12/18/2008

I was feeling pretty sick today, but a lot of ibuprofin, miso soup and sushi seems to be helping alot. I finished up today and passed right out in my bed. I think it may have been the cleaning chemicals that got me. Still have an awful headache and a bit of nausea, but I [...]

11/28/2008

I hit the Black Friday insanity and picked up a GPS for my car. It’s a good buy, and sure makes getting around a hell of a lot easier. I also makes finding places to see way too easy. I’m roaming again, this time out in Manitou Springs. I have time to kill and new [...]

Snail pace

Owensboro, KY. I’m not moving very quickly. I’ve been in Kentucky all day. I’m fried and in a state which would be extremely hazardous on the road. Is this age catching up or what? I’ve barely clocked 600 miles and I’m at a standstill. I should have crossed into Missouri hours ago and long on [...]

On the road…

I’m in Greensboro, GA at the moment and heading west/northwest toward Chatanooga. I should land in Colorado probably around this time tomorrow night. I’ll be there about a week before flying out of Colorado Springs to Boston for a few days to see the family and then back again to my new duty station at [...]

Agh

Wow… Today was a really awful day. I didn’t get to leave yet, so I’m especially frustrated as I really want nothing more than out of here. I’m baffled at the complete lack of any sense to the process of outprocessing. Seriously, we waited 6 hours while a bunch of contractors tried to find all [...]

11/11/2008

The author Neal Stephenson has a captivating writing style. He can coin catch phrases like “Frontal sonic impregnation”. I mean, wow. I’m trying really hard to avoid thinking about tomorrow.. I want out of this place badly, and it’s suppose to happen very, very soon. I can taste it. Del.icio.us : mobile

Roller coaster

Outprocessing is a freakin’ mess. I spent the day running around in circles while dodging many a chance to get screwed. I had an appointment with a doctor who told me that I basically couldn’t leave here at all and that they couldn’t do anything for me until mid December. I got the number of [...]

So close to gone

Just back from four days of field training that ended with our graduation ceremony. Aside from the mass amounts of waiting around while wearing an assload of gear and eating MRE’s, it wasn’t all bad. I gotta get to work on getting out of here tomorrow.. I’m thinking I’ll drive to Atlanta and grab a [...]

Trick or treat

I got my orders today and I’m scheduled to outprocess November 12th and report to Ft. Carson on November 27th. That gives me my leave, but does manage to screw me out of Thanksgiving. It looks like I’m slotted for 4th Infantry; but no idea yet of any further details. It’s been an interesting last [...]

10/29/2008

Well.. School is over. Next up, some ugly field training followed by the mess that becomes outprocessing. Obstacles remain however.. I bombed my last test yesterday. I just couldn’t focus and also had an ugly headache. It was pretty bad, because I know the stuff and did good on every other test. Oh well.. I [...]