MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2d.

Day 266.

Groundhog day. Applicable not only for the date but also for the movie in which Bill Murray relives the same day over and over and over again.

That is what it is like for our soldiers.

And pretty much that is what it is like here in the rear as well.

I saw in the news that Puxtahawny Phil saw his shadow...indicating six more weeks of winter. I've never contemplated before this just what territory do Phil's predicitions cover? Are the trans-Atlantic? Should I expect 6 more weeks of Winter here in Hessen?

Or, perhaps, is it possible he has no effect on Europe...and Spring might be "just around the corner"? Or, worst of all possible outcomes...perhaps Hessen can have, say, another 8 weeks or 10 weeks of winter?

There is a depressing thought.