Back in the saddle again

Hey Y'all! After more than two months, I wrote my first article Wednesday. It was a sad event, so no real joy in attending, but it's nice to write again. We are a weekly and we're on hiatus so the story won't print in our paper until Jan. 6. Since the Public Affairs people sent it out as a press release, it may appear in other papers before ours.

On an egotistical journalist's note, they left 'Kim' out of my byline, even though I typed it. Just another sign of the man trying to keep a sister down.

On a nerdy journalism note, two people (Ehren Meditz and a non-journalist friend) asked the reasoning behind capitalizing 'Soldier.' You want a reason? It's in the style guide.

On an uninteresting, I'm crazy note, today I put on a helmet, kevlar vest, water pack and equipment vest on top of my nice slacks and girly heels and paraded around the office. It was quite spectacular. My boss said, "You should've joined the Army, Amanda. You looked good in that stuff." I ran around the office in circles in the get-up to see how hard it was. I will go out to the training field with equally-camoed Soldier boys in this outfit (minus the heels and slacks) to cover stories, so I needed the practice.

Yee haw,
AKS