Getting to know each other.

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Getting to know me: Melissa!

1. What chore do you absolutely hate doing?
Laundry, because between my husband & I it's a lot of loads. I blame him though lol. He waits until ALL of his clothes are dirty and I don't. I also hate doing dishes because it's very gross...and my husband will just leave dirty dishes in the sink at times and sometimes I really have to scrub to get some of that shiz off!

2. What is your favorite body part?
I guess my eyes.

3. What celebrity do you get mistaken for?
I have never gotten mistaken for a celebrity, but I've been told that I look a lot like Jessica Alba, just a slighly more Asian version of her lol. And sure enough, I took one of those celebrity look-a-like tests and I got 70% Jessica Alba as a result lol.

4. What was the last movie, TV show or book that made you cry or tear up?
I watched Restrepo a couple of days ago with E. It's a documentary of 2nd Platoon, B Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team who all go on a 15-month deployment to the Korengal Valley, Afghanistan. The Korengal Valley was considered to be one of the deadliest deployment areas for soldiers to go to. The platoon was under fire every day. It was good considering this was all real footage. So far 50 American soldiers have died in the Korengal Valley, including some members of this platoon. Afghan civilians and soldiers have lost their lives here, too. Some parts were very sad...but that's with any war movie or documentary. I have a love-hate relationship with them. I find war films/documentaries to be so interesting but at the same time they make me so sad because I think of all of those men and women in uniform who have lost their lives and it is mind boggling to think of what these servicemen and women have to go through every day. It also makes me think of E and what he will have to endure once he deploys.

5. What story does your family always tell about you?
I will actually have to come back to this one. There are stories but for some reason my mind is blank at the moment!

6. What do you love about blogging?
I can share my feelings and have met a lot of online bloggers through the MilSpouse blogging community which is such a plus!

7. What are your passions?
Nursing and helping people, supporting and respect for our troops (obviously! I really really REALLY hate those WBCers!!) and cancer awareness/fund raisers/etc, especially for pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic cancer is one of those silent killers because you don't know you have it until it is very advanced. The chance of surviving when diagnosed as a stage IV is 4%. I lost my father at 51 to pancreatic cancer 4 years ago (it will be 5 years this October). I really hope we can find a cure or at least a way to catch this early.