i discovered this when our office got this new first class (e6) ea in this week. if you have no idea what im talking about when i say first class or e6, wikipedia it and itll tell you. but anyway. we got this new guy in this past week, and right off the bat he's kind of over compensating (i just spelled that wrong but ill get it right when i do spell check) for something. i mean i get that he is in a new area with new people that he has never met, or people that he hasnt seen in years, but they way he presented himself to me and the other non rates (e1 to e3, again wikipeida that if youre clueless) was very... i dont know. i guess just really cocky, and very overly displaying. like he was trying to set a standard for himself in the first 35 minutes of his existence. i dont know, but anyway, i see him doing this, and i start to smile to myself, and every now and then ill see him doing it again, and ill laugh a little, and my LPO sees this and is asking me whats so funny, and i just tell him something prefabricated like life, or this place, or something i saw on tv. and then he (my LPO) and the new guy will just kind of look at me, and not really say anything. like i am in my own little world, and theyll say something like get back to work, or prioritize my obligations, or something that is leadership like. and i know they are jokingly saying this, but the fact that they cant take just a few moments of the day to laugh or reflect on their simple flaws is simply insane. but whatever, not all people can take a funny, or have a moment of serene quite time.
anyway, just a second ago i mentioned that im in my own little world. and to be quite honest, thats not too far off. b/c lately ive seen that there are two individuals in the navy, or well this base. A) people who will "spotlight" people, basically give out tongue lashing to other people who in turn give back, and 2) people who dont spotlight. who are here to save money, and enjoy the simple things in life. and i have to admit, there are very few type 2 people here, and being someone who can be enjoyed by a simple piece of paper and a pencil, find it hard to hang out with type A individuals. so i constantly find myself in my room, listening to music and enjoying quiet times, reading a book or something, and then come to work the next day and here about someones crazy night of binge drinking or poker playing. and i dont really know how to end this story, but i guess ill have more money when i leave here... ha.
well lets see, this week went by super fast. especially thursday. i had ERT this week too, and let me tell you it was hot. we did a mopp walk in mopp level 4 gear (you have to wikipedia this one b/c i cant explain it in my own words) and then we went to this old building on base and did some smoke and heat ventilation techniques. and outside the building we here able to hook up to a fire hydrant and then a water pump and we shot out some water on the hoses, that was really fun. and then it was the weekend, so yea the week flew by. today i think we (salzman, zarate, calder, martin, and myself) are planning on getting some food and seeing a movie. and then tonight i think there is a poker game going on, so i think if i go ill play DJ or something the whole night, DJ or bartender.
oh yea, melissa, it is ch- with shit. so like ch-it, haha, im laughing to myself again here. like shit but you drop the shhh sound and insert an choochoo minus oochoo. ha
choochoo - oochoo + shit - sh = chit. ha
i love you mom dad emily melissa elizabeth bryan andrew aunt susan uncle tommy mathew abigale and new one to come uncle gary aunt linda john alan eva aunt sally uncle tim sean erin leah uncle dave kerstin nathan grandma and grandpa uncle dale dustin brooke dylan aunt chris uncle tim kaitlyn uncle greg aunt connie jake molly grandma and grandpa
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You forgot Natalie, Bill and Paul. :) It's a long list to remember...I know. I had to go through it a few times. PS. Olympics Start today!!!
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