Schwack

I haven't written on the blog for awhile and I felt like I should, not for your benefit, mostly my own. I don't really have much on my mind. My 'shoot-from-the-hip' plan here was more hopeful that thoughts would come once the fingers tickled the plastic keyboard interface buttons.

Things have picked up quite a bit at work for me. We are kind of preparing for a sort of inspection so I am learning my respective roles regarding that, which are more than plenty. During our national financial crisis' one plan read that DoD personnel would lose their pensions, which was the first time I felt vulnerable regarding my job since I joined the Air Force. I really need to get my house in order financially, only it gets harder and harder the longer you wait.
An Air Force Reservist died yesterday driving home from work. The irony is she died by the hand of someone who gets paid to 'protect and serve'. It was blatant disregard for traffic laws so he will most likely get at minimum manslaughter and serve some time. It was a sad day for the entire Colorado Air Force community.

I got on my bike after a near-3 month fast. It felt good and I was in better biking shape than I thought I would be, probably because of the cabin mostly.

We have had a really wet summer. The heat of the late morning, early afternoon sucks up all the mountain water and brings it over the Springs and dumps it which has been nice for cooling down the house and for keeping our watering costs low.

I now work with a friend I met in Vandenberg who came to 11 SWS with me. We both work in the training shop teaching the MMO position. He wants to be a full-time pastor/minister here in the Springs at the church he attends. He is the first person I have met who wants to get out of his full-time job in the AF for something like that. I commend him for such a challenging goal. He seems to have 'caught fire' ever since he got to Colorado and it seems to have made his life better overall and that makes me happy for him.

Life is interesting in that from one perspective, life changes very slowly, in gradients, day by day. Even week to week, month to month, year to year the changes can be subtle. But when you look back, significant things happen over the course of several months or even a couple years that you don't realize happen until you have that 20/20 retrospective vision.

I am trying to make the jump, or rather, the slow and careful creep back into school. I thought it be wise to pursue something I am now getting experience in. Computer systems are a big part of the job, yet so is space. Right now space interests me more so I am thinking of that a bit more. I really have less than two years left but the transfer evaluation is still undergoing to see specifically how many credits I need.

That's it for now. I won't bore you or disinterest you with whining of conservatism vs. liberalism whether in religion or politics. Nor will I do the same to you regarding how horrible Colorado Springs drivers are. Seriously, its like they all learned to drive yesterday, then they go to bed and their brains forget everything they went through while driving the day before. They also seem to have some sort of idea in their tiny little brains that makes them think they are the only car out there and the only car that matters. Sorry, I said I wouldn't whine about it. I'm out.