May 22 2008
Signs of Aging
- When I got a haircut last week, the barber massaged my scalp as if he was trying to coax the hair to start growing again.
- I tried watching Napolean Dynamite, but turned it off because it was dumb.
- When my NCO in Dahuk, SSG Mike Cabral, heard that I was 43, he commented “My mom is in her 40s”.
- I got a little upset when I read that the Supe wants to change the words of the Alma Mater and The Corps to make them gender neutral.
- I’m trying to cut back my coffee intake because the caffeine is keeping me up at night.
- I have to take 2 antacid tablets before every run to keep from getting indigestion.
- Every now and then I find a stray hair growing out of my ear.
- Even when I’m running wearing my PT uniform, soldiers I pass automatically call me “Sir”.
- I become Army retirement-eligible next month.
- My little sister is now a grandmother.
