You know those millions of dollars unaccounted for in Iraq? I think I found them. They seem to have been spent to put on the Ft. Drum Salute to the Nation firework show Thursday night. It was, dare I say, spectacular. I'm a sucker for fireworks, though, and then when you add the band playing along with the fireworks, I'm a goner. Nothing beats the Overture of a 1812 with cannons. From there it transitioned right into the fireworks. The band kept playing seeming to coincide with the crescendos and decrescendos of the fireworks. Definitely glad I went.

Also Thursday, I got my orders out of this craphole. Not out of the army, or even out of this post, but another unit across the street - a unit that is not stoplossed, so there's a chance I can get out. There's also a chance that I have to go to Afghanistan, starting in Jan or Feb. Now, this may seem crazy because it would require an extra 18-24 months on my contract, but I wouldn't mind going back there. I had a great time before, and I was only there 4 months. It's for a cause I believe in (unlike Iraq), it has beautiful mountains, and I get to chase around legitimate bad guys - this time in a helicopter. How cool is that? I'm just trying to prepare myself for the possibility, so that I'm not completely shattered when my plans for a discharge are cancelled.

The terrible humidity is gone, too! It's a cool 67 degrees right now, and my room isn't a sweat box! It was actually chilly this morning when I went for a drive! Craziness.

It's a waiting game now. I'll wait to finish SRCing and 1sg will wait to give me my orders. It's as simple as that. They don't want to put any effort into getting my orders out of here (and why would they? they could always use more warm bodies to run their errands for them), then I'm not going to put any effort into my deployment readiness (and I'm not even deploying!). Seems fair enough. .....Wonder when I'll get yelled at....