Happiness is also…
We just got back from a monumental moment in our deployment - the day we finally got the M16 off our backs. Finally!! No more weapon, no more body armor, no more 80 pound helmet to knock myself in between the eyes with. Not that I ever did that, no, but I imagine it must really hurt for a long time if you did that, even more than if you hit your head so hard you got whiplash from the shelf on the bus, not like I did that either.
It really is such a huge relief to have turned in all of our gear. All that’s left is my personal belongings, including the extra seabag worth of stuff I just bought at the bazaar they have here. Why oh why must they put sparkly things in the sunlight right outside of the coffee place?
One step closer to being home - only one more day of outprocessing and then we’re more or less home free!
David (the eldest)
I shoulda asked you to pick me up some good middle eastern coffee while you were there.
Just remember, whatever shiny/sparkly you buy, YOU gotta lug back to Spain. I dont wanna hear that you hurt your back, because you had to buy “just one more”……….
welcome back to civilization, david
Dad
Glad to hear that your head doesn’t hurt too bad from not smashing it all the time.
Your mother, for some sort of self-imposed penance, decided to forego eating chocolate the entire time you were away from your family, so if you think of it, please call shortly after you are done with hugs and kisses so Ms. Chocoholic can OD on it. And we can ALL celebrate. From Washington to Wisconsin to Iceland to places unknown.