Whelp, i am kinda getting into the swing of things out here. my "battle rhythm" is coming together. everyday i wake up early and head to the office by 0545. A group of us meets up before driving over to the dfac for breakfast around 730. We eat from 730-830. Then back to the office till lunch around 1230. Eat lunch till 1330. Then back to work. I head over to the gym around 1530 till about 1700, then dinner, and then back in the office by 1800. work until 2200ish, and then go to bed. All throughout the day there are meetings (which help break up the monotony of the office) and there are always random things that come up...but all in all it is pretty easy to follow.
For the past three days i have had to sit in on a conference with about 60 other people as we talk about the transition between phases of a large contract i am working on out here. Everyone who is anyone important attended...there was one particular leader that sat on the "big boys table" who made the entire conference worth it. Dont kid yourself = the conference was boring, but this guy had comments! he had questions and comments about everything! and the things that came out of his mouth were noteworthy. here are a few of my favorite:
- Infinity Important!!!
- Heaven forbid if we have to go back and dig fox holes...
- Praise the Lord! (on numerous occasions)
- Billions and Billions and Billions.
- wipe your butt
- The army needs to go back to Army 101 (keep in mind that he is an Army Col)
- Simple. If it aint that simple, we need to make it that simple. it is just simple.
- Did someone set up a communist organization overnight? (Are you kidding me?!?!?!)
- Y'all aint walking the dog; the dog's walking y'all
- We are going back to MRE's, washing soucks in a bucket, drinking bottled water, and baby wipes.
- No shit?
Tying in with the three day lectures - i was tortured by non-stop powerpoint presentations. at least the projector made the screen large enough for all 60 peeps to be able to read what was being talking about. one overall comment on the presentations and ppt : Do not send someone to give a presentation that cant speak in a mic and do not put a million words on the slides. one of my friends out here sent me this link after we survived the conference: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/world/27powerpoint.html?no_interstitial
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