ps

so with all that goes on around here and the lack of media, it gets easy to forget holidays. like today when i totally forgot it was mother's day until i hit chow this evening. they actually served decent food! it was pretty awesome. the only problem with them having decent food is you end up getting everything and not being able to finish it all. oh well, it was worth it.

to all you mothers out there, happy mother's day; i hope it's a good one. as the old outback song goes:

no one ever loves you like your mum, mum
even when she whacks you on your bum, bum

i forget the rest...

anyway...write later

better

i got my 'second' back this week, and it's been pretty sweet. all those little things i didn't have time for before i've been having him do. i'd forgotten how nice it is to have help. i'm also busy spinning him up on what he has to do while i'm on leave. i don't envy him; it'll not be fun while i'm away. he can handle it; just not fun.

i also got the package from ashley and some of the guys at work this week. thanks to the blanket, i've finally moved out of my sleeping bag. not that sleeping bags are that horrible, but sheets and blankets are nice. i've been steadily working my way trough the snacks too :)

one more week down. i still refuse to count the time left; that's just depressing. i'll just be happy another week's over. and that today's a day off; whee!

well, volleyball's calling my name so i'll take off. all you boys and girls at home do something fun for me. laterz

one less thing

back in the states when we were forming the unit, the headquarters platoon sergeant position was like a hot potato; no one wanted the job. after some consideration, it was determined that i was the least busy of the available candidates so i got stuck with it. queue sarcastic yay. then we got here, and my workload skyrocketed. suddenly i had a bunch of equipment to maintain, reports to submit, improvements to make.... those other candidates i was speaking of were still busy, but not nearly as busy as they had been. basically, their jobs got less demanding while mine became more so. i consistently work longer hours than the others just from my IT and commo job than the others do with theirs.

well, i finally caught a break. i'm no longer the platoon sergeant. queue me tossing the hot potato. but the strangest part of all...i actually got used to the position. in the couple days since i've been relieved of the burden of leadership, i've caught myself starting to do something that's no longer my job out of habit. plus i've grown a certain affinity for my former underlings, and still feel protective. hopefully in another week or two, i'll have let go. i could certainly use more free time, and less stress.

well, i should get off here and try to relax a little. that's going to be a little more difficult as i started drinking something that has artificial sweetener. i didn't realize it until i'd had a few sips and noticed it tasted funny. the headache is already setting in (i get headaches from artificial sweeteners)...ugh. why can't people just use real sugar?

wow, i'm having trouble concentrating. i think i'm going to go lay down for a while. later peeps.