Done
I know I haven't posted for a couple of months. Maybe I'll start posting again soon, but I wouldn't bet money on it. I'll make this a short one, because this crappy computer's space bar hurts my thumb.
Yesterday marked my final day in Iraq. I'm done. I haven't slept in over a day, as the whole leaving process was an all night event.
I'm currently stuck at the US forces Swine Flu quarantine camp in Kuwait. I don't have Swine Flu (yet). I'm just here until I can fly out. By this time tomorrow, I'll probably be in Ireland or Germany, and then off to Fort Carson, Colorado for eight days.
I can't believe that it's been an entire year since I've stepped foot into the United States. I took my midtour leave in Europe. I took about 300+ pictures, and I'll try to post those when I have an internet connection that is not on par with my dial up modem from a decade ago. Silly Middle East. I did have an excellent time, and I do need to post something about the highlights while it's still semi-fresh in my memory.
I have a lot to write about, a lot to reflect on. I'm going to go through this journal from entry one on to the newest and try to see how much I've changed in this past year. I know I've undergone quite a few emotional spells since I've left, and it's time to figure out how much this emotional juggernaut of a year has affected me. Towards the end of it, after so many months of being so incredibly depressed and in my own little emo world, I eventually stopped giving a fuck. I just stopped caring about everything and blocked everything out. I became an emotional robot, and from there, it was all more or less smooth sailing. Along with my detachment came a lack of caring about my journal. I just didn't have the energy anymore.
It'll be good to be gone from this desert. Last night, as we stood ready to board the bus to take us to Baghdad International Airport, we heard the sounds of an explosion, and the firing of machine guns in the distance. I jokingly remarked, "Not our problem anymore". Everyone laughed. That kind of sums it all up.
Peace.