Back in the US

Day 3 of my leave. Life is good. I've gotten used to civilian life surprisingly quickly. Sleeping in, drinking a beer whenever, and spending time with the family. Life is good. Plus I don't have all that much time left in Iraq when I get back. The trip back to Iraq will not be fun, but once I get back into my old routine, things will be good, and probably go quickly.

One thing that still blows my mind is that people don't know that we still have troops over in Iraq. One woman asked me as I was walking through the airport, "Is that still going on?"

Another person seemed surprised that we have nearly 130000 troops still over there. I'm not up on current events, but c'mon. It's unfortunate... and I think not uncommon. People just don't know or just don't care, but I can't get enough of "thanks for your service." Thanks for what? Don't thank me for something if you don't even know what you're thanking me for.