A whole lot closer since the last post, and now it is getting close. Trying to wrap up all of the remaining loose ends. Am in pretty good shape - all of the military prep is done, think I have everything I need, and have done about as much as I can think of on the homefront. Am still debating whether I should splurge on a new iPod Touch - don't really need it, but... Frankly, have sort of been spending freely as of late (stuff for the trip, the home front prep, and 'quality time') - will be on a tight budget (and without vacation) for the rest of the year if this thing gets cancelled! Going to start packing - trying not to take too much stuff since I will be lugging it around in a seabag - on top of the 3 or so seabags full of stuff I will get in my first week or two.
A bit of 'finality' in that I have the plane ticket to my first stop, so there is a firm date / time now. Still living life as normally as I can, though I know from past experience there will come a point where I start putting on the emotional shell to get ready for the separation, and I know Les will do the same. A necessary evil.
Also savoring the last vestiges of privacy... mil life tends to remove that. A couple of days or weeks here or there is one thing - sharing hotel rooms on drill weekends, for example, or living in a six-man stateroom on the USS Blue Ridge or a 200 man open-bay barracks in Korea for a two week exercise... Am dreading that aspect almost as much as the separation. Mind you, as a relatively senior officer, I will have it relatively good - I can't complain. I am just older and used to my creature comforts - and spoiled by biz travel, so I will just have to suck it up.
Finally, no news from my future employer since the one note a few weeks ago. No news is just that - not good or bad.
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