Complete Disbelief

It's been good. Good times, happy times.

Today, I bothered the hell out of the guys at work. I was only going to be there 4 hours and I knew that, but I wanted to get some work done. So when Adam wasn't around, I asked Chris. I got to see what they did to my army men that decided to infiltrate the area. Three little men from both colors left my area this morning to keep a watch on the guys and before the attack. The tan guys set up in Adam's cupboard. The green guys, in the corner of Chris's desk. I had been told if my army men found their way down there, they would have evil things done to them. But that was not the case at last glance. The men in Adam's cube were saving him from the alien riding the space shuttle. And one of the guys in Chris's cube was riding in a white convertible. I just smiled.

The guys did come down and get me for lunch. I am glad I pointed out to Adam I wished they would invite me along from time to time. We went to B.J.'s brew house for lunch. And when you have mainly guys and only a couple of women there conversations get ... well interesting. I had a few good laughs and a few good jokes to go with it. I'm still not use to seeing guys blush (lol). Amber is so cool! I met her today for the first time. But it was fun. I was a little late to meet Betsy afterward.

So, Betsy took me over to NASA today. She took me to all the "highlights" as she called them. I got to see the "play ground" where all the mock ups are for practice. So basically it was a huge building with a mock shuttle and mock space station and mock Orion in it. It was so cool! Its the Astronaut's playground as she put it. Then we walked down to the simulator building. I got to go into one of the simulators. The one that simulates lift offs and touch downs. I got to sit where the astronauts train. She took me into the Astronaut Office as well, no astronauts were training but it was where she use to work. Then, though not sure if I was actually allowed there, we went to Mission Control. Mission Control! All of the 3 rooms. the one was the space station, the next the shuttle one (they were simulating a flight), the last the Apollo one. It was so cool!

We walked back to her car, and I was in total disbelief. I wasn't suppose to actually be able to follow my dreams. My dreams weren't really suppose to come true. But they have begun to come true. they have begun to actually exist and I am really happy with all of it thus far. Its either extreme happiness or complete disbelief. I haven't figured out which one it really is. But the people at work are also starting to open up. I'm not the strange outsider any more! [broad smile]