Army Post Road

     We’ve put another week in the history books folks. This one wasn’t quite as busy as last and it was a bit more fun. We finished up training the unit we’d been working with which means the rat race will go back to the way it was. I had all sorts of fun playing OPFOR; my mother was alternately entertained and disturbed by me having so much fun lugging around a machine gun (a SAW specifically) and talking about making the good guys go dead in massive fashion. It really is just plain fun to go out there and do what we got clubbed into us during basic training.
     In addition to all the fun we had out in the field rolling around in the grass (and on tick nests apparently in my case) it turned out to be a pretty good team building time. Before doing this OPFOR stuff I hadn’t said much more than “boo” to any of the guys on the team and then just this past week we all went out to dinner together twice. Wednesday night we all went out together and that was quite a blast (and not just because of the ladies that joined us either). It’s one of those good times to be in the Army.
     I’ve been reading Marginal Revolution and Professor Greg Mankiw’s blog a lot (in addition to being quite enamored with Megan at FromTheArchives) and it really reminds me of how much I want to get back into school and start studying again. It also gets me thinking about the Fed Challenge competition we did as seniors at Central and how much I enjoyed that (especially the trip to Chicago with the guys). I really wish we’d gone further in the competition but it was still one of the best learning experiences I’ve had. I know I can take classes here and stuff but it really isn’t the same as being an undergrad and sitting in a class and actually getting to listen to a teacher and absorb from them instead of taking it all in from just a computer screen and book.
     This is one of those lucky periods in my life where I’m happy what I’m doing but I’m also looking forward to when it’s over and what’s next.