Rachel and Nate are now engaged! It’s really exciting, even with everything else going on. I really thought I’d have more to say about it than that. Nate’s a great guy, and so’s his family. They’re just awesome.

On a different note, SGT Classen, someone I worked with for the WGS group, died yesterday. He was just walking with a few people, tripped on something, and fell down the side of this little hill. He hit his head on something on the way down and went into a coma. They eventually pulled the plug; the brain damage was too extensive.

I didn’t know him /that/ well. We just went out and grabbed a meal or a beer a few times. Still, makes you think a lot about your own mortality. A stray (or even well-aimed) bullet or mortar round is something I’m prepared to accept. A freak accident, though.. Who knows. Everybody dies, I guess.