End of the line
Back in Germany. Spent the last 10 days in the US... 2 days doing the final paper work to sign out of the Navy, 36 hours in San Diego, and 6 days waiting around to do my put final John Hancock on my 214 (DOD thanks for serving form). The upside to waiting for 6 days in Norfolk was driving down to see my good friend Sean Dynan. He's a major in the Marines now, but back in the day we were the immovable center on the Naval Academy's Light Weight football team defensive line. Wonder if I could get back down to 165 any time soon. Actually thats what I was in Iraq. Wonder if the beer and schnitzel have had any negative side effects... said the man hovering at 200 lbs.
So my days in the Navy are done. I'm on terminal leave/vacation and on 3 June I'll wake up unemployed. For now my cunning plan is 5 mos of vacation here in Germany, some weddings, rugby trips, beard growing and tan deepening. I've joined Nathan on the not shaving for 12 mos bandwagon, so we'll see if I get arrested for posing as a homeless guy here in a few months. My goal right now is to land a job with USAID or the UN doing some kind of mud hut building project management, something to get me out into the world cause after 4 years behind a desk I'm a little desked out. Picked up "3 cups of tea" by Greg Mortenson in SD and his story of building schools in Pakistan has only reinforced my desire to get involved in that side of making a difference. So by October I should be back to work somewhere doing something. He said in a hopeful tone. In the mean time, I'll be posting deep thoughts here, enjoying my drausen sofa (outside sofa) and wishing everyone a wonderful summer.
