It Does a Body Good

To catch you up on what all has gone on will not take long. The reason for that is the fact that not a lot has gone on. Things have been rather quite around here for the most part. My life has become what I can only describe as dreadfully boring, to the point that I am miserable. I like deploying, and I like being in the Army. What I do not like is deploying away from my family and doing nothing in the Army.  It’s a waste of time, and the past several weeks have been just that, a waste of time.

Politics, poor policies, and terrible leadership are mostly to blame. You can also throw is poor personnel and resource management as well. Obviously I am frustrated with the way this whole thing is going right now. My initial impression of deployed aviation is that it’s nothing but spoiled princesses. It makes me sick and regret my decision to join such a group. I don’t want to be seen as a diva.

But aviation definitely has that stereotype.

This however is only a first impression, and while first impressions due last, I am going to see it through in hopes that things will improve. So I will sit and wait until then I suppose.

My new kicks

I have been spending my time doing several things to help pass the time. I visit Green Beans Coffee House regularly these days and don’t miss to many meals. The sitting combined with the abundance of food has made me very concerned about my fitness. This has resulted in a pretty good workout routine that I have begun. We have a small little gym that is right by our B-huts. It’s nothing to amazing but it has the basics and if you work hard enough you can get a good workout in. I have been running a lot as well. As mentioned in one of my previous post, this place has a lot of rocks. My normal running shoes were always getting rocks stuck in them so I decided to purchase some new shoes. I chose trail shoes, and went with a minimalist style. This is my first experience with minimalist shoes and so far I really do like them. It has taken awhile to get use to and my calves are smoked after even a short run, but I am beginning to add more and more distance to my runs and hope to be back to running 20 miles a week. This has all given me a goal to work towards and helped keep my mind off the other BS that continues to play out here.

Lots of fun here….But things may be changing soon.