Bad Habits
Some you just can't seem to break.
Yes, I'm doing it again. For those of you playing at home, this is trip number five following the colors, the second as a PFC. No, not the military rank.
Sitting in Ali Al Salem Airbase, waiting out 5 hours of pouring rain, hoping for a flight tomorrow. Not much going on, so I'll just relate a little bit of black humor from a week and a half ago, as I was packing my bags for this trip:
[Stumbling downstairs to dump an armload of gear onto the bed for sorting and stuffing into the bags.] Me: I HATE doing this sober...
[Slightly dumbstruck pause.] Me: I HATE that I have a basis for comparison!
(Yes, I packed for my third deployment with the aid of a bottle of bourbon. After 27 months of previous deployments, I felt it appropriate to deal with the irritation of doing it again.)
As always, stay tuned for further bulletins from the wilds of the Graveyard of Empires. See you around, folks.
Yes, I'm doing it again. For those of you playing at home, this is trip number five following the colors, the second as a PFC. No, not the military rank.
Sitting in Ali Al Salem Airbase, waiting out 5 hours of pouring rain, hoping for a flight tomorrow. Not much going on, so I'll just relate a little bit of black humor from a week and a half ago, as I was packing my bags for this trip:
[Stumbling downstairs to dump an armload of gear onto the bed for sorting and stuffing into the bags.] Me: I HATE doing this sober...
[Slightly dumbstruck pause.] Me: I HATE that I have a basis for comparison!
(Yes, I packed for my third deployment with the aid of a bottle of bourbon. After 27 months of previous deployments, I felt it appropriate to deal with the irritation of doing it again.)
As always, stay tuned for further bulletins from the wilds of the Graveyard of Empires. See you around, folks.