10 July 2006

Big Army, Here I Come

   Last week was just about as boring as I thought it was going to be.  Wednesday morning started with a thunderstorm.  And, of course, since I had to turn in all of my gear before I left Korea, I got soaked.  (It figures that it doesn’t rain the whole time I’m on leave, but the first time I don’t have a choice whether, or not, to be outside, it pours.)  Anyway, there’s a lot of Big Army BS.  This isn’t any big surprise.  But I can’t wait to actually get to work.

   Thursday we had what the Replacement Center calls “The All Day Brief.”  And it really was all day!  Death by power point.  I was about ready to hang myself, or shoot some one.  Friday, I didn’t have anything to do, and just sat around waiting, because they wouldn’t let us do anything else.  

   And today, salvation.  Sort of, I got my pinpoint orders.  Well actually, they were the exact same ones I had before, just with a pretty little Air Assault stamp on them.  Four days for them to put a stamp on them.  You’ve got to be kidding me.  At least my final destination has been narrowed to two companies.  A line unit or the dreaded second level maintenance unit.  Guess which one I want to go to.  Bet you can’t get it.

   The rest of this week is the real in processing, and I get to go to my unit next Monday.  Just to tell them that two days after I get there, I need the day off for my daughter’s surgery.  (Nothing serious.)

   Sunday, I’m going to a Def Leppard concert in Nashville.  (A Father’s Day gift.)  Its been a very long time since I’ve seen them in a concert.  I was only about 16, I think.  (Yah, I know, like you really care about some washed up Eighties group.)  As a matter of fact, they were my favorite group through high school, so I’m looking forward to it.

   That’s all for now.

   I’ll see ya’ll later.

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