I'm the village idiot, I don't have anything to do with this pathetic little opera, I just felt like passing through!
Smittie Busy day today. Last minute shopping, sorting things out between ‘sent it home’, ‘pack it away’ and ‘pack it in the carry on’. ‘Sent it home’ is obvious. ‘Pack it away’ is the pile of items that can be packed in the bags that I won’t be able to get to until we arrive at … Read more
I hate colds. Actually, I hate being sick. I’m not sick very often and when I am I suspect that I am an awful patient. Anyway, I came down with a cold last night. Drugs seem to help. I hope it doesn’t get worse. So it sounds like we’re finally leaving on Saturday. At least … Read more
Yeah, I know. I’m stating the obvious here. Nonetheless, after today’s experience I feel and deep need to reiterate this painfully obvious truth. So, I needed to get a base pass for the oh-so-cool red Mustang Convertible — now dubbed the Comms Mobile — so that I can drive it on base. In the course … Read more
We are trained up and ready to go. Now all we have left is to wait for the time to actually go. Today was a pretty light day. Got laundry done, packed up some gear, got it loaded on to a pallet. Did some shopping for some final items. Yesterday before flying down I made … Read more
I put my kids to bed tonight. Probably the last time I’ll do that for a while. We all cried. The goodbyes make me sad. As my daughter pointed out, there would be something wrong if I were not sad. I still don’t like feeling sad. This poem has come up a couple of times … Read more
I took my girlfriend of 18 years out on a date tonight. We went to dinner, then to a coffee house for desert. We talked a lot, walked and held hands, spent time being a couple again. It was awesome. I can’t wait to do it again. Aloha
We completed and passed our FEP. We have been deemed qualified and ready to go and serve in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. I’m enjoying a few days of liberty before we ship out. I return to San Diego Sunday evening. I have the final goodbyes with my family to get through. That … Read more
One more watch. Monday morning we start tearing down Camp Cluster. That too will be a training evolution with folks looking on to make sure we do it right. It’s raining here. Hard enough that they are issuing flash flood warnings for the area. We’ll be packing away tents wet and dirty. That will mean … Read more
For being in the middle of a FEP there sure isn’t much happening on watch. I just finished my second watch of the FEP. Nothing happened. A Red Hat asked me to explain various tasks and systems in the communication’s suite. Pretty simple stuff. I’ve got two more watches in this FEP, the mid and … Read more