Sick and tired

It was a good run, but it's officially over. After more than 5 years without a cold, I finally got one. All I can say is, better this week than next week. It started about 3 days ago. Zicam didn't really stave it off, now I've got medicine head.  Joy.  I suspect I picked it up as a result of my many trips to the medical center to be poked and prodded in prep for deployment (how's that for alliteration?).  Whatever the source, I hope it goes away soon...much to do.

I had planned on spending the day sort of pre-packing, going through my checklists and seeing what I still need to procure.  I'm limited to 4 bags (3 of which were issued to me), so I must be judicious about what I take. I'm taking my laptop with me, and I bought a zippered cover for it. It has a strap for carrying on the shoulder, but it's small enough I can tuck it in my backpack if needs be (to keep my luggage count at 4).

As you read my blog, you may have picked up on the fact that the lead-up to departure is equal parts hectic and boring. Given that I'm definitely going, I really can't wait to get there.  It turns out I'll have more overlap with Ric than I thought. Twelve days instead of six, so I hope that will allow me to settle into a routine before he leaves. On the other hand, he may be so focused on going home that "quality time" with him may be less than ideal. In any case, more is still better.

As D-Day approaches, I expect that I'll be a bit more sporadic posting to this blog. Not my intent to go more than a day without a post, but things happen. In fact, for the 10 days of CAST training, which is in field conditions, I may not post at all. The other LIMFAC is connectivity. I'll be billeted on post after CAST as I wait to depart for the AOR, so strictly speaking, I may be offline for as much as 2-3 weeks. During that time, if I have no connectivity but do have my computer, I'll write my daily entry, then post them all at once after I get downrange.

I'm about to cough up a lung now...I better go take care of that.