Here I am on my Sunday routine.  First I go to church, then I go to Starbucks maybe have a vanilla cream, then I go to movies at 2:30 if it is a good movie then I go back to Starbucks hang outside with whoever is there and smoke a nice afternoon cigar, then back to room to clean do laundry and get ready for another exciting week

So recently I have had a different outlook on being here, I have tried to create some kind of very predictable routine.  I found that without this I wonder and maybe my time is spent looking at pretty fire trucks instead of on something that might be more useful, don’t get me wrong I like fire trucks but I also like getting things done and looking back on my day and week and saying “Wow I did stuff.”   So I have had my routine in place for two weeks and with small changes here and there it has worked, of course when I started this I knew it would change from week to week sometimes so I still am flexible but I try to stick with it so I accomplish things I want to accomplish aside from my normal work duties I work on things like schoolwork, talking to family, and writing.  Every Thursday night I get together with a group of guys at the Starbucks over on other side of base, it is a great time to talk and here from soldiers in different areas and with different jobs then my own.  I also hang out with the other chaplain assistants sometimes as well but I enjoy hearing others experiences and takes on things going on in the world.  Just a thought