Ive done 2 tours of afghanistan. Ive lost a lot of friends and even some family to. Now bin laden is dead and im not sure how I feel about It.
So i may call it quits to my military career. Donzo, fine, it was a fun time, but its time to move on. Ive been in a "sell preservation" mode lately. Three deployments with this battalion had left its share of scars. Any more and I'm pushing my luck/tempting fate, whatever. I need more stability in my life. I haven't seen the family in a couple of years, need to drop in. I need to establish roots. Truth be told, civilian life kinda scares me.
so i had my third x ray on me knee a few days ago. It had been giving me trouble for some time now following an accident whilst hiking, but the smart clinic (thats a mis nomer) told me it was fine just some swelling. Anyway it was now apparent that there is a radial tear running from the inside to the outside of my meniscus. I actually had to explain this to the lab tech who clearly didnt know shit about x rays. long story short i need to take it easy. It didnt help that this news came after a 15 mile hike earlier in the day which afterward i drove myself to the hospital. My knee had been hurting like a sonofabitch all week and the hike didnt help it. The tear shouldnt be to serious at the moment, but i need recovery time. chances are i will have a fews days next week, but then im back in the feild.
spent two weeks in the feild. Shooting rifles, crawling on my stomach. I am all that is man. anyway next weeks gonna blow.
sniper indoc complete. this week was a bitch, but its over and im relieved. My roommate is leaving so i will have the room to myself. This is good news, but the t.v. is his so i guess thats going with him. I may break down and buy one of my own. I have a ps3 and now nothing to play it on. Next few months will be an ass kicker for me, and then its working up for next deployment.
hotel coffee is pretty good if made the correct way. So going back to san diego tommorow. the time off has been fun, but i run out of things to do to quickly. its nice to get back to more structure. the bullshit will undoubtably begin in the next few days. its strange to go from having all the time in the world to having no free time at all... ah well i've done all i wanted to do in these three weeks 
going back to texas on the 27th. 21 days is a long time without anything to do. I dont know if i can make it. I might come back to work early
