Same Old, Same Old

All right so I haven't been keeping my blog as up-to-date as I originally anticipated, but there's one big reason for that and it's not really due to lack of time. Don't get me wrong it has been a busy month so far, but I've had plenty of spare time. The problem is that we still haven't really gotten started on the fun stuff. After getting teased for three days last week with observation in the school, we are now back to the sometimes boring, but very necessary training. The killer is the 2 hour lunches each day. To most people this would seem like I pretty nice thing, but trying to fill a 2-hour gap isn't as easy as it sounds especially when you basically stick around the same spot with the same people. I'm not completely down on the training as I've learned some new things already that will help me be somewhat prepared for the challenges that I'll be facing.

I think I'm also in a bit withdrawl from having so few guys around that I can talk to and they get me. Let me explain that last statement a little more thoroughly. First of all, my core group of friends so far are women. (I think my brothers and father know how it is to have this problem.) There are a couple of guys that I hang out regularly within this group, but one has a serious girlfriend who has been out of town and the other is married to one of the girls I hang out with and he isn't in the Corps. The second thing is most of the guys that are around right now, not in Florida doing disaster relief, are gay. It's not that I'm not comfortable around them and I can't find common ground on which to talk to them, but it's not the same as what I've been used to for most of my high school and college years in which I was with a pretty big group of guys who all got along and could talk and be like guys around each other. That's not to say all is already lost. In fact I'm as anxious as anyone right now for the group in Florida and Alabama to get back, because I'll have some relief from this estrogen overload that I've been experiencing the past week or so.

All right that wasn't something everyone wanted to know or hear, but I had to vent and one of the reasons I'm doing this blog is to get some of these types of things off my chest. I'm also looking forward to coming home this weekend even if I won't get a chance to see everyone. I'm excited to see my family and my friends from college and I hope this quick weekend home will keep me energized for the stretch between now and Thanksgiving as it will be very busy and maybe even a little stressful at times. So for those of you who are in Green Bay, I'll hopefully see you this weekend.