homefront update:)

Hi everyone:)

I just wanted to update the status to let everyone know how things have been the past few weeks. Of course, getting back was just awesome:) My little boy is amazing! Porter was a little hesitant at first to have anything to do with me, but after about 5 or 10 minutes being back, he and I were running up and down the bleachers in the gym laughing together again.:)

 

 

 

New Truck2-pics didn't work on last one

I guess the pictures didn't come up on the last post, so I'm trying it again...

 

 

 

the new ride:)

 

Her's and His in the driveway- too yuppie?

 

Me with my pride and joy:)

 

So, I got a new truck! Robyn was awesome about helping out with the 6 hour negotiation at the dealership, but I felt it was important that we do our part to help out the economy:) Yes, I am horribly contributing to the downward spiraling environment...but it's a really nice truck and we got a great deal!:)

Chilling in Kuwait again!

Hi again from me in Kuwait. I just wanted to pass on to you that I'm excited to be less than a week away from seeing my beautiful family! I can honestly say that this deployment has flown by...at least the part that I've been deployed for...the rear-d part of it definitely went wayyyyy slower and was way more hectic. I was waiting until it was done, but I can say with unequivocal surety that being the Rear-D commander was much worse than being deployed. Even with the multiple rocket attacks on our FOB, I would rather hunker in a bunker a couple times a month than deal with the chaos of emotions and drama of Rear-D. Anyways, I'm looking forward to several things when I get back...Robyn, Porter, the girls (Hannah and Annabelle our dogs), and of course...going shopping for my new truck!:) That along with the little Christmas that Robyn and I are planning on doing on the 24th is going to be wonderful. I'm going to get going so some other folks can use the internet now, but I hope you all are doing well and thanks for the support!:)

Good friends

I just want to say how nice it is to have good friends at home that I know are watching out for my lovely family. Robyn has been very thankful, and rightly so, that she has been able to have folks like Rachel and Megan and Casey and Nicole to hang out with back there on the regular. Rachel...I don't have your email address, or I would ask you for some help with Robyn's Christmas presents...you have mine though! joe.mroszczyk@us.army.mil. I hope that I get to see Avery in Kuwait when we're there. I look forward to playing some Rock Band with everyone! I will probably have to catch up on my skills since I don't have it here to play like Avery does:) Things here on the FOB have been pretty chillaxing (my own word...) since the new unit has been here taking over. I don't have much responsibility for anything right now, so I'm just catching up on some movie watching and book reading before we roll out:) I have the entire series of the Sapranos on my hard drive so I think I'm going to start watching that and see how far I get by the time I get home. I'm going to have to start planning my 10 year high school reunion and figuring out everything for that for this summer. I've been thinking about trying to do like a nice dinner/banquet thing somewhere on like a Saturday night and then having a cookout type get together on Sunday afternoon in like June/July. Any thoughts?

Truck plans

So, I just wanted to write to say that things are going well and I'm still planning on getting my new truck when I get back home. I can't wait to go looking around with Robyn in a couple weeks! I guess the new incentives from Chevy should come out tomorrow, so I'm hoping that the prices went down and/or the incentives went up so I can get the truck I really want for the money. This truck should be the vehicle that I use for the next several years, so I want to make sure that it's the right one and that I don't scrimp on some things that I'll end up wishing I had gotten. At the same time, I don't want to break the bank on a bunch of unnecessary stuff either. I just want the basic truck, with crew cab, 4WD, and a towing package in a darker color....preferably blue. Not too bad, right? We'll see what they offer when the time comes. It will help a lot with the move up to Ft. Sill that we'll be doing in the beginning of March too. Then, after that, if we go somewhere like Ft. Drum like we're hoping then the 4WD will be handy. That's the logic behind needing that, anyways. I know we won't need it in Texas or Oklahoma, but probably shortly thereafter. I have other plans that will encompass the towing package later on...but we'll save those for later.:) For now, it's off to the gym to get a good workout after a nice talk with my lovely wife. I hope you all have a wonderful day and I'll talk to you again soon!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone:) It's 2009 where I am...still 2008 there for another 6 or 7 hours. I hope you all have as nice a time for your New Year's eve celebration as I have. I was planning to go to the gym after my shift, but Robyn convinced me to hang out with the other officers that were doing "cigar and movie" night. We all sat outside around a computer and smoked cigars and drank 'near-beer' and laughed at the movie, "The Big Lebowski". Major Frawley I think spoke it true when he said, "Well gents, if I can't be with my family tonight, there's no other group I'd rather spend this new year's with. Happy New Year." We all toasted to that, and then went on to watch the movie. It's neat the way that the Army and the guys we end up working with become a sort of second family. I think it's something most folks can't understand unless they're a part of it. It's just another one of the reasons that I plan to stay in the Army for a long time to come. I'm off to bed and I hope you all have a great 2009!