Okay, so it’s been a while, but here we go. We are well over halfway done with our deployment, tied to the fact that I have yet to take leave just means that it’s only going to go downhill much faster from here. The deployment here hasn’t been too bad, besides the fact that I have not left the IZ since I’ve been here and I rarely get to leave the FOB. There is plenty to do here on Prosperity, so I’m not complaining too much.

I’m pretty much super-excited for leave though. I’ve got a fair amount planned out, one thing being a scuba diving trip to Panama City Beach. I’m going with a bunch of my Aunt’s friends from her church, so that’s going to be a lot of fun and I can’t wait. I want to buy a camera that’s good for underwater and post pictures up on my Facebook. I’m also pretty excited because I am going to buy a buoyancy compensator, a dive computer, and a regulator. I’ll hold off on the wetsuit because it’s only the Caribbean. Last time all I had was a shorty and was fine in that. I would’ve had no problem with just my bathing suit I’m sure. I will probably still use a shorty again, but we’ll see. I don’t need any of the extra buoyancy that a suit would give me! For anyone who reads this, I highly recommend it! It’s almost like flying in your dreams! Anyhow, I’m pretty excited about it, if you can’t tell.

The other planned event is my sister’s wedding, in which I’m a part of in two ways. One, I am one of the groomsman. Second, I’m supposed to perform their wedding song, which is quite a daunting task because I’m supposed to play the guitar for the song as well and I have to learn to play the song, which is very difficult for me! It is a good challenge and I am up to it. To go along with my learned Spanish skills, I will be performing the song in Spanish. The Peruvians love to hear me sing it simply because I am an American singing in Spanish. They eat it up. This will be a good time with family and friends and I’m looking forward to it. Plus, as a bonus, we are going to Six Flags Over Georgia the Saturday after my sister’s wedding, which will also be a blast. There may be some random visiting of friends in a couple of different places, we shall see.

This deployment has had it’s ups and downs, and it hasn’t been anywhere near as much fun as the first one, but it will definitely go down as a good deployment in my book. I think I have at least one more in me. I want to go to Afghanistan, so long as I don’t have to stay on the FOB all the time anyway. I hear there are far fewer contractors there too, that would be nice. Anyways, those are my thoughts about the current situation on the deployment. I’m wondering what is actually going to happen for the 4th of July, other than another 5K. We have those quite often here, so much it gets boring actually. Anyways, hope you enjoyed this post and I can’t wait to get home and see my family!