Today's check in with C/554th was a bit of a disappointment.  While I was in the company HQ, the 1SG told me that after roll call on the 10th our next hit time was going to be on the 12th.  WTF, man?  I'm ready to get started!

Things around the house have also hit a plateau as well.  This weekend will be a last ditch effort to break the inertia ( Read more... )

 This past week has been nice and relaxing.  Just what the Doktor ordered.  Lots of good food.  Lots of good beer.  Lots of quality time with friends and family.  Of course, the baby is havin' a blast, too.


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 I can't wait... I've been dead for so long...

I need to write.  So much has gone down in the last month and a half that I can't internalize anymore.  Stress is wearing me thin, adversely affecting my mood and consequently affecting my marriage.  My brief trip to Fort Leonard Wood for the Counter Explosive Hazards Planning Course was a ripe ( Read more... )

 Greetings, all!

Seems I've been a tad busy recently.  Company command is kicking my ass as I am short three critical leader positions which means I'm pulling quadruple duty.  It makes for some incredibly long days but very fast weeks.  Block leave is a scant five weeks away, and before I left for the field, I purchased our flight tickets for our ( Read more... )

Time has a way of slipping away from you when you're not looking.  A million thoughts I have thought, and a million times have I felt drawn to write, yet I never have anything to show for it.  I blame my laziness.  I blame my fleeting inspiration.  I blame a shallowly perceived fear; a fear of just putting my life out there.

I imagine everyone with ( Read more... )