As I left my house this morning, I breathed deep the smell of a fresh rain. It’s warming up and raining a little more frequently, so things around Oppama are turning green. A small cherry blossom tree in the neighbor’s yard was a bright pink. The rising sun provided the perfect spotlight. All around me, dozens of different song birds were singing their unique songs. It was one of those happy-to-be-alive moments.
Fast forward 30 minutes….
I arrive on base. The rain clouds from earlier descend again. The warm spring air is quickly chilled by a cold wind. All the buildings look drab, like colors warn off after years of being next to the ocean. The air is filled with the smell of cigarette smoke as hundreds of Sailors walk like zombies toward their ships. Instead of song birds all I hear is the caw of crows as they circle the trash dumpsters. Home sweet Kitty Hawk.
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On a lighter note, I’m really not depressed. I just thought I’d like to paint that mental picture for you. I’m actually enjoying my job almost as much as I enjoyed my job at AFN. Well, AFN was MUCH better, but I’m enjoying it more than I have in the past year and a half. I like being in charge of something because that means I can change broken processes. Also, I’m back to video, which I LOVE and I work mostly with an Apple computer, so my stress level has gone way down. I find myself working later hours, but liking it. A much wiser man than me once said, “You’ll always be your own most critical boss.”
I’m really having a good time with all my Lighthouse buddies. It’s easier to get through life with a strong Christian family. I’ve felt engaged and strengthened as a Christian much more than any other Christian group I’ve been apart of. The messages are hard, convicting, and freeing. I’ve been thinking about recording Paul’s (the director) messages to make them available online. They’re life-changing.
Also - Dad will be here in 9 days! Can’t believe it’s happening so quickly! I’ve been thinking about him coming for months now, using it as a happy thought to get me through the tough weeks, and now the time is almost here! I still feel under prepared, although I’ve thought of a dozen or more places to go. There’s that OCD trait showing up again.
Really enjoyed the stark contrasts. I like to look at it is as: “only appreciating the simplest, most beautiful things in life if you have something marginally ugly to compare them to” (course then I feel kinda sory for the ugly stuff…)
Thanks for the Palm Sunday/”Rabbit-Rabbit-Bunny” phone call yesterday. Every time I realize that NEXT Sunday morning, I’ll be on YOUR end of the Sunday morning call, have to pinch myself…. OUCH!
Don’t worry about planning too much for the two weeks. We Okies are pretty easily entertained. You could probably just drop me on any street corner in Tokyo and I’d could glare at the big buildings, the traffic and the people for hours. Just don’t forget to come back & get me at some point!
6 days & countin’ big boy. Can’t hardly wait!
D.O.D.
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