Back to God's Country

I know it has been two weeks since I posted. So, I'll skip the normal apologies and empty promises to keep up the blog in the future. The most exciting thing that happened in the meant time was surprising the family when I showed up about 6 hours earlier than they expected me. You see, they released us from CH-BOLC early in the morning on 13 JUL but I told Dacia that I didn't get on the road until 15:30 or so. I then continued the lie by telling her that I was spending the night in Birmingham, AL when I was actually staying the night in Conway, AR. So when I walked up the drive around 10:45 on Saturday, the family was quite surprised. It was an awesome reunion. I had put my ACU's on that morning so that my kids would see their dad truly coming home from the Army.

So now, I'm back to the bank and the church. I love the people at both places. They are making the transition back to the routine very easy. Now the trick is to get back into a civilian routine that includes running, push-ups, and sit-ups. I don't want to lose the progress I made at Ft. Jackson. I also am trying to keep up with the folks from 3rd Squad/4th Platoon to make sure they don't forget who they are missing. Seriously, I truly miss those folks. When you spend 12-14 a day for 6 weeks, you can get pretty close. We are all very different in our backgrounds and denominations, but we fit together because all have an intense desire to serve soldiers. Plus, we like to pound down huge burritos from Moe's every Monday night. That seems to do the trick!!

That's all for now.