Disenchanted

I've been sleeping all day trying to get myself onto a rest cycle for night shift. Mostly it hasn't worked and I've just tossed and turned all day so tonight's going to be rough. Today for some reason I'm feeling very disenchanted with this whole deployment. The unit I'm assigned to is responsible for a detention facility (fancy term for prison) and since I'm not an MP (Military Policeman) I got pulled along under my original MOS (Military Occupational Specialty) which was Logistics. Because Logistics has a broad scope I've gotten stuck in the mess section on this trip procuring rations. Needless to say I have a hard time justifying a year out of my life spent in Afghanistan where Soldiers are actually fighting and contributing to the overall effort, while I sit in some cave of an awesom counting cans of peas. Honestly, though, sitting in an office is better than working inside the facility. Sometimes this just seems like a no-win situation. My outlook will be better with a new day, but right now I'm just aggravated.

Anyway, tonight I'll go on shift at 7 and do some last-minute training to help us prepare for our Mobilization Readiness exercise which validates us to deploy. It's going to be mind-numbingly boring at best, but I guess it beats sitting around doing nothing. What I wouldn't give for a group of friends and family around a camp fire with some good music and good beer.