Believe it or not, it rains here. And when it rains here, the brown, dusty ground gets brown and very, very muddy. It sticks like glue and you feel like you are walking with 10 pound weights on your boots.
When the sun is shining, it feels like late March, early April in Ohio and I feel like working in the pasture or going to a track meet or on a hike. Then I look outside and realise where I am.
If this was early spring in Ohio, like it feels here, the nights would be cool and the days warm. The trees would still be bare and the forest floor covered with the blooms of wildflower. The grass would have that greener than green color and the air smell crisp and clear.
Here the air smells funny, because west of me they are burning trash and you can smell it.
The other night I was told, "Check your guys, 100 per cent accountability!" and so off I go and count noses and all noses added up. Over the next few days, the story becomes clear, a certain GI Joe is missing and the bad guys tried to fake it with a real GI Joe---doll. No doubt you have read this in the paper or seen this on the news. I just can't believe this is real! What could they have been thinking??? Wait, I better check my GI Joe--ok, he's still on my shelf! To explain, my daughters gave me a 40th anniversary GI Joe to take with me. He sits and guards my room while I am out and about.
I feel like a freshman in college. I have a room I share with another soldier, we each have a bed, a wall locker, night stand, lamp, I acquired a desk, he too, we have rugs, fridge, computers, etc. But instead of carrying books, I carry a rifle around with me. A little different!
We are fed fairly well here, in fact, I'd better watch it or I will gain those "freshman 20 pounds"!
But, since I walk just about everywhere, I am actually getting in decent shape, along with the PT I do. In a year's time I will be able to walk quite a ways to get to eat!
Next time I write, I will tell you, as best as I can, what I see and hear during the day.
When the sun is shining, it feels like late March, early April in Ohio and I feel like working in the pasture or going to a track meet or on a hike. Then I look outside and realise where I am.
If this was early spring in Ohio, like it feels here, the nights would be cool and the days warm. The trees would still be bare and the forest floor covered with the blooms of wildflower. The grass would have that greener than green color and the air smell crisp and clear.
Here the air smells funny, because west of me they are burning trash and you can smell it.
The other night I was told, "Check your guys, 100 per cent accountability!" and so off I go and count noses and all noses added up. Over the next few days, the story becomes clear, a certain GI Joe is missing and the bad guys tried to fake it with a real GI Joe---doll. No doubt you have read this in the paper or seen this on the news. I just can't believe this is real! What could they have been thinking??? Wait, I better check my GI Joe--ok, he's still on my shelf! To explain, my daughters gave me a 40th anniversary GI Joe to take with me. He sits and guards my room while I am out and about.
I feel like a freshman in college. I have a room I share with another soldier, we each have a bed, a wall locker, night stand, lamp, I acquired a desk, he too, we have rugs, fridge, computers, etc. But instead of carrying books, I carry a rifle around with me. A little different!
We are fed fairly well here, in fact, I'd better watch it or I will gain those "freshman 20 pounds"!
But, since I walk just about everywhere, I am actually getting in decent shape, along with the PT I do. In a year's time I will be able to walk quite a ways to get to eat!
Next time I write, I will tell you, as best as I can, what I see and hear during the day.
posted by our family | 11:23 AM
3 Comments:
Hey Dad, it's Noah. If u tell me which ones you want, I can get you around 10 movies and send them over so you aren't bored in your downtime.
Hey dad it is Charity! Miss ya and thinking about you! It rains in Nashville every week at least twice a week. Love ya!
Hey Don...It's Rich and Dian...We are visiting Beth and Noah in Searcy.....I've been watching your web site from home, and decided to write...The pix you've posted are great, and if you've got more, and they're not a security problem, we'd love to see them...Thanks for the education on Iraq, and thanks for insuring our freedom....Looking forward to your return, and want to have a party when you're back.....4 Him, Rich H.
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