Going to Iraq
I decided I would use this journal again since I'll have something worth writing in it. I'll be going to Iraq soon...around the 1st week of June. I'll be gone for 15 months...didn't quite make the cut off mark to get 12 months...oh well, bummer. I don't have shit here anyways.
Besides me being a lonely bastard everything is going pretty well. I excel at my job and in a leadership position which is making promotions come that much more easily.
Sadly though I have been plagued with injuries since I got here. First it was my knee getting all fucked up (slight tear in MCL), then I broke my big toe on my left foot, and lastly I hurt my back a few weeks ago. The knee is as better as it is going to get (still hurts going up and down hills) and my toe doesn't feel all that much better. The back is getting better though, I believe it was just a muscle strain due to a week of loading up connexes over and over. Hopefully none of this crap keeps me from passing a PT test. I don't think it will.
Anyways, I'm just looking forward to going to the big sandbox and getting it over with.
As far as the love life goes. I don't have one. I don't think I want/need one right now anyways. Maybe when I come back from deployment it would be nice to find someone...but only if I were getting out of the military soon (which I probably will). This lifestyle gives too many temptations....and too much time apart. It's not an issue of trusting your significant other as much as it is an issue trusting the other guys around while your deployed or TDY. That and the money isn't as good to live as comfortable as I would like. I've already been checking out jobs and prospects look pretty well.
Anyways, I'm just on lunch right now. Maybe I'll start updating more as my date to ship gets closer....I always say I'll update more when I make these, just never do. So take care, comment, whatever.
Besides me being a lonely bastard everything is going pretty well. I excel at my job and in a leadership position which is making promotions come that much more easily.
Sadly though I have been plagued with injuries since I got here. First it was my knee getting all fucked up (slight tear in MCL), then I broke my big toe on my left foot, and lastly I hurt my back a few weeks ago. The knee is as better as it is going to get (still hurts going up and down hills) and my toe doesn't feel all that much better. The back is getting better though, I believe it was just a muscle strain due to a week of loading up connexes over and over. Hopefully none of this crap keeps me from passing a PT test. I don't think it will.
Anyways, I'm just looking forward to going to the big sandbox and getting it over with.
As far as the love life goes. I don't have one. I don't think I want/need one right now anyways. Maybe when I come back from deployment it would be nice to find someone...but only if I were getting out of the military soon (which I probably will). This lifestyle gives too many temptations....and too much time apart. It's not an issue of trusting your significant other as much as it is an issue trusting the other guys around while your deployed or TDY. That and the money isn't as good to live as comfortable as I would like. I've already been checking out jobs and prospects look pretty well.
Anyways, I'm just on lunch right now. Maybe I'll start updating more as my date to ship gets closer....I always say I'll update more when I make these, just never do. So take care, comment, whatever.