Oh, yeah, I have a blog....

So I’m not the most regular updater of my blog… but I guess it’s the fact that this job is so easy to get caught up in, and by the time I become aware of how caught up I am, I start going into overtime to make sure my family isn’t neglected. That leaves little time for composing 300 words on how effed up my Soldiers are or telling stories about my buddies.

Anyway, things have been pretty damn good since my last update. The group of drills that got thrown together to start this new company up seem to work pretty well together. My little piece of the pie has worked out nicely as well. We didn’t win any big awards for the cycle that ended in December, but one of my drills was picked as the Drill Sergeant of the Cycle. I got selected for the Sergeant Audie Murphy Club, and I got a tentative assignment back up in the DC area for when this part of my career is done.

I’m excited about what life will be like when this is all done… but at the same time, I’m aware of the clock ticking down, and it makes me think that this part of my life will be one that I’ll continuously look back on, both for inspiration and motivation. I know I’ll never be responsible for people and materiel like this again. So to say I’ve capped out at this position would probably not be too far off the mark, if I look at life realistically.

We pick up another class this coming week – and so I’ve got to get focused on that, and simultaneously fix in my mind that THIS is my job right now, and get my head out of the clouds and quit daydreaming about the 0730 to 1600 job that awaits me in about 8 months. As it stands right now, we graduate the incoming class in March, and stay on break through June. That class graduates the 1^st week of August, and we’ll get another on the 21^st. I complete DS duty on the 31^st.

‘Til then, it’s ‘keep on truckin,’ get the job done, stay out of trouble, and complete the mission.