Coming home
13 years ago
There's a pretty big change coming up pretty soon in my life--namely, I'm coming off of my deployment to Afghanistan. I'm looking forward to:
-Seeing my family
-Getting some privacy/alone time
-Being away from all the crazies in my unit
-Interacting with people because I WANT to do so
-Getting on a normal sleep schedule (I've been working night shifts and barely sleeping during the day)
-Sleeping on a mattress whose springs don't dig into my back
-A sturdy internet connection
-Being able to walk to the bathroom without having to gear up and venture outside
-Civilian clothes
-FOOD! Real eggs and milk, stuff that isn't the same every week, eating out at restaurants!
-Cooking for myself... I've been jonesing to do this for a while now.
I'm sure I can come up with a list even longer than that, but right now I'm so excited to get out of here. I can't give any details about when or where, but it's soon...ish.
I'll try to work on putting out another story or two. I've got a lot of stuff swirling around in my imagination, but I've also got a lot on my plate and finding the time will be tricky.
In other news, I finally broke down and started to immerse myself in FA. For some reason, I kept telling myself that I wouldn't start watching or adding favorites until I was a true, accomplished artist--that I was giving back to the community as much as I was stalking/taking. Recently, I got tempted into watching someone, and so that sorta broke the wall down a bit. I'm still feeling very subconscious about it now because everyone else has so much talent and 3000+ watchers and I'm still just a minnow. I'm also positive I'm forgetting someone, and it's really worrying me that I can't remember the name. Then again, I tend to worry a lot.
Oh, and happy belated Mass of the Living Christ, everyone.
-Seeing my family
-Getting some privacy/alone time
-Being away from all the crazies in my unit
-Interacting with people because I WANT to do so
-Getting on a normal sleep schedule (I've been working night shifts and barely sleeping during the day)
-Sleeping on a mattress whose springs don't dig into my back
-A sturdy internet connection
-Being able to walk to the bathroom without having to gear up and venture outside
-Civilian clothes
-FOOD! Real eggs and milk, stuff that isn't the same every week, eating out at restaurants!
-Cooking for myself... I've been jonesing to do this for a while now.
I'm sure I can come up with a list even longer than that, but right now I'm so excited to get out of here. I can't give any details about when or where, but it's soon...ish.
I'll try to work on putting out another story or two. I've got a lot of stuff swirling around in my imagination, but I've also got a lot on my plate and finding the time will be tricky.
In other news, I finally broke down and started to immerse myself in FA. For some reason, I kept telling myself that I wouldn't start watching or adding favorites until I was a true, accomplished artist--that I was giving back to the community as much as I was stalking/taking. Recently, I got tempted into watching someone, and so that sorta broke the wall down a bit. I'm still feeling very subconscious about it now because everyone else has so much talent and 3000+ watchers and I'm still just a minnow. I'm also positive I'm forgetting someone, and it's really worrying me that I can't remember the name. Then again, I tend to worry a lot.
Oh, and happy belated Mass of the Living Christ, everyone.
And I look forward to hearing from you more!