Back Home Again

Back Home Again

So, we're back.  The flight, which mercifully had only one layover in Ireland, landed yesterday late morning.  Since then we've been here in Indiana being subjected to an arcane process known only as "demobilization" to the cognoscenti.  We managed to squeeze four hours' worth of briefings into a ten hour day today, which was special.  Tomorrow should be a little easier to manage, given we're doing medical and dental processing.  Then we do administrative stuff, then turn some stuff in and then we get to go home home.  At least it's clean and green and quiet here.  Other than that, I could complain about a whole lot of things, but won't.  Complaining just doesn't change things, and it's easier to get through all this if I'm not whining all the time.  The process is a necessary evil, and so we go through it thinking we'd just rather be home.  Of course, cooperating and getting through all this tends to make the whole thing work more smoothly, so we're willing to deal with it all, provided we keep moving - not necessarily fast, but moving.  Moving is good.

Paul met me off the plane, which was cool.  I hadn't seen him in a long, long time, so it was nice.  Of course, the rest of the folks in my battalion just ignored me after that.  Not sure what's up with that, but there's something there. 

Not including today, which is Wednesday, I see Kim in four days.  We're into single digits and under five.  I can live with that.

Enjoy!