Howdy all....as few readers as there are out there on my site. I'm back......it's been pretty busy since my last post in July. In that time, I've been TDY to NCO Academy....moving up in the world with promotions, plus a lovely trip to the jewels of Iraq and Afghanistan. Not the best time in the world.....but none the less...part of the job.
I did happen to make it home for Christmas. And my wife was nice enough to hold off on my son's B-Day until I got back.....his B-Day is technically the 10th but we celebrated it on the 17th. He turned four....so he hasn't quite grasped dates yet. Then Christmas came around...and more presents for the boy.........talk about toy overload! Shit. One cool thing though.....he now grasps the idea of Santa Claus....and it was awesome! He watched the old 70's animation stories of Christmas....Rudolph, Santa's Coming to Town, etc........and he was all about leaving cookies & milk for Santa and carrots for the reindeer before bed. Then he crashed out within 15 minutes. Bonus! Christmas morning....his eye were wide open.....then he just rubbed the presents before opening them.....like he valued them with pride and joy. It was funny.
Another part of the changing of the times .......I'll be changing duties at work.......it sucks.....for the past 3 years I've been working in Support Section....first year and a half...I worked as shift supervisor and HAZMAT Manager downstairs....then the past year and a half....I was NCOIC of Support upstairs...in which I have really enjoyed....but now with the yearly mass personell changes...I'm going back out to the line.....and after 16 frigging years of service......I'll be turning wrenches again. What crap! I waited years to make Staff Sergeant just to be in charge of and teach my young troops.....then busted ass to make Tech Sergeant......to expedite and lead troops.....but nowadays.....so many people have PCS'ed or separated, plus the decommissioning of the H-53 helicopter.....that Tech's just turn wrenches on aircraft. I'm not happy about that shit at all. Oh well. There's still food on the table and a roof over our heads.
Anyway......I was supposed to go home for Christmas.....took leave and everything....but things just didn't quite work out. I'll try to keep the site up to date for awhile.
Later.