anyone familiar with the military knows all about the briefings associated.  as we are coming toward the end of our deployment, it seems we have a new one to attend every day.  we get briefed by jag about regulation, the chaplain about suicide, the pysc. ops. guy about re-entry and flashbacks.  enough already.  i shouldn't be complaining.  i mean, it is easy money.  could be out there “working.” 

we got a little bit of unusual weather last night and this morning.  a few fierce thunderstorms, which are my favorite, came by last night.  we even got a little hail mixed in.  this morning we woke up to temps somewhere in the fiftys, with a wind chill of less. hard to guess the temp when you have no news to watch, or atleast any in english. a few storms of sleet and freezing rain, if there is a difference, passed through this morn as well.  i also woke up to a nice puddle of water in my floor, thanks to a lack of window caulk.  i spent the afternoon putting up plastic on the window and am now the “shabby house” on the block.  what i would give to be able to run to home depot. 

still no final date of departure, which seems to occupy more and more of my thoughts each day.  i have an idea, but the “information hoarding nazis” don't see fit to tell us common folk.  a typical tactic by the military to keep the "worker bees" in the state of dependance.  hopefully most of us are within 30 days of freedom.  fingers crossed. 

a big thanks to all who had a hand in the “freedom fest” fundraiser in rockingham, nc.  it was a great success and the soldiers of the 105th are greatful.  a special thanks to shawn lewis and the Richmond County Daily Journal.  shawn you are a good friend and a true patriot, God bless.

love and miss you all and look forward to the big reunion.

bc