Wasted Day

Man, life sure has been picking up recently. I drove to Macon today for a meeting that lasted one hour that could have just had the information emailed. It was a boring power point on "new equipment" that we have already used for a couple years. Chalk another one up for government efficiency!

Speaking of government efficiency, the IRS spent 40 million dollars sending out flyers saying that you are getting a check. Wow, who approves this stuff. One day we will get someone with some common since. Until then we will contine to screw ourselves into the ground. By the way, the dollar is worth half a Euro.

Evidently the Guard wants me to go to Ft. McCoy WI instead of Ft. Irwin CA. This would be fine if the dates worked out a little better. I can't be gone right after Ellie is born. We'll get some answers hopefully on Friday. Let's see what happens.

Unwinding for the weekend

Good News! Granny Burns' surgery went well and the doctors believe she'll be fine. Vanessa and I are going to see her tomorrow afternoon. Thanks to everyone who has been praying for her.

It feels good to finally get a few days off. I'm taking monday to help get things in order arounds the house. We got the BMW back today and everything seems good to go. I'm posting it for sale tomorrow on the internet and putting signs in the window.

My masters program is heating up. I can't imagine what life was like when I had every weekend off. The Guard is also getting crazy. I found out that I will be moving units again! I'll be taking over as XO in Calhoun. I'm not happy about not having a platoon like I was told initially but things change. More responsibility on deployment will be a blessing for sure.

Ellie has been kicking a lot in the past few days. She was kicking hard enough for me to see her tonight. I'm so excited and ready for her to get here.

Sickness in the Family

Today we found out that Granny Burns has colin cancer and a tumor. It is devastating news but at least they have a direction to go in now. As it turns out she has had it for over two years. Her surgery is Friday. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers. Vanessa and I are going to see her tomorrow at Henry General.

I'm back from air assault

I'm sick of always reporting to schools with no intel on what it's like so here's a description of Air Assault school run by the Warrior Training Center at Ft. Benning.

First, this course is no joke. The active duty guys showed up thinking that a National Guard run school would be easy. The Soldiers with this attitude failed out very quickly. Soldiers ranked from PV2 to MAJ in this course. We started with 157 students and ended 10 days later with 106.

This school was very mentally and physically intense. If you are training up for this school I would suggest a four month plan working up to 12 miles with a 40 lbs. ruck. They say 25-30 lbs. but it is simply not true. Additionally you will want to run up to four miles in 37 minutes. A general pt plan consisting of flutter kicks, overhead arm claps, and rifle exercises. The best source of information is on the ft. Benning web site. Search WTC. Most of the classes are posted for you to review prior to reporting at the school.

Also, make sure you have everything on the packing list, everything! Be very specific!