I don't know where the last week went, but it is gone and I didn't post a thing. Monday started off the week bad when the temperature that morning was -15, yes that is a minus in front of the 15. Our living room heat decided to take that day off so it was a chilly day in the Clark house. Terry left for Washington DC to meet with some secret people about operations in Afghanistan and wouldn't you know that no sooner was he gone that a full blow cold hit me. For the next couple of days I was pretty miserable.
Friday brought our Deployment ceremony, my second one in a year. If you have never been to one, it is military tradition at it's finest. 3 BCT has 5 Battalions (I think) under it so each Battalion is represented by a few folks and they are in formation. Each Battalion has a different Flag (their Colors). During the ceremony Col Haight (3BCT commander) calls to the Battalions to case their colors. So one by one they take their colors (the flag) and roll it up and put a cover on it. They will stay cased till they arrive and get start their job in Afghanistan and will have another ceremony there to uncase the colors. After the Battalions are done then Col Haight and his Command Sergent Major cased the 3 BCT colors. Col Haight gave an incredible speech and then the 10 th Mountain Division Rear Detachment Commanding General said a few words.
On Saturday my friend Angie hosted a gingerbread making party so Tyler and Jason and I went and had a ton of fun making our house.