A short break

I made it! I got back alive! I managed to keep myself going for the entire massive period of seven days in field. Six nights in a tent in a forest. During a few of the night the temperature was a cozy -20 degrees celcius. And during those nights I had to get up and act sentry several times. I love it.

Once, when sitting in a tent I really didn't have anything to do, so I wrote down some words. I did the same thing later, in my armoured terrain vehicle, and here they are:

"Click" my Ak5 said when I squeezed the trigger. I guess it's still working. I'm
not freezing right now, but my fingers are a bit cold here in the tent. What am
I doing here? What's a calm and relaxed games doing in the field, dressed in a
green uniform and boots, carrying a weapon? Why does a guy who loves to sleep
get up at half past five to put on a body armor, combat vest, and a helmet? What
am I doing here?

Jan 22
Sunday. Heard pieces of a service on the radio in my terrain vehicle. I
havn't been to church for quite some time now. I miss it. Only one night left
though. Tomorrow I'm finally going home. Well, not home but back to a place
where I can sleep in a real bed, where I can shower and watch TV. And where I
can order pizza... Anyway, we're in the middle of a big MOUT-operation. MOUT -
Military Operations in Urban Terrain - Is kind of cool. Pretty many people get
hurt though, so I and my fellow medic crew are assisting X-ray companyin
supporting the fighting companies. So far we've only taken care of one injured,
an enemy soldier. don't mind doing this though, I finally get to practice
what I've trained. The prvious six dayd all I've done is helping the food and
supply groups in my plutoon, realocating our camp and carrying stuff forth and
back. It seriously sucked.

Only two and a helf months left now. Please speed up time, let the real
life begin...

Only two times left in the field now though. One for eight days, and one for ten. ... I think I'll make it, but it sure will be harsh. Keep the date 12:th of april in mind, for that is the day the angels will sing and flowers bloom, and I will be free.

In other news... hmm. There are no other news. The military is all I do right now. It's all I say and eat, it's how I walk and what I do. I don't really have a life right now. I'm not sad about it, I am after all doing something that I probably will look back at with some sort of satisfaction, but it would be nice to be able to talk to people at home about things that does not include green clothes. You kind of get cut off from the outer would, more or less. When in field you seriously get cut off, I managed to get hold of a few newspapers, but other than that I really don't know much about what's happening out there. Bear that in mind if you wish to get in. Eleven months...