Last day in the office

Yesterday was my last day in the office. It feels good not to have to pretend anymore. Remember, it's not shamming if you actually have nothing to do. I can depart with the satisfaction that I accomplished my main goal of this deployment, which was to have my job eliminated. This is part of the plan to trim the resources devoted to dumb ideas. I can take some legitimate satisfaction in the fact that my last official acts were devoted to getting a junior Soldier released 30 days early to rejoin his family back home (NOTE: I just want all readers to know that this guy isn't weaseling out of his duties -- since he volunteered to come here straight from Iraq, he's really getting released about five months later than he should have been).

Just like the universe, my office will disappear with a whimper, not a bang. One by one, the current occupants will either depart theater (myself and two others in the near future), and the rest will face reassignment over the next 30 days. The current rumor is that our B-Hut will be converted into a new smoking lounge.