Since it was Christmas, like most workplaces(even ones in war zones), we decided to have a Christmas party. Everyone hunted down food they could bring and put up got 3 Christmas trees complete with lights and decorations. After the party, we had our first medal award ceremony, when soldiers like SSG Turpin, Supply Sgt. for Alpha Company.
It is less than a month before I go home to the great state of Arkansas. It's seems like it's been forever since I've been home. I'm kind of interested in what has changed since I've been there, and every time I leave for more than a few weeks, some dramatic change happens to my home. For instance, the time I left for basic training, I had came back to see that most of the back yard had turned into a duck pond, my furniture had been changed around completely, and my carpet had been removed in place of tile. Soldiers often can have a case of time-shock. You feel like you've missed a huge chunk of things since you left, like you've blacked out for 2-12 months.
Hopefully, it won't be hard to take in when I do finally get back. Even though I missed Christmas, I will be home days before my birthday, meeting with old friends and new, like Matt Lagrone, who was a commo sgt in Baghdad awhile back and has a military blog himself: matt.lagrone.blogspot.com, as well as my amazing girlfriend, Laura Canady.
I still have no real clue what I'm going to exactly do the two weeks I'm home, other than that I'm not getting up before 10 in the morning any day the whole time.