Not shaving before I go to work was almost a death defying experience.  I’ve got a mustache and a goatee now and I’m letting my hair grow out to see what’s left and see what color it is.  Knowing our daughter, it will be blonde as soon as she has enough to work with.  I missed wearing earrings.  I can’t explain why.
Kids who graduated high school this past year think of the bands I listened to as “their parent’s music.”

The VA is just as screwed up as we heard about when we were active duty.  I told them I was leaving Cheyenne in June way back in February, they scheduled me for my benefits physical in July and have had to forward everything to Boise and start over.

Working for a ginormous wireless that truly does promote based on performance vs tenure is sweet.  I’ve met people that have stayed in Customer Service for years and I’ve met folks who got promoted within three months.

I love not wearing the same clothes every day and working in a “casual” clothes environment.  I have no problem going business casual when “the suits” are in town.

I already have two pieces of flair (watch Office Space for reference) and I haven’t even started working yet.

Some folks really hate the war and that spills over to their feelings toward the military.  I mean wow, they’re emotionally committed to those feelings.  I have no idea how to respond to it other than to tell them, “Folks in the military don’t decide which wars to fight, we just fight the ones our elected leaders tell us to.”

The cafeteria at work beats the living hell out of any military chow hall I’ve ever ate at.