the aftermath

[Kitty]

I hobbled to the front door - slid it open and collapsed on top of my gear - the new TL-X that I won as a prize doing little to cushion my fall. I roll over onto the box that used to hold my pods. I left the house just 2 days earlier with over 40 pods, and returned with 19. I left with one marker, and came back with 3. My blue pinstriped suit is now yellow - my MARPAT BDUs are now brown. The olive kneepads have turned black. No one's equipment failed, nor did our minds. Our bodies almost did on many occations. The hotel was a giant plus - the added expense is going to be worth it.

[ajnin]

i filled the bottom of a 32 ounce soda cup with bloody brownish, greenish, black masses from inside my lungs.

having problems breathing... think pnumonia may be taking hold i am making a docs appointment.

and ya if we didnt have a hotel, i prolly would have had to make a hostiple trip this weekend.

again, thanks fatal, you guys are awesome. sorry for being sick, thanks for taking care of me and showing you guys gave a damn. thats why we are what we are...