That's 3 weeks. Time is starting to meander a bit. It slows down and then speeds up all in the same day. I wonder what Einstein would think about that... "It's relative."
Just shipped another foot locker as well as another box. Luckily these passed with no issues.
I'm still operating at about 50%. I can't seem to shake the last of this friggin' flu bug.
Isaiah 10:1-2
My chest has cleared up a bit but the aches and pains haven't. Neither has my nose.
It was 67 degrees last night... Awesome.
SGT Bell's mom is having open-heart surgery, keep her in your prayers.
I watched the first season of Northern Exposure yesterday. Interesting show. I start season two today.
2 Corinthians 5:1
And I feel like 285lbs of chewed bubblegum. I abhore being sick. Seriously.
The CHU is starting to transform back into a white-walled prison cell. I am packing things up little by little. Soon, it will all be in transit.
I found out the hard way that you cannot ship magazines (clips) in the mail from here. Now I'm not talking loaded magazines, or even issue magazines. I'm talking still-in-the-package-with-price-tag-on-it-bought-from-the-PX magazines. AND you can't ship slings. And I'm not talking slings attached to weapons or even issue slings. I'm talking still-in-the-package-with-price-tag-on-it-bought-from-the-PX slings. Two words; Ig, Nernt. We almost had an international incident but I got my stuff back without having to crush anyones skull, which is always a bonus.
Isaiah 40:8
It's October!!! I go home this month!!!
It rained quite a bit yesterday and this morning it was in the 60's. The Fall/Winter in Mosul ain't so bad.
I have packed two footlockers full and will try and get them in the mail today (heads up honey).
Psalm 86:17
One year over here and not even a little sniffle. Duane comes along and "BOOM", he passes his crappy bugs on to me. If it's not the flu then I don't know what it is.
Derrick got yet another straight flush last night. That's 5 for him alone.
Deuteronomy 30:19
And it's 69 degrees right now (0410hrs). I'm chilled to the bone.
I watched How the West Was Won last night. It's so much better on widescreen DVD than on TV.
In two days I will be at 25 days, which means it will be October. Hard to believe I've already been here for almost one year. Times flies when you're having fun (yeah right).
James 5:16
And nothing new to report.
It's still getting down to 72 in the mornings.
Blood Simple is a strange movie.
Lebowski-thon has been postponed and people are unhappy about it.
The new laundry contractors aren't exactly as good as the old ones.
Unless something exciting happens around here soon, I may run out of things to say.
1 Peter 5:7
Will not be over soon enough.
It was 72 degrees this morning at 0600hrs, time to break out the cold weather gear.
I'm almost finished with season 4 of Boston Legal (don't worry honey, I'll send it home in the next shipment).
That's all I got.
1 John 3:6
The past 11 months have flown but for some nagging reason I think this last one is going to draaaaaaaaaag a bit.
The PX got the 4th season of Boston Legal. I've said it before and I'll say it again, "If I were a woman, I'd want to have William Shatner's babies." The man still has it. Denny Crane will one day be as famous as James T. Kirk.
I am ready to go home...
1 John 4:16
Everything here is samey-same.
31 Days left in country.
I just finished watching (for the 147th time) 1941 and I still laugh my butt off when I watch it. In the long list of Steven Spielberg movies it ranks 2nd only to Jaws.
And can you believe that it was actually 78 degrees here yesterday morning? Well, it was.
I got word today that my niece got to try an MRE recently. It's good that she was able to sample one of the new and improved ones because let me tell you, the old ones (when I was still in) were a bit, how shall I say... Nasty.
Romans 12:1
Q-West (that little place South of here that I visited a few months back) is under strict water rationing. That means port-o-johns and a shower every 3rd day. Can you just imagine being downwind of that place?
32 Days left in country.
I just finished Ocean's 11, 12 and 13. Great movies. I'm getting ready to watch Double Indemnity (if I ever get this friggin' laptop updated).
My wife turned 39 yesterday/today, my eldest son is 16 and my "youngest" is 8 "And I'm gonna be 40..." My how time flies. The greys are starting to show a lot more now too, not that I mind. Afterall, it makes me look distinguished. And no, I'm not having a mid-life crisis. I don't believe in such a thing. Somebody just made that term up to allow men to behave like jackasses when they hit their late 30's/early 40's. I on the other hand have been a jackass my entire life. So there.
Romans 12:19 (this is not an easy one)
Now that I (temporarily) have innarweb I have a bit of time to say Happy Birthday to Tab and Mike.
All's well over here. It's steadily getting cooler and it helps that I have only 33 days left in this lovely country.
1 Peter 1:13
We still have no internet. The backdoor I found through our lovely military ISP was shutdown. However (as you can tell by reading this) I found another. Don't know how long this one will last so allow me to let you in on a few things.
"G" got a Royal Flush.
Derrick got another Straight Flush.
I have 34 days and a wake up.
We probably won't have internet the rest of the time I'm here (so, this could be my last post for a while).
The nights are getting cooler and cooler. It was actually 80 degrees this morning around 0300hrs.
Proverbs 1:32-33
I think that Fall is "officially" here. It rained today. And I don't mean a little sprinkle. We had a good ol' fashioned thunderstorm drop in on us. That, and it was only 82 degrees this morning at 0600hrs. Of course it quickly rose to 112 but hey, at least it wasn't 130.
Luke 5:5
So, I get this knock on my door around 1900hrs or so. I say, "Yeah!" No one answers. I get up, walk to the door, open it and who do you think is standing there? It wasn't "G" (which is who I thought it was). It was the 3d ACR Regimental Command Sergeant Major, CSM Burns. I was startled and immediately thought to myself, "WHAT THE HELL HAVE I DONE?" He said, "Hey Stu, do you know where Pete is?" He was of course refering to Safety Pete and my response was a quick, "Right this way Sergeant Major."
Oh and by the way... 47 days.
Luke 19:5
Everything here is normal.
I am bored.
My sleep patterns are hosed.
The PX is a blackhole.
I have 48 days left in country.
Romans 8:35
And it's going to keep dragging on and on...
Still nothing new. And can you beleive we haven't had any straight flushes in over 2 1/2 weeks?!? I know... Weird, huh? We're dancing all around them but still coming up empty.
2 Chronicles 31:21
And that's about all there is to say. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING is going on around here.
Bored.
Seriously.
1 Samuel 12:23
Read this instead: http://writeon-psg.blogspot.com/
Here's a pic of Marvin and me taken with his new camera.
Exodus 18:14
Nothing new.
I just watched Hellboy II: The Golden Army and now have "Can't Smile Without You" stuck in my head and it makes me angry.
We have traded intense heat for a plague of flies. Seriously, I'm talking Old Testament here.
That's not to say that it's not hot any longer (it's still in the 110+'s) but at least we aren't roasting.
Justin's ankle seems to be mending nicely.
Derrick, T and Jacob make me want to pull my hair out on occasion. They're my bro's and all, but sometimes...
The PX is worse than it has ever been. We haven't had any new stuff in well over a month and a 1/2.
Nutter Butter's are the bomb-biggity.
The Astros and the Express are killing me.
There's a new pic on the Show and Tell site in the "Reader Pics" section that yall may find amusing.
Mail is arriving only so often now.
2 Chronicles 15:2
