Dear Family and Friends:

There has been some miscommunication, so here's the skinny:

I hear some of you thought I was heading home this rotation: I guess all my talk of buying a jeep or whatever else made it sound like I was coming home soon. Someone even thought I'd made a sly reference to me coming home but please,

1) I'm anything but sly: "sly" takes too much energy!

2) It's more likely I'd just make a mistake-- something like Projection, where I want to be home so badly I start talking like I'm there. Remember the crazy pills? Yep.

On another note, my poor Mom actually got a phone call from my unit telling her I was on my way home. I assure you, as I have her, that my boots are still firmly planted in the sand. The volunteer network at home is probably operating off an unmodified roster of names and is not aware of who stays, who goes, etc.

As for what unit I will eventually be a part of, God only knows. The shuffle is so misinformed with my unit that there's talk of sending me to join up with the Marines in Kuwait (and I was disappointed at not being shot at in Iraq... I hear they have a Hard-Rock cafe down there and that they actually get to go to it :(

Sorry to disappoint any of you. As always, you have my love and service,

:D