Another Day in My Shoes...

Wow, talk about a crazy few days. First of all looks like I'll be stuck out here for about a month. Hopefully less, but at least it looks like I won't have to stay in Kuwait. So here's the story:

I have to stay down here for a while and learn the process, so theoretically if our battalion has to take over the mission, I can tell everyone what to do. Too bad I'm not doing anything the BN would be doing if they're taking over the mission. So whatever. I can totally deal with spending a month down here.

So as of right now I'll be going from here to BIAP and taking over the mission there. So guess what that means? Yep! A new address! Hahaha! Have no fear you can mail me stuff here for like another week or so, and I should still get it before I leave. I deleted the post with my address, so if you need it just e-mail me, and I'll send it to you. I got a box from Marybeth today (Thanks!) and she sent it on the 5th, so that's only 5 days. It's a much faster process here in Kuwait to get mail because it comes straight here. Iraq is a whole different ballgame. So, anyway, I'll be here for a while. I'll let you know when I'm in Iraq again, just plan like a month or so.

Things out here aren't too bad. I'm working night shift here right now, 12-8, so it's not too bad. That's evening for you guys, so it works out better for talking to people back at home. I'm living in a pod, its about 20' long by 7' high, and I share it. It's not too bad, except my roommate likes to lock me in the room when she leaves. Long story! We also get to wear civilian clothes when we're not on duty, which is pretty cool. I don't have a whole lot of downtime, and this shift change is a lot like jet lag, so I'm trying to sleep whenever I can. It gets hard around 6am when I'm just exhausted, and this job doesn't have a whole lot to it a lot of the time, so I'm pretty bored. In my opinion, there really doesn't need to be a night officer working, but whatever, I'm only here for a month.