Shots and missiles for most of the day as we peck away, working our butts off to get the paperwork project completed. Always another memo and change and WTH? At one point I asked my buddy how long have they been shooting? She said, all day. Are they getting closer or am I dreaming...yeah it's a nightmare! One we've gotten use to. Another episode of "I did not take cover." We were never directed to...and it could've been practice- who knows. We are on a needed to know basis. I've had missiles fly over my head, then a minute later hear the take cover warning. "Couse my butt is in the air by then.
But this is another day. We took some of our new Army buddies around the base to check out the sites. Always the tourist guide, I seem to love where ever I am and I keep an eye on my path- very dangerous walk indeed. We just had more than a foot of snow, then rain all night. It's a mess out there. Slush on top of big rocks and snow and mud and you can sink in surprise holes to your knees. So as I'm walking, I noticed some incredibly beautiful rocks that are indigenous to this area: pink quartz, black shiny rocks with white veins and something shiny and dark green, rocks stain red from copper. Really beautiful stuff in the mists of so much crap.
Speaking of crap...I'm starting the countdown for R&R. I was very resistant to this because I'm an early packer. But as I get freaked out by what needs to be sent home prior to my departure, I can't help but notice that the days are slipping by. Words of wisdom come frequently from my fellow campgoers of how I will not sleep for days due to the quiet. Or the one that I will miss this place and my friends and I will let R&R slip by too quickly. Ho! Ho! Yes, I will miss my buddy's, but I will not dwell on the fact that I'm finally back in the bosom of my loved ones. So I will heed the advise and be on my way to my next adventure- Paris...then home. I will enjoy the adventure and remember that all things good and bad are just a memory...
