16 February 2008 

... back in business ... kinda

well i finally got internet in my 6 by 10 foot living space ... i just love these barracks ... anyway i have alot of catching up to do and seeings how i have 4 straight days off i shall be doing all the catching up i can ... be back soon ...

one disturbing thing though ...

while in the dfac eating a meal (i dont call it food but apparently the army does ... btw i HAVE to spend $250 a month to eat the dfac ... ) they had the news on ... some marine civilian person came out and said that they are finally buying in to the MRAP's for iraq (IED proof trucks for soldiers) ... they said that they hadnt adopted the MRAP's earlier cause they cost too much ... COST TOO MUCH!!!!!! the leading cause of deaths / injuries are IED's ... and you say that it was too expensive to buy IED proof trucks ... so basically you are saying it cost to much to try and keep the soldiers safer in iraq ...

i almost threw up right there on the spot ...

02 February 2008 

this is getting old ...

Thank you again everyone for sending well wishes my way!!! I cant thank you enough!!!

So from the moment I stepped foot off the plane back home up until the moment I step foot back on a plane to texas, I can say that I couldnt of had a better time here at home. I had the chance to see alot of my family and friends, I attended some hockey games, and I ate and drank like I hadnt had real food in over a year ;) ... so I knew that I had to go back to texas and I can honestly say that its going to be almost as hard to leave tomorrow as it was when I was going back to Iraq.

All these goodbyes are getting old. Being home for so long I was able to get back into a grove and live like a normal person (thats not in the military) ... and now I have to leave it again to head back to the stupidity that we call the greatest army on the planet (it is, but i still hate it) ... all I want to do is wake up one morning and not have to be in the army any more ... its getting old ...

I am going to try and treat tomorrow like just a normal day ... like its not a big deal ... I already have my next trip back home planned ... but once I get on that plane and put on my head phones its gonna hurt ... and thats getting old!

by the way ... georgie boy approved our pay raise ... let me tell you its a good thing he did!