Ft. Huachuca

I have finally managed to escape the humidity of South Carolina and return to dry air and beautiful mountains. I'm in Ft. Huachuca, AZ and as far as the base goes, I LOVE it here. Unfortunately my classes don't start for quite some time, so I'm stuck here doing work details with "hold overs," who are generally bitter people who are waiting for a discharge from the Army. It does kind of make me hate life a little bit sometimes, but I figure if I can survive basic I'll make it through a few weeks of this. I also have to remind myself that this is infinetly better than being a hold over at Ft. Jackson, if for no other reason than it's not flat and humid here.

I really love it here. I saw a jack rabbit this morning, and last night caught a fat little toad on my way back to the barracks, which pretty much made my day. My battle buddy at the time was freaking out about it because we're not supposed to "mess with the wildlife," and she was vocalizing an irrational fear that the toad was going to secrete some kind of deadly poison. I am fine, my hands are fine, and if anything I consider the experience to be quite therapeutic. Being a hold under (early arrival) is really, really boring, so it was a nice to have something interesting happen.