Great Day :-)

Today was a great day. I ended my one year stint as the shop officer with a bang. I had a meeting at 3pm which is usually the low point of the month since I tend to spend the majority of the meeting getting either yelled at or belittled. Not today. Today my stuff was straight and it went really well. As I'm leaving, and feeling really good about my year's progression, I was pulled aside by someone who has been in the army for a good 20 years and has one of the hardest jobs. We haven't had much interaction but we always say hi in passing. Today she said she wanted to say goodbye to me because I'm leaving the job. She said, in case I don't get to tell you again, I really want you to know that you are one of the few LTs in this battalion that I am really impressed with. She went on for a good two minutes just saying nice things and that if I decide to make it a twenty year career that I'd be an excellent officer and that she wishes me the best. I was so happy and my face was so red, I was really embarassed. It's really nice to know that people still appreciate you and even when you think no one noticed what you did, there is always someone there to give you a pat on the back. That really made my day. Thanks so much.
That's it. Now I'm back to being a platoon leader again and I'm damn excited. DAMN EXCITED. No more Gordo, no more Chief, no more CPT Jones, no more customers, no more meetings with customers and Gordo, no more logistics management...Life is good. Now I can actually go to work and be excited for what I'm doing. I feel like I make a bigger difference with my job now anyway so that's good.
Ok, time to go and do good things for the army by patrolling the streets of Seoul, making sure my soldiers don't get too drunk. Right. I'm a great role model. Because I was trashed last night. :)