I got back from dinner tonight and two other sergeants in our company were in the room. When I walked in I said hello and said I was just picking up the books for tonight's book group. My roommate said, "Our door is the net and Gussman is a tennis ball. He bounces in, he bounces out." I do. But I need to have different things with me for each activity, especially especially on book group days. Today we got done in the motor pool at about 230pm. I went from there to the Charlie Med hangar for a meeting then back to the room to change from the uniform to PTs. I did some writing, rested for a while (we get up at 0445), called a couple of coworkers back in the states about a meeting, then went to the coffee shop to read for tonight's book group and a few pages of French (Le trois mousquetaires).
Then I came back to the CHU dropped the books and rode the perimeter of the post. After that I made two more phone calls about work and then off to dinner. I need to have my weapon to go to dinner, but not a backpack, since they are not allowed in the DFAC. After dinner is when I bounced through the door on the way to book group. Now I am going to the gym then maybe make a phone call back to the states.
There is always some point in the night when my head starts to hurt and I know it's time to sleep. Not yet though.
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Good analogy. Never thought of it that way. Sounds like a busy and a productive day. Those are the kind you can lay down to rest from and feel like it was all worth it.
ReplyDeleteIn civilian life, this tennis ball also has a cellphone, which allows to bounce in more than three dimensions. Does your roommate realize he's only experiencing the abridged version of you?
ReplyDeleteKeep moving!
Brigitte