17 March 2005

Well today has been more than interesting. You know sometimes you’re just going about your day, and BAM! Something just blindsides you. Like Battalion trying to send me to Kuwait. I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it earlier, but they had talked about sending me to Kuwait a little earlier to work out there for the remainder of my tour. Well now it looks like I’ll definitely be going. While I’m sure many of you are happy that I’ll be out of a combat zone for the next few months, I’m a little upset. I know most of you know that I’ve been trying to get to this detachment since August, and now I’ve been here for a month, and I have to leave. Okay, enough with me getting upset, I suppose I just need to vent.

I’m not sure what exactly I’ll be doing in Kuwait either, well see. I know that I have some great people back home to support me though, and I can get through anything with you guys behind me. I know that I don’t always have a ton of time to talk, or to write, but that’s why I do this. So I can keep in touch with everyone, and if you want to talk I’m usually on e-mail or AKO. Oh, and I put the AKO link on the right margin, right next to Stephanie’s Marykay site! Great makeup by the way, Steph! Thanks.

Anyway, Sunday will be my first full month in country! It’s so crazy to think that I’ve been here for a whole month already. Only 9 more months, and I’m home. I am glad to be out here though, even if I keep getting moved from one place to another. I’m sure that I’ll eventually settle in one place or another. I always have some hope, because without that, what is there? I know I am continually becoming a better person, and everyday here I learn something new about myself, about life, about other people, and especially about how important family and friends are. Have a good night everyone.