* Mason* The past couple of days have been so hectic that I feel like I'm going on autopilot. Traveling, getting settled, strategy meetings, planning, training, and very little time with my beautiful mate. Seems like the only times we have together are meal times and bedtime. Hopefully, we can finish our missions soon and get back to our lives. I'm sitting here deep in thought, and I feel someone poke my forehead, "Earth to Mason, are you still with us son?" It was Alpha Hardin. I looked up at his cheeky smiling face and smiled out of embarrassment. "Yea, sorry. Lost in thought. I think my brain is on overload lately." He slaps my back, and says," I get it. I think we are all in overload. Today is the beginning of the end of this whole fiasco. Then we can get back to our normalcy. Back to