it seeing how we have to ensure that every safety measure to protect information is there. Again Kinda geeky.
In 2 week we start another hypothetical excercise. This time, we get to work in a CP where we basically oversee what is happening on a battle field. We brief anyone that comes in on the situation, letting them know whats happened in the past and what we expect to happen. During this week we'll have to create orders and come up with COAs to present to commanders to provide comms to the fighting units. So yeah thats another thing we do, maybe a little less geeky.
So thats what I got right now. Figured I'd let you all know what I'm doing seeing how I'm sure no one really knows what I'm doing.
Monday, November 03, 2008
Productive Weekend
So like I was saying in the previous post, it was a productive weekend and the reason for that is.......we booked our flowers. I was starting to stress about FLOWERS. Now I am not a very flowery person. Yes they are pretty, but they DIE and who wants to spend a bagillion dollars on those crazy things...NOT US!! hahaha. ssssooooo, I went to one place a couple weeks a go and got a quote, lets just say HELL NO to that place. THomas said I should have told the girl to F*** OFF because it was so expensive. ANYWAYS, Thomas found a place online, which is fairly close to my house, and I checked it out last week....just to see how their display looked and all that jazz. I then booked an appointment so Thomas could come with me on Saturday. We went and it was a total SUCCESS. YAY!! I was really starting to stress about the friggin flowers. But at this point I knew exactly what I was looking for annnnd what we needed. So we got everything for waaaayyy cheeper. So we're under budget, a little higher then we were anticipating, but we're happy. WE're getting there and it gets more and more exciting.
Happy Halloween
Alright, so on Halloween Thomas came down for a visit. It was a VERY productive weekend. Friday night we stayed at my place and gave out candy to all the little (cute) critters. My brother Shawn, a couple of his friends and his girl friend were scaring kids, well bigger kids, it was was fun. There are pics of my house and done up along with the pumpkins we carved. It all looked pretty awesome.
On Saturday night Thomas and I went to the annual Halloween party I attend. It was Thomas' first time coming with me and that was fun as well. I was a nurse and Thomas was a Doctor. There were some really good costumes, my friends are creative. The Strangers you see in one of the pics are Fallon, Sheldon and Ken (left to right). Fallon is my best friend along with my Maid of Honour. So that was our Halloween.
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