Well guys, I'm back. At least for the next couple of weeks of so anyway. Probably for good, who knows? Christmas exodus is finally here and the good Uncle Sam saw fit to grant every IET soldier 2 weeks of vacation. They do it every year. Its nothing out of the ordinary really, but I'll be damned if its not the greatest thing in the world to me right now.

It sucks on some other-worldly level that I missed out on the post-season. The old man who does head count in the cafeteria was nice enough to post the scores every other day or so. So it wasn't like I was completely oblivious as to what was going on. My heart still wept with every score I read and every game I knew I missed out on, though. So it probably would have been better if I had been in the dark.

I'm not the least bit upset that we lost the WS. Not even a little bit. Just knowing that we got there and won a pennant by beating the Red Sox is enough for me.

Lets see... +1 for letting Floyd, Miller, Hinske, and Rocco walk. Jackson for Joyce was fucking orgasmic. Good God I don't know how that man keeps pulling off deals like that. 

Oh, yeah. Basic was cool. I got to shoot some bad-ass weapons. Grenade launcher, 50-cal, ect. Tossed a couple of live grenades. Camped out in the woods under my poncho for a few cold miserable nights. Led a tactical road march and an assault on this shanty town dealie (I was a squad leader for the last few weeks). Put on 18 lbs (so far) of muscle... It was fun. Kinda easy. Way easier than everyone made it out to be.

I'm in AIT now and we're allowed to have our electronics. So I just bought a new laptop and I shouldn't have any problem keeping up with the site. Believe it or not I actually missed it here. It was just one of the many little things I missed I suppose, but draysbay crossed my mind several times over the last three months or so. I'm glad to be back guys.