Let me take you on a tour of what I look at for countless hours every day of the week - MY DESK. Starting from right to left:
White binder, nerf football, whey protein powder, phone, Garmin GPS running watch, picture of me and Tiff in Hawaii, a military bottled water, my laptop (logged into this blog, of course) and headphones to listen to XM radio, some spreadsheet printouts, my "Dad" coffee mug, and my 9mm w/ 2 magazines.
Carrying a weapon everywhere I go is new to me. Before this deployment, I handled a gun for a grand total of 1 day (in basic training). That was it. Now, I'm a regular Dirty Harry. I'm packing day and night. Every once and awhile, I start to chuckle when I think about what I happen to be doing while armed. So, here we go . . .
Top 10 things I never thought I'd do while armed (add "while armed" to the end of each statement for effect):
10. Play catch with a nerf football
9. Lift weights
8. Share a workspace with 10 other armed individuals
7. Talk to my family on a web cam
6. Get pissed at my boss (remember the "while armed" part)
5. Eat cookies and milk
4. Discuss gun control laws with co-workers
3. Blog
2. Sit on a toilet
1. Go to a "war" zone
137 days to go.
3 comments:
This might be your finest piece yet.
I refuse to believe running did not make the list!
Running did not make the list because they allow personnel to secure weapons while running. I might give up running if I had to carry my piece.
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