Mama….Mama, I’m Comin’ Home
05.17.06Well, it looks like I got the “OK” to go home for a few weeks. I’m lookin at the end of this month flyin in to my beloved home state of Idaho…may she reign forever. I’ll prolly end up spending most of my “vacation” working on my house, or some other odd job around the place. As I always say…”No rest for the wicked.” And as my PSG once said to me..”Why’s it gotta be wicked?” I understand that it is merely the job title…not the person themselves.
By the way, I recently had a command change over(battalion level) and I am now under the same battalion that covers the unit from Georgia that my good buddy Todd Spango is currently in. I don’t know if he ever reads my junk…I can recall multiple times him saying something to the degree of “I wouldn’t waste my time”…and our friendship grew even stronger. If yer readin’ this Todd…I’m still alive and well, and I’m hopin you is too.
Anyway, things are “straight swell” over here. The weather is just that right kind of temperature…to cook eggs in the dirt, and the bad men are out getting their tan on…as well as other not-so-nice on’s. But freedom will prevail…I always do. At least as long my pride doesn’t get in my way and trip me up. I keep those prayers flowin’ and I pay my guardian angel good money to stick around so I’m rather well off. Can you believe he wanted to just leave? Said he was too bored, but I told him I’d double the salary and throw in a nice set of sandals to boot. Everyone knows angels love sandals.
Ok, enough foolishness, lets get down to Words of Wisdom. Seen on the door of one of the troops here in Irak: “Don’t hold yer farts in! They crawl up yer spine and lodge in yer brain…and that’s where shitty ideas come from.” *not verbatim but I worded it with my “knack”.
Oh and here’s a fun one for all you folks on the “outside”(aka non military), SECURITY SECURITY SECURITY! Without it, you aint squat! You don’t need water! You don’t need food! You don’t need sleep! Hell, you don’t need friends! All you need is security!
So everyone make sure that your home security is where it needs to be…in the barrel of a .45cal semi automatic pistol. And buy those low penetration rounds that lodge in the villian so as not to go through any unwanted targets. Safety first kids!
God bless every one of you folks out there and stay classy!
Dag! If you don't get it then noone
Safe travels buddy.
erik
May 17th, 2006
Glad you get to go home for leave, wooohoo! Though, respectfully, as a Proud Southerner, I must respectfully dispute your statement, “Idaho…may she reign forever!” :lol::lol::lol::lol: Sorry, dear - but the “reigning forever” spot is occupied by GEORGIA.
:lol::lol::lol::lol:
Now that I”ve probly started another mini-War Between the States, haha, time for me to go! Have a good one - and tell that guardian angel of yours if he don’t stick around, he’ll have to reckon with Momma Kat and about a hundred other supporters!!!!!!!
On hte serious side… hang in there…stay safe.
Whistling “Dixie,”
Momma Kat
Kat in GA
May 17th, 2006
Nice to hear the enemy hasn’t stolen your warped sense of humor. Enjoy the visit home and keep paying the angel. Still praying for ya, dude.
stoicmom
May 17th, 2006
Woo Hoo!!! Munchies are on hold til notified by you or Chad:) Enjoy the new baby and that popcorn ceiling
Seriously, safe travels…… and don’t forget to get your computer fixed.
SK
May 18th, 2006
Well thats awesome.
Enjoy your time home. Also, don’t forget about computer security…that’s important too. 
Mark
May 19th, 2006
Oh, and Kat, I live in Wisconsin and I love the South. I have a friend from SC that says Midwesterners are just misplaces southerners. Also, I would live in the South in a heartbeat if it ever snowed down there.
Mark
May 19th, 2006
Mark ~ I just LOVE it down here. I was born & raised here- heck, I even have a relative who fought in the Civil War! I did live ini New Jersey for six years… way, way, WAY too cold up there for me! Nope, wouldn’t wanna live anywhere other than my beloved Georgia!
Kat in GA
May 19th, 2006
Each state has it’s charm, I’m not gonna deny it. I can’t get enough of those Georgia accents, and the whole idea of snow is still pretty cool to me.
But we all have our favorites and our reasoning for them, so let’s save some sanity and say “God bless the US of A” and move on. 
Thankfully, I can get all of that without leaving the state I’m in. Go figure.
And yes, I needed that laugh, too! My angel likes cowboy boots, actually. And he wears the cutest cowboy hat, which flies off when I’m somewhere I shouldn’t be. But hey, that’s what the hats are for. And that’s why we make fun of people who wear strings on their hats. How’re they supposed to know when to skedaddle if their hats are tied on?!
Hey, can you pay your angel off in chocolate? Seems like it’d be cheaper that way…
Lots of love! Have fun at home! And Chad, don’t make him work too hard, he has a niece to entertain while you’re scraping popcorn ceilings!
Pam
May 20th, 2006