Well, I’m down to 30 days. 30 days and I leave this place. 31 days I get boots on ground on American soil.
I’m keeping busy, a whole lot busier than I wanted to be, but what can you expect? My replacement is working hard to keep up, and he has taken up some slack, but when he has questions, I can’t turn my back. I have to be there with him and I have to pretty much hold his hand.
I did sign up for the Swim the English Channel Fitness Challenge. I didn’t swim for the first 2 days because I was still peeling from my sunburn a couple weeks ago. I finally got that taken care of, and well, started out. On Friday during PT, I swam 20 laps. Not much, but it was over half a mile. That left me with 20.5 miles or so to go. 736 laps to be exact. Well….I went yesterday since I got off of work early, and stayed at the pool for almost 4 hours. I realized, because a lifeguard pointed it out, that my kick is broken. So she tried to help me, and well…..it’s still broken. So she had me try some swim fins. OMG! That is almost cheating. I swam 72 laps. I swam 2 miles yesterday. Granted, I am feeling it a bit today, but I am going to go out and do some more today. Yes, I am putting lots of sunblock on now.
I am getting kind of excited though. At 6:47 AM EST on 10 September, I should be on ground at Dulles. American SOIL! An American boy returns home! I can take my ID off of my arm and leave it off for a few days. (we have to wear our ID exposed in civilians in PTs.)
