Getting Things Done, March 28, 2010

I kicked but this week. I’m made some decisions and made things happen. The highest priority cargo is moving first. That is the goal. It is an easy goal, but it is amazing to me that some people still need to be told what to do. The war fighter needs their shit, and I ain’t waiting around for the boss to come back from a meeting so I can brief him and then ask him what to do, when I already know what to do. People actually do this! I got called a “shim”, too. The implication is that I have balls. I’ll take it as a compliment.

What we do requires massive coordination, which means that we have a lot of meetings. We have a chronic problem with people falling asleep in meetings. At first, I couldn’t believe it—why would the boss tolerate it. Then, I caught him falling asleep in a meeting. Early on, I swore to myself that I will not fall asleep in a meeting, and I haven’t. However, yesterday, I fell asleep on the toilet. Just for a second...It woke me up when my head bobbed. This means I’ll have to muster up some compassion for the meeting sleepers. By the way, did I tell you that we have square toilets?

We all have nicknames around here. I have two. The boys in my shop call me Piss and Vinegar. A couple of them are the mad at the world type, and they think they can take some of my cheeriness away. Misery loves company, so they are trying to bring me down with them. Boy, do they have another think coming. I keep them cracking up so they forget how miserable they are. My girl friends (who work in a different area) call me Speedy.

Guy Clifton did a great article on me in the paper. He has me running six miles a day…I could only wish! I am averaging 3 miles a day, and a long run on Sundays…today was a glorious 7 miler. I would love to run more, but since I can’t, I’m working on speed. Friday, I ran a 9 minute pace for three miles…that is really good for me. My running buddies at Reno Running and Fitness sent me a BIG-ASS awesome care package…five boxes in all. Now I have an abundance of sample size bathroom products, so of course, I’ll share. I am going to make up little care packages for the Afghani workers to take home to their families.

Guy also had me in the Army National Guard…I am actually in the Air National Guard. I am working side by side with all branches of the Military, Active Duty, Guard and Reserve. Field the Force, Sustain the Force, and Protect the Force. That is what we do here at Unites States Forces-Afghanistan. It doesn't matter what uniform you wear. It truely is one team, one fight.

My Room

Care Package from Reno Running and Fitness

My Favorite Guard