Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Many Hands Make Light Work

So I got a call today from Mr. Recruiter. He tells me I need to sign a form saying I know my ship date has changed, and that the office and the rest of the DEP (Delayed Enlistment Programs) guys are going to volunteer with tornado cleanup in Stratford. So I run about, grab some boots, my old army coat, and the warmest clothes I can get, and off to the recruiting station. I sign the form, and off to Stratford.

We get there, and the place has been entirely cleaned up! There's a couple houses with big chunks out of them, but the parts of town we drove around had been pretty well patched up, with plywood over broken windows and the like. Seeing empty house foundations was a bit sobering. So with nothing to do in Stratford, we called another town that'd been hit hard, Woodward. Woodward had called off working on account of the snow, so we didn't have anywhere to volunteer.

So the recruiter bought us lunch at the Hunan Palace, and here I am at home, posting this.

Physical Training: Lazy
World of Warcraft: Level 34

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

So I'm still not sure how I feel about this whole military enlistment thing... but then again, hey, if you're getting free lunches at Hunan Palace out of it, maybe I should reconsider my position!