Countdown

Well, this is countdown time I guess...10 more days till I join in the army...

Right now, lots of things on my mind, I guess too many to fit in a week's time or just a bit longer I guess...How to sort out my last needed assignment for university (it's just a matter of 'shut up and write!' at the stage where I am, but well...), spend some time with my familly, go to Athens and see some friends that I won't see in a while, sort out my luggage and needed exams before I get myself in the camp, tidy up all my student stuff in my parents' house, move my blog, get a an army-style haircut :-) etc etc. Lots of stuff probably, but I am not willing to quit any of them for now.
The only one thing that I don't wanna compromise is some peace of mind and just some time for myself to sort things out.
In some ways I am getting extremely impatient to finally get in the army. Probably because I wanna get it over with. But here's what a good friend of mine just wrote to me today about this:
'Here's the strange thing about the army: Before you go you feel a kind of awkwardness and impatience, to go and get it over with, during the military service you feel bored to death and wish time would pass in a faster pace to finally get out and be a creative person again, and when you are finally over with it and are out there working, you feel nostalgic about the relaxed times you had during your military service'
I guess I have to find out for myself, as everyone else. For the time being I can say I am probably the best prepared soldier ever. I have already read a book about the army in Greece, met with a couple of friends to ask them my questions, got a checklist from one of them of things I shouldn't forget to take with me, and also spoken several times to my uncle (a retired general). What more could I have done? Well, not much actually. Just looking fwd to finally being there and checking it out for myself.