What's Next?

My time in Germany was winding down.  Connie left so I was in the apartment alone.  There were so many new people in the barracks I really didn't know too many of them.  That's how it gets to be when its your turn to leave --everyone you knew is already gone. 

I hated Legal Assistance.  It was boring.  Very boring.  I went to my Master Sergeant and told him how bored I was and that there was nothing for me to do --he told me to do whatever I wanted.  So I did.

I'd go over to Newsome's office and chat with him.  I did some out processing basically, a lot of walking around.  Occasionally I'd have to help a soldier with a legal assistance issue but mostly I was just hanging out.

My PCS was starting to haunt me.  I was confused about leaving Newsome and where our relationship would go.  He still had a full year in Germany and I had a full year in the states.  I had considered extending my tour and staying in Germany for another year but I didn't want one duty station to be all I knew about the Army.  I already knew I wasn't going to make it a career so I wanted to experience as much of the Army as I could.  Besides, I was still terribly homesick and the thought of another year in Germany made me depressed.

But the thought of a year without Newsome  made me equally depressed.   I had no idea what to do.  I had no idea what was next.