I was so excited to be back at Fort Lewis on the 15th of August. I was counting down the days. I must have been too excited because the Army slapped me in the face and extended me one month. I was added to the list of poor souls that gets a detail in Kuwait to help the brigade redeploy. I'm going to be the NCOIC (Non Commissioned Officer In Charge) of some shady aid station at an exit camp from theatre.
So not only am I going to be trapped in the desert for one month longer, I'm moving south to a more deserty region. In August. That's summer. That's going to be HOT. Most of my friends escaped this detail and are going to be home on time partying and having fun. I'm going to have to look at those pictures on Face Book and be consumed with unattractive jealousy.
Damn me for not having a house and kids and a husband waiting on me at Fort Lewis! If I wasn't so painfully alone I could have gotten out of this mess!
Do pets not count as dependents? And it does suck big ol' balls that they are keeping you there. However that is just one of the many millions of ways the Army makes things suck.
ReplyDeleteHey! while you're in Kuwait can you get your Mommer a wood turtle box?!!
ReplyDeleteI'll do my best to find a wood turtle box. And Mom, you have no idea how proud I am that you learned how to leave me comments! I love you!!
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