THIS JUST IN from CNN:

-- President Bush will announce this week plans to cut U.S. troops in Iraq by about 30,000 -- to pre-'surge' levels -- by next summer, a senior administration official confirms to CNN.

cool. maybe steve wont have to go back next year!

and even though it is now September 12, its been six years of Never Forgetting the 11th.

it still gets me sometimes when i watch those shots of each of those events unfolding on that day in 2001. a horrific day it was.


Operation: Weekend BS is still a go, though some people arent happy to see me go. Rob and Phil leave that monday; my last day home. so i wont see them after tomarrow! good luck to them both.

cant wait to get my bike assembled and begin riding again. thats one highlight of this weeks operation. its going to be a family oriented four days. im turning my cell phone off the whole time. the only visit i am committed to is seeing Catherine. other than that, i am invisible to the world....