I'm back home, sleeping in my own bed!  Finally!!!  Our little excursion to Laredo zapped all of my energy (chemical decontamination in 110 degree heat is never a good thing) - the only way to completely recover would be to sleep for a week.  Since that's not a possibility I'm destined to wander the Earth in a zombie-like state until rapture.  It's all good, I've had some completely awesome experiences these past couple of months and I wouldn't change anything!  Well, spending more than 2 days with Warren would have been nice - but after the initial beating he gave me (which, by the way, I'm still sporting bruises) I feel much safer with my abusive little brother at a safe distance in California.  This week is gonna be crazy; I get no weekend off since I've got guard duty, so I've got a work-a-thon going on.  In the end I'll pull through, and if not you can find me huddled in a corner all Rain Man like.  Uh-oh, definitely uh-oh.