01 July 2007: Return of the Admiral

It’s a whole new month! July kicked off with a Sunday. My team has no missions ongoing. That adds up to a day off. I had several new team members arrive from Kuwait the night before. I expected to see them at some point during the day but never did. Another soldier on my team at least confirmed their arrival. We’ll get them in-processed on Monday. It is so god-awful hot that I couldn’t spend much time outdoors. My highlight was getting my Admiral back. That’s right! My Chinese-made piece of shit pick-up truck is back in action. W&M told me it would be fixed by today and by golly they meant it. I drove over after lunch to pick it up. When I arrived there was nobody there. However, my truck was present and the keys were inside. I cranked it up, confirmed that it was fixed, and drove it off. I left my loaner there with the keys inside. Since I didn’t sign any forms when I dropped it off I figured there was no need for me to see anyone to switch out. Nobody called or e-mailed later so it must’ve been ok. The good news is that the fan is fixed. I have AC again. They also fixed the other things that had fallen apart.

Other than picking up my truck I didn’t do much else. I checked e-mail, made some calls home, worked out, and took a nap. Later I drove over to Green Beans on the west side. There was a very recently deployed soldier who sang “Light My Fire” by the Doors. His singing wasn’t so hot but he danced up a ridiculous storm on stage. It was hilarious and racy. When I got up I told him that he rocked and advised him not to give that performance at H6 or he’d join me on the banned list. As I put it, “the AF is kinda sensitive.”

Back to work Monday….