After over 3 years in job exile in New York City, I am back at my house in Norfolk. Hopefully, this is our last move after 29 years in the Army. Norfolk will be our home until I decide to really retire. Then, I am dreaming about some land in the Shenandoah Valley.
I am looking forward to seeing some of you from the Tidewater area at the local ranges. I have met some of you during the Blackwater training back in May, if that was representative of the rest of the state, the Virginia members are a fine group.
We left New York City (Brooklyn/Staten Island actually) last Friday, returning to our house in the Larchmont/Edgewater area of Norfolk, which I have owned for over 8 years now. It appears I will be starting work for a large defense contractor here in the Tidewater area at the end of October. Meanwhile, I have the month off ("terminal leave"), once I get all of our stuff unpacked and the house settled.
It feels great to be back in the area now. I was assigned here from 1997 to 2002 and visited here frequently during the last 3 years checking on my house and visiting friends. I know this area very well and it was good to have that feeling of coming home.