The General's Log: Second Tour Of Duty

By Fern Schreuder

'We are free! We are free!' came the joyful call from all the military survivors of the first pandemic lockdown. 

The General was at her happiest and embraced the sunshine with all her relief...but then, it vanished again, and the brief illusion of hope and freedom was whisked from them...the general feared they would not

• Language: English
• Publisher: Shawline Publishing Group
• Release date: Feb 15, 2022
• ISBN: 9781922701275

Fern Schreuder

Fern lives on the Mornington Peninsula with her husband, children and Labrador, Jobe. Fern Schreuder is a Secondary School teacher and a mother to two small boys. She holds a Bachelor of Teaching and a Bachelor of Applied Science, specializing in Human Movement. The General's Log is her first book.

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The General’s Log: The Second Tour Of Duty

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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Printed in Australia

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First Printing: February 2022

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Paperback ISBN- 9781922701282

Ebook ISBN- 9781922701275

To the Unit that keeps on giving; Alex, Ryan, and Brad.

Always my inspiration.

Generals Log:

Day 45905 (65)

Here we are again! Still in the trenches of a semi lockdown, some restrictions have been eased, many others still remain. The General is still dealing with the shenanigans of the Troops and Lieutenant General B while trying to hold down the fort in the midst of the Covid-19 frontline.

With all members of the Unit heading out to work offsite from the barracks today, all the Troops were up early, making sure that they were packed up and ready to head to daily duties on time. Lt General B was in charge of getting Private First-Class A to school, while Corporal R was heading off with The General to her place of work so that he could be picked up by Nanna to be looked after for the day. After a smooth car ride, The General parked the car in the carpark and turned the key in the ignition, and at this exact moment, Corporal R made a strange gurgling sound and immediately projectile vomited everywhere. All over his clothes, all over the car seat and the back of the fabric seat in front of him. The General closed her eyes and tried to implement some calm breathing techniques, but all this did was move the vomit smell more rapidly into her nasal passages and intensify the situation. She swiftly moved into stealth mode and gathered wipes and plastic bags to clean and then stripped Corporal R down in the car park. He wasn’t too impressed and kept yelling, You made me cold!! at the top of his lungs, but at least he wasn’t the first and won’t be the last person to be half-naked and covered in vomit in the car park of a sports arena. Corporal R was intending on having a ripping good day, as after Nanna picked him up, she took him to her barracks and popped him in a nice warm bath to which he unloaded another floaty poo