Time to eat crow

I finally confronted the former Mayor. I had to talk to him today because it was driving me crazy. I kept biting my tongue all day and could not hold it in any longer. For those of you that know me. You would be amazed as to how long I held it in. But, at around 1630hrs (4:30 PM) I could not stop myself. I knocked on his door, asked to speak to him, closed the door, took a deep breath and began. I am glad I did it. We ironed out a lot of things. I was misjudging him on his actions. I thought he was doing what he was doing, just because he wanted to get under my skin. I was wrong. He was truly looking out for, what he thought was, my best interest. He was afraid that I might be biting off more than I could chew. I did, however, tell him, that although I have been known for doing just that, I am sure I can handle the ramifications of my actions. He apologized and now we are good friends.

I also dealt with the vehicle issue. I reminded him that the vehicle belongs to the Mayor Cell, but, he is welcome to use it when I or my assistants are not doing so. He, at first, tried to “convince” me that I was wrong. That the vehicle in question actually belongs to the Headquarters Company. But, I reminded him that the only reason the Battalion left that vehicle behind with him was because he was the Mayor, not because he was the 1SG and then pointed out that none of the other companies have vehicles for the staff, only the supply section of each company has one. He then conceded that I was right and we moved on to the next topic at hand. I think I am going to like this guy. He seems to try to get over on you, but, if confronted with the facts, he backs down and moves on. I cannot blame the guy for trying. LOL
I also dealt with an irate Lieutenant Colonel today. This one was entirely my fault. We worked a deal between the two of us and I did not come through on my end as he expected. He told me he could get me a bobcat (skid steer) with a bucket loader on it for a day. And in return I would make sure that we spread some rocks out in front of his B-hut so he would not have a mud pit to walk though every time it rained. By the time I finally got the Bobcat, the gravel that I was authorized to get, had been taken away. I was only given a week to make it go away or they would take it and use it elsewhere. It took a week and a half to get the bobcat. There for, I did not have enough gravel to do the job in full and I had to decide whether it was more important to spread the few loads of gravel I had at one B-hut to help one man, or spread it out over a main route and help out that entire section of the camp. He did not like the choice I made. He went all the way up the chain to my Battalion. I had to answer to one of my Majors up there. Luckily I am in good standing with them. Especially since I just built them the wall and door up there. And I was up till 0430hours doing so, because they wanted it done in time for the office to be moved into by the morning shift. I explained to them what had happened and that I would rectify the situation by Close of Business today and problem solved. I went and found some gravel and took the John Deere Gator and a couple of shovels and loaded up the Gator with 2 loads of gravel to spread around the Colonels B-hut. Now we are all happy as can be. I love it when a plan comes together.

Well it is getting late. I will write again soon. Enjoy your freedoms while they last. I hear that they are diminishing rather quickly back home. I just heard that we, the soldiers, are on the terrorist watch list. Gotta love that.