It is very hot

I like hot weather. I prefer it to cold winters with snow. I think snow looks nice in pictures. It was already 80 degrees when I left for work this morning at 0730 hours (7:30 am to civilians they say). But nothing is so hot as the intensity with which airman families must work. It is intense. It is a 24/7 job serving one's country. The wind blew and the trees waved in it. I could hear a dog barking and the birds were singing. It was a beautiful day. Well, okay, so my replacement arrived today and it may have clouded my perception, pun intended. When your replacement arrives it means you are only days from going home. Don't you love going home. It is as though the weight of the world rolls right off my back when I walk in that front door. I am learning again what home means. It is my hide away, my hospital, the place I go to be myself and re-energize. Home is where I get ready for the next assignment. That is home. Be glad to go there. See what there is there that really lets you be yourself, be loved, enjoy. That would make it worth it. Dr. D.