A Typical Day Outside
Yesterday I had a mission off post. It took us two hours to load everything that we were taking to the soldiers out in the city. Everyone was in their trucks and we were getting ready to roll out when one of the trucks broke. We called our mechanic and he diagnosed he problem, and we decided to take a part off another truck to fix it, and use and replace that truck with a different one. It was a little harder than we thought and turned into a two hour job. This time half the convoy made it out the gate before the new truck broke. The Commander decided to just roll without it. When we got to our first destination I started to go about my job in the fuel truck, but when I was done I went help my soldier in the LHS. First his trailer malfunctioned when he was trying to remove a flatrack from it. About 20 minutes later the truck malfunctioned when he tried to put a flatrack back on the trailer. So that ate up about an hour or our day. Then we went back to our staging base and prepared for the next trip. This time I drove the LHS. I don’t drive it very often, so I enjoyed the trip. Nothing went wrong, but since we had a lot to do, we didn’t get back until late. It was a long day, made longer because I’d been working until 0200 the night before. At least it’s not normally like that. The worst part of the day was when my uniform shirt caught on the door and ripped.
A Night With The Interpreters
After I’d brought all my gear into the house, my soldier and I went to the MWR. He spent more time on the computers than I did, so I went to the Falafil Shop to hang out with the interpreters and wait. That nights entrée was falafel served with tomatoes and Iraqi ketchup and wrapped in flatbread. It was very good and more than made up for the three meals I’d skipped on the mission.
The Dining Facility
Except for the lack of a bread bar, I think the dining facility here is the best one I’ve been to so far. I know the cooks well, so anytime I want to I can get a case of cereal, soda or chocolate milk to take home. Most of the food has a spice to it, which I like. About I week ago I realized how much my wife had brainwashed me when I found myself annoyed at the lack of quality vegetables in Army Dining Facilities. Today at lunch I was excited to find some steamed broccoli. It was meant as a topping for the baked potatoes, but I took it anyways. Steamed broccoli covered in olive oil and parmesan make a grudgingly acceptable substitute for my wife’s cooking.
New Housing
The rest of my Company is starting to move into 2 person rooms at their camp. It’s will be the first time in 8 months they haven’t lived in a tent. I now have my room in our house to myself. It’s so big I don’t know what to do with it all.
4 comments:
I'm so proud of you for knowing that veggies can taste good besides be good for you. I can't wait to cook for you when you come home...though not every night.
Enjoy the room of space by yourself while it lasts. Extra space has a way of filling up with stuff. Can we send you any stuff to fill it in? Hope you can find more fresh veggies each day. The trucks breaking down sounds like gov't issued ones...been there, done that.
What is he purpose to the Word Verification when you are logged in as blog user via email address and password? Shouldn't that be enough?????
The only thing I want is reese's peanut butter cups. And I have a 2-3 week supply already. I need nothing else. Thank you for the offer, but I need nothing.
The variants of gov't issued trucks that i usually drive are very reliable when properly maintained, but these were not.
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