[Astral Claw 126]

Hey All,

Well those of you who who know me (and those of you who don't) I am a soldier in the Army, been going on 7 years doing it and hold the rank of Sergeant (tho I go to the board for my Staff Sergeant on Tuesday, so THAT is good news). Now, i recently moved here to Grafenwoehr, Germany from Fort Lewis, Washington, and I tell you I have been having headache after headache. Things are so disorganized here, mainly cuz of certain things, and also some priorities are getting all mixed up at levels way above my head. But my biggest gripe is this: I recently volunteered for Bradley Master Gunner School. Now, dont get me wrong, it is a huge opportunity for me and also a great school to have, but they keep changing the damn start date (it went from April 14 to currently May 5th, and even THAT ain't set in stone). With all the date changing, now it appears I am gonna hve to work all thru the unit's block leave (for those of you who don't know military talk, this means vacation), and my next opportunity for leave won't be till October!! This wouldn't be bad if I didn't have a very sweet girl who I intend to propose too, and who misses me very much. You can imagine, she got very, VERY upset at these turn of events. So, now, I am at a loss, and took a schlacking from my soon to be fiance on top of it all ( iwas up till 3 AM running damage control to try and calm her, she is a fireball). Anyways, I am just griping, and can use some encouragement. I have faith it will be okay, but damn sometimes Army life can be very hard.