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Monday, October 02, 2006
And I'm Out!
Fini!
I'm done. No more work at building A-50. No more dreading that walk from the BOQ parking lot to the front door. No more half friendly nod to the limdu staff working the quarterdeck as I walk in. No more awkward eye-contact with the folks from Claims as we pass by each other in the hall while they're on the way to the ladies room. None of it!
Of course, there'll also be no more awesome cases to prosecute. No more sitcom-esque dialouge with my brilliant friends up and down the p-way. No more griping with the other JO's just for the sake of having someone be on your side. None of that either. I guess everything has a downside, and thats a big one.
As I came into work this morning, there was a wreck right across the street from our building. And I mean right across the street. Some older gentleman in a Camry basically t-boned a petty officer turning right at the intersection. I'm not sure who's fault it was, but the squealing tires and incredibly loud crash got my attention. It was a good one too. The cars were nice and smashed (and no, ma, no one was hurt).
I didn't think much of it until now, but I pull through that intersection every single workday, usually 2 or 3 times. I guess it kinda goes to show that you never really know whats gonna happen from one situation to the next. I could have just as easily been assigned to a command where the work was always great but the people sucked. Instead, I got the opposite - the work wasn't always great but the people were stellar. Kinda makes you think that somebody upstairs is looking out for ya, huh? Kinda like He looked out for me all those times I turned through that intersection (without my seatbelt, music blaring, going about 40, eager to get home)...
Then again, the wreck could just be some existential forshadowing about how much my life is going to be a wreck from this point forward...
Nah - I like the whole "God is looking out for me" thing a lot better. So I'll go with that. Yeah. That.
Anyway, I'm going to kiss my daughter goodnight for the first time in 10 days. I'm out.
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6 comments:
and what a way to go! enjoy Italy and all it has to offer!
Phillip,
This is Katy Lewis from UT Law. Just heard you were OCONUS to Italy. My husband is an LT in the USCG and we are stationed in NOLA. Let me know how your possessions arrived from VA. Our CONUS movers were crazy fast--I have been here nearly 3 months and am still finding stuff (esp. things that were supposed to stay with our house). We are planning on doing some Space-As over to Italy next year. I would love to hear from you--you can email me at kjld@ecwko.com (I am in private practice down here--admiralty and maritime). Best, Katy
Phillip,
This is Katy Lewis from UT Law. Just heard you were OCONUS to Italy. My husband is an LT in the USCG and we are stationed in NOLA. Let me know how your possessions arrived from VA. Our CONUS movers were crazy fast--I have been here nearly 3 months and am still finding stuff (esp. things that were supposed to stay with our house). We are planning on doing some Space-As over to Italy next year. I would love to hear from you--you can email me at kjld@ecwko.com (I am in private practice down here--admiralty and maritime). Best, Katy
Phillip,
I have no clue if you will get this, but I hope all is great for you,Melissa and Ella. I am sorry it's taken so long for us to try to get in touch, but please.. if you get this, get back with us.
By the way, pizza originally came from China...
just a fact thought you'd like ...
Stephen & Jada
Stephen - I'll shoot you a full e-mail as soon as I can; we arrived in Naples a few days ago, and as you could expect, things are a little frantic! More to come...
Hi Stephen,
I m just wondering that your family has a Hungarian line, do you have any information about this?
Because my grandfather s brother was a CHOKLEY, and I know your name is CHOCKLEY but I have a family tree and the first Chokley was from 1461. :) So, please contact me.
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