Monday: week 2, day 1

Today, all the soldiers started their service. With six others, I went to the logistics centre early in the morning to welcome the drivers and get the rest of our vehicles. Vehicle reception went okay; it’s only a bit annoying when you have to leave the logistics centre for 1.5 hours over lunch time because they stop working then. That was when I took the picture, waiting in some vehicle, very bored.

Weather was lousy, rainy and cold, and I was very tired. Once back in Bière, a paper war extraordinaire started: we had to hand in about 20 cm of paper to the battalion staff by 10 pm. Which was a close call, because at 9 pm, our captain welcomed the now complete unit, and we had to attend, too. To be introduced to the people.

After some restructuring, my platoon comprises 93 people. This is a little bit much to keep the overview from the top of my head, so tomorrow I’ll create the mother of all spreadsheets for people management. Really looking forward to that.

The rest of the evening I spent doing paperwork. The flood of applications for personal leave only just started, but with my newly set up filing system, I feel more or less ready.

Sleeping time!