Like the Deserts Miss the Rain…

June 26th, 2007 by rsm

Things I Probably Won’t Miss

Late night phone calls from someone in tears over the same problem as the last three calls. Leave him. Seriously, let him go.

Major decisions worth a lot of money

Yard work

Picking out what to wear

24-hour deadlines to come up with documents and a plan or else “all construction will stop.”

“So long as you’re here… why is my stupid printer not working?”

People convinced their degree makes them morally superior

The stress of watching my 4 years of intensely hard work being credited to another.

Bills

Carpenter Bees

Things I Might Miss

My king-sized bed

The rain on the steel roof

Telling the Colonel to go f- himself with a smile and a punch to the arm

Ignoring the Sergeant-Major when he tries to jump in the conversation until finally pushing him away.

Going to the bathroom in private, rather than with privates… and recruits… and their privates…

The scent of clean women

Workouts on my own schedule

Sleeping naked

Gin & Tonic, Rum & Coke, Vodka & Ginger Beer

Air Conditioning

The three owls sweeping in at dusk to hang out and screech for a few minutes

My cooking

Who are we kidding: the cabin

And while we’re at it, nobody tell me how the end of the last Harry Potter book goes. I’ll read it on my own as soon as I get done, probably that first weekend.

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10 Responses to “Like the Deserts Miss the Rain…”

  1. on 26 Jun 2007 at 21:39   caltechgirl

    ok, I promise. I won’t give it away. But I might send it to you.

  2. on 26 Jun 2007 at 23:30   zonker

    I won’t tell you the ending but I will give you a hint: its subtitle is “Hermione Does Hogwarts”.

  3. on 27 Jun 2007 at 0:16   armywifetoddlermom

    I know you will miss the cabin…nd the library.

    Here is an idea….

    you could turn it in to a retreat for whacked out bloggers.

    make them pay big$$$ to listen to the rain

  4. on 27 Jun 2007 at 2:40   HomefrontSix

    Seriously? You sleep naked? In the air conditioning? Don’t you get COLD?

  5. on 27 Jun 2007 at 8:56   Miss B

    and we will all miss you…

  6. on 27 Jun 2007 at 12:27   Chickie

    Things I’ll definitely miss:
    RSM :(

  7. on 27 Jun 2007 at 12:53   Teresa

    Who is this Harry Potter you speak of… *grin*

  8. on 27 Jun 2007 at 13:07   Green

    AWTM has a great idea there! I’d pay!

  9. on 27 Jun 2007 at 14:50   Joan

    I’ll be sure to sleep naked after a shower (so I have clean girl smell), in the air conditioning and write you lengthy letters about it. ;-)

  10. on 27 Jun 2007 at 19:49   jck

    The thing you may miss the most – the feeling of self-determination. On the one hand, this decision to enlist is entirely a self-determination thing… But on the way… Not so much. There may be a little voice (hopefully it makes you laugh) that keeps reminding you that you have chosen this as you go through the coming weeks. Somehow, it is always easier to deal with anything if you feel that you have some control, and well, in this case you exercised it at the beginning, eh? More importantly, you have a lot of perspective and experience to draw on, so even in the tough times, you will be just fine.
    Take care!

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