What flavor would you like sir?

It is the question that I am asked when I begin to approach what some would call a guilty pleasure, "What flavor would you like sir?". It was a bad idea first when they decided to have a ice cream bar everyday at every meal here and second when they allowed me to see it. The man behind the counter patiently waits for my sometimes catious reponse as I think about and weigh the important decision. One scoop or two? Chocolate or Cookies and Cream? Both? This past week I decided to cut down my ice cream intake to once a week, down from the maybe three or four that times a week I have been doing. I checked my body fat percentage and I registered 13.5%. Not too bad, but I think I can get it down to ten but only if I start to limit my intake on the "good bads" (an oxymoron that I think I just made up, hence the "quotes").

As some of you may be able to tell, my mood is up slightly from the last few posts. I finally had a day off the other day and so I feel slightly refreshed although I don't know when the next day off will be. I am working the same hours and the same job but I don't know for how long it will last. Things are always changing.

Say for instance my two weeks leave plan. The person that was planning on going on two weeks leave to Europe with me has decided that he is going to go home. Some people just want to go home and see their families and their families want to see them. Although I know my family would love for me to come home for leave I decided from the begining that I wanted to spend mine in Europe. I have always loved traveling and the deployment gave me the perfect opportunity. The Army is already sending me there so all I have to do is get out of the plane and start traveling the countryside. But now I must find people to go with or I am not quite sure I will travel it alone. If anyone is interested in coming to Europe for a week or two, drop me a note.

I did some interesting things the other day, but I will wait for another day to tell everyone. I enjoy being secretive and all but I would much rather be able to tell you all what it is that I am actually doing over here. I'll share a little bit next post.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Nick

P.S.- I didn't check my grammar or spelling this time and I don't care! Hah, I am so bold.