Dana's Journal and Miscellaneous Musings

The ramblings of a corporate manager, a father, a husband, a psychologist, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, an Iraq war veteran and North Carolina Army National Guard officer. The views expressed herein represent my thoughts and opinions only and do not represent the views of: schools at which I have taught, been a student, the military, my religion, companies with which I have worked, Bob the Tomato, or Larry the Cucumber.

Sunday, December 02, 2007

Homesick?

After 3 weeks of training, we have large numbers of recruits and National Police trainers wanting leave for various reasons, mostly because they report they are tired and miss their families.

I try to be understanding. I'm tired and miss my family, too. But while they've been away for 3 weeks, I've been away almost a year now.

Not to say I'm really unhappy. I have a great position, and I enjoy my work more than I had anticipated prior to deployment. But as you can imagine, I'm not very sympathetic.

Here's what I get to see in my backyard right now.

Here's what I would get to see from my backyard were I not here.

Now I'm homesick. ;-) No, I'm fine, because I'm getting that happy feeling knowing I'm only 9 days away from heading home for my 2 week leave. Woo-hoo!

Ever thought to yourself, "I sure could use a couple of pet sheep!"? Somebody around here did. They nicely complement our pet cow and calf, and they don't leave nearly the mess around the grounds.