Well, the Army has seen fit to declare me valid to deploy to the Sanbox (Tera too). So we should be flying out at some secret time soon, I could give you details, but then I’d have to kill you… and it’s going to be somewhere north of 18 hours of flying and I don’t want to have to fly back just to do that.
6 shots & 3 vials of blood today, ouch. Only stuff left to my knowlege is the “Death by powerpoint” event that they won’t let you sleep through, and reading my TB test then I get declared Valid (to deploy). I’m hot, short on sleep, and have very sore arms. This sucks, although I’ve been through worse.
It’s been about 2 weeks since I left Kwaj so far, and I guess I’m a bit behind on updating, but I’ll blame my parents still being stuck on 21k dialup with 1 phoneline for that.
I’m supprised how un-motional I was about finally leaving. It was a hard tortured decision to make to leave, and I was sad when finally making it. However on the actual way out it just didn’t have nearly the impact I thought it would. I guess that means it probably was the right choice. I’ll definatly miss some of the people, and may even come back some day, but we’ll just have to see.
I took the ski out for my final Bigej run today. The water down at Bigej was clearer than I’ve ever seen anywhere ever. We ended up going ocean side around the north end of Bigej and zipping over the reef in about 1 foot of water with barely even a ripple on the surface, it was probably even better visibility than most diving I’ve ever done.
99% of the house is packed up. Just a few clothes, this computer and few other minor odds and ends left that I’ll finish packing in the morning. It’s suprising how empty and depressing the house is.
I’m really gonna miss this place, but deep in my heart, I know it’s time to go.