It was one of those 0415-wakeup mornings, and last night was a sleep-after-midnight thing. So I set my alarm carefully, knowing that oversleeping was not an option.
In the hours so dark they really aren't even "pre-dawn," I lurched out of the rack, stripped off the shirt I sleep in, got halfway into my uniform T-shirt, and realized I couldn't hear any of the guys hurtling around in the hall. So I glanced at my watch. 0315.
[sigh]
I did enjoy that "extra" hour.
It was a long day of IED lanes, and frogging around with vehicles. The whole thing culminated with a stirring hour on "Sexual Assault Prevention." At 1900. The poor instructor must have thought we were ruder-than-average students, since even the guys standing in the back of the room were falling asleep.
I just topped off the day when I went in to move laundry from the washer to the dryer. Only to realize that it washes much faster if you turn the washer on.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen. Your tax dollars pay me to be at the pointy end, and I had my ass kicked by a washing machine. Be afraid. Be very, very afraid.
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