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Keeping busy
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Well things are still operating as normal here, still seeing sick patients with coughs and runny noses and diarrhea, with the occasional open cut on the hand or the sprained ankle. there is also alot of work going on to get soldiers ready to out-process as quickly as possible when we get home, going through medical records, making sure they are in order, shots are updated and what-not....so when we get to the states everyone can get through the lines faster and back to their families as soon as possible. Also packing lists are filtering out so we know what we need to keep and what we can mail home. All this activity ups the anticipation for coming home, it will still be months before I am in my living room but you can't help but feel good about being so busy. I find I have less time to myself and that is ok, when I get home I am taking the full 3 months allowed by law before I have to go back to my job, and i plan on being lazy, hanging out with my family scattered around the states and just taking my time as I acclimate.
The rally toes have been going as expected....the only ones left in the race are the big toes of each foot. I knew the others wouldn't make it this long (from past experimentation) but the big toes are still duking it out. I dont like to say its a battle between the right or left big toe, its more of a battle between good and evil. Not only is that more dramatic sounding, but my right foot was doing his own thing one day and i rolled my ankle while running earlier in the deployment, ever since then it has been a weak link in many of my road marches and physical training endeavors, so the right foot is the evil foot of the two and secretly I hope the right big toe loses in this race to be the longest toenail by the time I get home. I won't reveal a picture of the battle between good and evil until later ...but stay tuned.
This picture is me checking a sore throat, sometimes prolonged exposure to a desert environment will allow a type of dust mite (we call them sand gremlins) to take up residence in the throat and at night when your sleeping they will take turns swinging from the thingy that hangs in the back of the roof of your mouth (uvula sp?). it is treated with icy cold coca cola which stings and burns their little dust mite bodies.
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May 16 2007 by troy
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| by MOM HACKETT @ Jun 21 2007 10:48 am |
Thanks so much for serving and keeping us "in touch" for your year plus. My habit has been to check your blog every day and I will have to remove the desktop icon but the trade of you guys coming home more than makes up for it!!
Please stay safe. Keep in touch with Matt every once in awhile so we know you are getting along fine. Hugs and prayers, Momma Hackett |
| by HCMC @ Jun 20 2007 02:38 am |
| You're coming home!!! YEAH! Heard on the news yesterday they finally set a date! Have a safe trip and remember we are thinking and cheering for you! |
| by Meatwad Pest Removal Services @ May 30 2007 09:02 am |
Dust Mites setting up shop in your uvual. . .uvu. . .vul. . .that thingy in your throat?
Are those Camel Spiders greeting you every morning with a smile and a wink?
Accidently embezzle $20 million dollars from your corporate accounts?
Not a problem for our trained professionals. Except that third thing, pray you find a good lawyer, because, wow, you're screwed. I think I finally found the reason behind my indifference towards the eternal conflict between good and evil. I am incapable of watching good and evil battle it out on my own. Sigh. I've been doing my damndest to try and teach myself in the greeting of a loved one (per last blog), but the training aides here are below standard. I hope my evaluator will still pass me even though I never studied. Also, in regards to hopping on the bandwagon. . .EWWW! |
| by mom @ May 29 2007 06:38 am |
| I think of you everyday, but yesterday on Memorial Day I thanked God for the gift of my good son. I am looking forward to you coming home. Love,mom |
| by Jennifer @ May 17 2007 09:24 pm |
| From the looks of the picture, you look like you are ready to take on the the entire tiny gremlin army. I'm gonna jump on the rally-toe bandwagon here too and start rootin' for lefty. |
| by toph @ May 17 2007 06:46 pm |
Troy - been talking to brother Mike and guided him to this great site (along with Powers, Zvad, Duece, etc.). He gives you props! He just got out of the Army and moved from Alaska to D.C.
Took care of Jared's Mom 2 weekends ago up in Bemidj. Moved her stuff into her current living quarters. It was good to see Janet.
I hope all is well. Take care man.
-Toph |
| by dave @ May 17 2007 10:53 am |
funny! i'm picturing a dust mite circus in there doing acrobatics around the uvula. go evil right toe!
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| by Budahn @ May 17 2007 08:50 am |
| Sand Gremlins?! Haha. Kill those nasty little buggers. Keep up the faith my friend, go left toe! |
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