a lot of stuff is happening right now, so i don't have tons of time. but i did want to jot some stuff down. this kinda started as a place for me to keep track of what happened and when so this post is more for my future reference than anything. in the last couple days:
-i've read and corrected more ncoers than any one man should, especially a person who isn't in the rating chain and who isn't a personnel specialist
-put a deposit on a h-d sportster. it'll be the first brand-new vehicle i've ever bought. it's weird, because i'm starting to enjoy riding less. i can see myself probably giving it up completely in the next five or ten years. my sense of invincibility is gone. the last time i had a bike (over a year ago) i caught myself enjoying it less and being worried more. so this is my last hurrah. which really impacted my decision making process. instead of looking at pure andrenaline rush bikes, i was considering things like resale value. damnit, i'm maturing again.
-the first wave of our replacements have shown up. this is kind of bittersweet. it's a light at the end of the tunnel. we're happy to be going home. but i'm sad about it as well. the sense of purpose, etc are all going to have to be redefined and found elsewhere in the next couple of weeks. also, there are a lot of things about this operation that are mine. i'm going to have to turn the reigns over to someone else and realize they're going to make changes. as the operations sergeant, this has kind of been my baby...
-i've gotten 3 of my favorite stupid movies in the mail. these were sanity savers. i love movies like this, that i know by heart, that i can put in and have playing in the background and i know just where to stop to catch the funny part. "big trouble in little china", "real genius" and "weird science".
- i've realized how close we are to going home, and how not ready i am. i am still 2.5 classes away from finishing my degree. i don't think i'm going to make the goal of finishing it before going home. so now i have to decide whether or not to wait on the job hunt until i have it completed or not. and i also realize how not ready i am for the job hunt. i've known i needed to get my resume completed and start it circulating, but i've procrastinated. i just dislike the process.
-just had another weird example of people bending over backwards to help us. there is a group of guys here who has better access to buy stuff off the local economy than we do. we used to have the ability, but we turned funds in as we were getting close to leaving. we've got a really bad leak in the roof of the building we live in, and so we'd asked them if they could get us some tar. i figured i'd just pay out of pocket for it. these individuals then just took this project over. all of a sudden we've got a multi-person work crew out there patching our roof, and they refused to let us help or pay for anything. i have no idea what we do to make people like us so much. it's weird. in the last month so many people have stepped forward with true acts of friendship and kindness to help us out.
-alot of new people have stopped by to read and comment. it's kind of humbling. thanks to everyone who has made a link or a reference about this.
7 comments:
Maturing....guess it's inevitable...
You think you are out growing riding. First your ride the little sportster. Then you will move up to a wide glide. Before you know it you will be tooling around on a chopper.
nettie... i know. i guess it happens to the best of us...
bwh... that's what i'm hoping. i did get kind of burned out on riding the last time i was mobilized to active duty. i had to report to a base about two hours away and decided to commute on the bike. that took alot of the fun out of it. so i can see this going one of two ways, either rekindling something or me putting it away...
julie. it's one of those weird movies. i can remember hating it at first, thinking it was stupid. but now when i see it and realize how many times it was playing in the background while whatever was going on.... although i still feel ashamed to admit that that i can't drive a six inch spike through a board with my penis...
Do you really have to write so well?? Another daily read is not what I needed, thanks a lot... ;)
Nothin' vibrates like a Harley baby:) So glad to see some cool people have found you :)
robin... thanks. i really enjoyed your post about blogging. you're going to be a daily visit too.
jules... you know, i'm not even going to volunteer to TRY to be that guy. that's not something i'm practicing...
malinda... tell them that! they're proud of their new "rubber mounted engine" that "isolates vibrations"
See, we fight, then you mention your love of Real Genuis. And it all comes back.
"Why's that toy on your head?"
"Because if I wear it anywhere else, it jiggles"
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