I need to apologize for not doing a better job of keeping in touch with home since I have been back. Days are flying by right now. It has been great. We have 2 slowpitch softball teams playing in a league right now. So basically every night is either practice, one of my games, or the other team has a game. We are def. spending most nights out at the field. It has been a lot of fun, last night the other team played. We took a grill and some nearbeer (nonalcoholic beer) and tailgated for their game haha. So that is where I normally am during the hours that I would be able to call yall. That plus the fact that I have been having problems with my computer and headsets has made communication not easy. I will try and do better, I am going to buy a new headset today and hopefully that will fix the problem.
We are also running 4 missions a week. We are nearing the end of R&R for the whole company, there are probably only 4 or 5 more people in our platoon who are either currently gone or are leaving in the next week or two. That makes our "down day", which is really squad support, pretty much useless. The point of squad support is to help fill in for people who are on leave, right now there are only 2 people to fill in for. So it is easier to send us out on more missions. That also makes the days go faster, even if it more tiring haha.
I am no longer sick, thank goodness. I am also getting back to getting normal sleep. Last night I slept really well, I had to make myself get out of bed this morning ( and by morning I mean like.... 11) so I didn't sleep all day and keep myself from getting any sleep tonight. It is sad how much I look forward to sleep these days. I found a book series that I am really enjoying. I got it from another guy in the company who is passing me the books as he finishes them. I'm on book 5 (plus a prequel) of 11. That is not helping me sleep either ha. I may have a bit of trouble putting it down. He is on book 6 though so I may have to wait a bit to get the next one from him.
It is really starting to feel like we're almost done here. They have started taking some of our equipment and are talking about us sending gear back and stuff. Kinda crazy, but if things continue moving as quickly as they have for the 2 weeks I have been back, we will be out of here in no time.
I thought I was enrolled in some online classes starting yesterday, but some stupid things got in the way. I am pretty frustrated, especially since I now have the textbooks for the classes that I am not a part of. That's pretty much whats going on in my life these days, I will try and do better with the phone. I love yall!