Yesterday was absolutely a productive night! I am so excited for this spring and summer that I can barely contain myself, and I definitely am walking around with a semi-permanent smile. My co-workers are scared. My Soldiers are scared. They know I’m happy. So much to look forward to, the first of which is that I won’t be required to work for the unit after we get back to Las Vegas. Which means that when they dismiss us from the ‘reintegration briefs’ (which will only take a couple days), I can pack up and head to CT to make up for all the lost time with family and friends. Of course, the caveat to the situation is that I have to fly back to Vegas once-a-month and spend my ‘one weekend a month’ helping the unit get built back up.
Soooo, I’m only allowed to spend the time at home if I am willing to spend one weekend a month in Vegas? I dunno, you really might need to twist my arm on that one.
Which makes my current life plan look like this:
Early April – Get to Vegas, get our parade, take pictures, find out I’m fit to return to civilian society. Find myself a car.
Apr 10 (or so) – Pack said car with everything I own (which is really three boxes of clothes, a flat screen TV and my golf clubs) and hit the 15 E with Vegas in my rear view and CT in my sights.
Apr 17 – Mystic Mile tuxedo night.
Apr – August – Bars. Beaches. Foxwoods. Whatever I damn well please. :0)
Right now, I’m not really picky about where in CT I end up. As much as I love Mystic, I don’t need to be THAT close. Part of me wants to check out a new side of CT. I still have family in Cheshire (where I originally grew up before moving to Groton). My grandparents have this gorgeous 2-bedroom outside Avon that I have gone to since forever. Wouldn’t mind being closer to that. And of course, Groton/Mystic provides me with endless options to satiate the clear gambling problem I have as well as keep me close to family and friends.
As far as potential, 2010 is starting to look as good as 2004 did. Hope you’re there to join in on the fun.
You do know that the 15 heads north, not east, right..
Comment by Sarah — January 20, 2010 @ 5:05 am
I’m well aware, my dear. However (1) my friends in CT don’t know that and (2) I have to start that way to head East anyways!
Comment by miketaz — January 20, 2010 @ 5:49 am