post entry: the day to day

hey kids,

sorry i've not written in a few days. things have taken a turn for the asinine. i've actually composed three emails in my noggin which i've not set down. none of them are worthy of emails unfortunately. probably better suited for a blog of sorts. so instead of providing mildly entertaining and undoubtedly verbose rants i'll just give a quick update and tell you of the day to day.

first. thank you thank you thank you to those who have emailed me. i very much appreciate them. unless you've experienced something like this, its difficult to express the joy that it is to hear about your lives back home. i suppose a decent similitude would be (sorry for the passive voice. all english majors and those who take offense to the trampling of the english language please forgive.) summer camp for adults. complete with all the trappings and complexities of the adult life with the surreal bubble of camp. so thank you.

day to day. well, the weather is like san diego right now. perhaps a bit more of a chill to the air actually. the wind has picked up and average wind is in and around 30 mph. of course nothing is in mph but kph. and electricity is not 110 but 220. so converters are coveted items. i'm the admin officer. its all paperwork all the time. i have zero staff. i'm replacing a staff of two officers and on enlisted specialist. but whatever. the navy has a funny way of doing business. they would never send a personnel specialist to fly, but they have no qualms about sending a pilot to do personnel work. you can choose to have me fly or do administrative work. the combination will only produce problems. the unfortunate part is the ones making decisions have decided that the providing for and advancement of the sailors is not of a concern.

we've flow a bit. not much. my boss is a marksman line of sight tasker. everyone is encouraged to set goals for the deployment. i.e. read two books (yes, that would be an accomplishment for most of my coworkers - and most likely dan brown books :( ), take a college class on line, lose 20 lbs. i've clearly identified his goal is to do as much paperwork with as little productivity as possible. now if this is his goal, i must admit, he is very adept. its simply unfortunate it doesn't align itself to my goal of not doing paperwork. can you guess who might lose here?
i've done about ten things in the midst of writing this email and apologize for the lack of coherence. all in all things are good. very long days. lots of halogen bulbs and laminate flooring. more dust and wind. too many army grunts and not nearly enough alone time. it is what it is. if any of you want, i'll jot down a few notes on my thoughts concerning the army, camp life, the current state of politics and even a clothing piece. (told you they weren't email worthy...but as i look at what i've written already, i realize either my level of thought process is significantly lacking, else my esteem for email worthy material is bloated. thank you all my dear, erudite family and friends. you are my reprieve. God bless