I woke to a landscape that reminded me of a mix between the badlands and the wind blown canyons i remember from when I lived in the pan handle of Texas. The weather seemed to be cool with a light breeze and no dust in the air. Before me was a long path that seemed to drift off to the left some distance ahead. I was dressed in clothes that made me look like i should be walking in the mall and not in some desert landscape. I stood up off the ground and brushed my clothes off although i do not recall there actually being any dust on me at all. So i walked forward down the path glancing to me left and right as i walked. Everything seemed almost fake. Despite the breeze it felt like walking through a movie set. Behind me was just more straight path so i kept walking forward toward the curve. After a few minutes of walking i finally reached it and just as i finished rounding the corner I was stopped dead in my tracks by something completely unexpected. There before me stood one of my oldest SG friends. A women who once lived closed to me in a complicated situation and who now lives just about as far away from me as you can and still be inside the continental US. She was there with two friends I did not recognize and was as beautiful as ever. She flashed me the biggest smile I have seen in a very long time, yelled my name out, ran up to me and nearly took me of my feet with one hell of a hug. I wasn't sure what to do at that point but she decided for me be grabbing my hand and dragging me down the path into a cave. We walked for a short time and somehow when we emerged we both where standing on a train in the middle of a field of bluegrass.
And that is all I can remember. It was so out of the blue. I had a crush on her big time back in the begining but it has faded as we hardly talk at all any more for no real reason. But there sher was in my head last night. Amazing smile and all. Now I find myself feeling kind of nostalgic and wishing i would have met her when she lived close to me. I wonder why she suddenly got in my head again.
-roguemind 
So the date that i am scheduled to leave the boat and head off to shore duty has changed. It was previously May of 2008. It had been adjust against my will to March of 2008. So its sooner. Which means less time to fine orders. And after calling my detailer its looking like I have only a couple choices for shore duty. Guam (ugh no thanks) or Groton, CT. I really don't want ether but I would take CT over Guam any day. He also mentioned recruiting or maybe pushing boots (dunning a division at boot camp in IL) but i could not really see myself doing ether of those. I'd be to honest about the navy and I don't handle stupid shit very well so pushing boots would not work so well ether. He said I could call back on the 15th, but he does not expect anything else to come up. Which sucks. It is looking more and more like I will be moving to Connecticut early next year. I guess there is only more waiting to do.
Hot damn huh?