I got a “new” pair of shorts from the laundry folks, since they lost a pair of mine.<\/p>\n
I’m putting the word “new” in quotes because I can’t say for certain whether they’re new or not. For all I know they were misplaced from someone else’s batch of laundry. They look fine, they’re clean, they’re my size, I’ll need to cut the liner out of them still.<\/p>\n
Bottom line, I’m back up to 6 pair of shorts and the world is once again in balance.<\/p>\n
In other news, I’ve started my off-base driver’s training process, I’ll be taking my first training drive on Wednesday morning after work.<\/p>\n
And oh yeah, one more thing:<\/p>\n
GO<\/span> ST<\/span>EE<\/span>LE<\/span>RS<\/span>!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n I have my Terrible Towel(s) ready to decorate the weather desk tomorrow night. The duty area (go ahead, you can picture Wargames<\/a> or NASA Mission Control<\/a>…but everything is covered in Qatari sand) is planning a Super Bowl party while the game airs at 2am here…I’ll be on duty, but I’m not sure the weather is going to cooperate for it. We shall see. I’m still excited that my favorite team will be playing…again!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I got a “new” pair of shorts from the laundry folks, since they lost a pair of mine. I’m putting the word “new” in quotes because I can’t say for certain whether they’re new or not. For all I know they were misplaced from someone else’s batch of laundry. 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