sirloins

Forrest: Hey, Bubba...

Bubba: Hey, Forrest. Forrest, why'd this happen?

Forrest: You got shot.

Forrest: (voice-over) Then Bubba said something I won't even forget.

Bubba: I wanna go home.

Plane tickets? Check.

That's it. I'm done. My outprocessing is complete and on Tuesday the 18th I leave for Arizona.

As I was getting my plane tickets, I was looking at the flyers for the trips the travel agency offered:

Italy
Austria
England
Ireland
Scottland
France
Greece
Belgium
Amsterdam, etc...

and I realized that I didn't really do/see much while I was here. In fact,...
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My equipment was turned in today.

That was it. That was the last step to my outprocessing and now all I am doing is waiting for my plane to take off.

There are plans to hit up the Nuremburg fest this weekend and there may, or may not, be a goodbye dinner in SirLoins' honor. I'm kinda hoping there's not.

Still, I'm going to go...
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So the movers came today and all my stuff is gone.

I'm surprised at how rapidly the boredom has set in.


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Sometimes I think that I may be a little too cali-centrist for my own good. Sometimes I have bizarre little stereotypes about other states. Best of all is when I'm proved right.

This is a more-or-less verbatim conversation I had with someone on...
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I got some good news today!

The outprocessing center scheduled two big appointments at the same time on the day I was supposedly supposed to be leaving Germany.

I told them they were idiots and they pushed my flight back one whole week!

Instead of flying on the 12th, now I fly on the 18th!

"O frabjous day! Caloo! Callay!" he chortled in his joy!...
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Just about a week left to go.

I shit you not, I want to stay so bad that I can't even sleep anymore. Everytime I wake up, I'm a day closer to leaving.

Edit: On a happier note, I like lunch. I had two lunches today.

So I'm thinking I'm just gonna marry the next girl who willingly has sex with me. Willingly is the key word.

So isn't the best man supposed to be the stoic pillar of strength to see the groom all the way through the day?

Please answer 'cause right now I'm freaking out so much that even the bride is asking me what my problem is....
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I swear to God German girls exist solely to drive American men crazy!

Fourteen days left.