Righty! I am back home (safe and sound) and finally on a decent connection, a brand new, spanking PC as well as a long
three months! (you heard it!!) leave before reporting back to Fort Louie in January 05. Sounds so far away but goodness, its
a mere 3 weeks down the road.
So, home at last and trying to get things sorted out has been mega slow. I have been an absolute bitch around the house
and mom and dad have been putting up with my lazyiness and getting up late for lunch. Its nice to have home cooked food served
up when you wake up and I have been getting good, collected sleep though I wonder if its because the old saying "nothing beats
your own bed" has something to do with it.
The pups (they arent pups anymore!) have grown so much since I last saw them in February and are past a year old. Bradley
and Sandy are growing faster than either my folks or me had expected and Bradley is now starting to develop the traits
I knew I saw in his dad when I bought the bradster. He is a great rottweiler to have in the house and just loves the couch
next to mom and dad. He will be a giant by mid 2005 and I just cant wait. He is so loving, and caring but protective so, he
will be great to have around the house. He will be a GIANT!
Sandy is an absolute NIGHTMARE! She is the energizer bunny re-incarnated. She has tons of energy, bounces on the lawn,
and has a mighty big spring in her back legs and the temperment of a protective mother. She is always spoiling for a fight
with the neighbours dogs but realizes she cant do much without bradley with her and seems content to scare the living crap
out of Wanda's pet Shepard. She loves running around in circles and fighting with Bradster, pulling his ears, and jumping
on him or ramming into him at RAMMING SPEED! God almighty what have I gotten myself into! Hahahaha....
The neighbours have been great since I got home. Everyone's been over and I have been over and been catching up with whats
been going on in the neighbourhood. Three years is an awfully long time, given I didnt come home back in December last year
as I was out in Fort Hood and then Benning. They have so many questions to ask and wanted to know what it was like, what was
really going on and the younger kids wanted war stories and stories of heroism and the boys from the special forces. I think
I probably gained about 20 IB since I got back! Seriously! Its been FOOD, FOOD and MORE FOOD. I have practically raided Taco
Bell EVERYDAY for Dinner with Shauna and Colleen! God I am FAT!
Aman will be back soon although he did tell me he was thinking of leaving SF. He wanted to get into civilian life and although
we talked alot about it the past year, I think I understand his reasons, given the amount of time he has spent out there and
probably what he has been through. I just have never met someone like him, character wise, who was able to deal with so much
shit in the world and especially the sort of work he does as an operator. They say good men are hard to find. I say good men
are easy to find, but harder to keep! I am blessed.
Novalogic's Task Force Dagger: Finally! reached the top 50 in time spent in the circle although I have gotten absolutely
BORED with the game. Mom has been bitching at me playing PC games all friggin afternoon in the basement but she knows I have
alot of stress built up inside of me and generally leaves me to my own devices. I think everyone understands I am big enough
not to be pestered about mighty trivial things like this. Might decide to end the TFD stint soon and move on to BHD.....We
shall see.
