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Life During Wartime

This past Sunday, my brother, an Army Reservist, left for Afghanistan. He will be gone 400 days, so won't be back until mid-February of 2010. The Army held a send-off for his unit at the unholy hour of 4 a.m., so I, along with my parents and sister, managed to get my sleepy behind out of bed to see him off. The first formation was at 4:30 a.m., the second at 5:15 a.m. This gave the men and women some time to say their final goodbyes and hugs to their families.

Some Christmas Musings

Christmas has never been my favorite holiday. I guess that's what working retail for so many years does to you. All those long hours, crabby customers, and the endless drove of continuous Christmas tuneage does nothing for one's holiday cheer.