A ground attack and I could hear the Talitubbies yelling! They never got in, but it was exciting! I thought about taking pictures of the action, but since they were shooting over the wall trying to randomly snipe us.. I thought better of it. Where I'm at, there not much separating us from them. I'm actually less than a Detroit block away from houses on the other side. Fortunately that's where the wealthier people live, so I shouldn't have need to worry. The weather is freezing here, so I can't understand why the terrorist are heating up. Shouldn't we all be taking well deserved siestas? The troops were so funny. They are here to serve and protect and that means even us dumb contractors. They were so nice to come over and make sure I wasn't afraid. I did do a little shiver for their benefit...keep up moral and all that. But the terrorist seem to be all over the place right now. My buddy about an hour away also got hit, or the base that he's on did. Happens to be the same place that I slept thru an attack...funny coincidence.
We had a true storm complete with very loud thunder and sky illuminating lightning and it was so loud that I was thinking that maybe it was still the bombs going off. I really thought that I was going to lose my tent at one point with the howling winds and torrential rains, but I was tired so I rolled over. I keep my stuff close to me now, (just in case I do wake up). I have a bugout bag for my medical stuff that weighs quite a few pounds. In the mist of rushing to grab what I thought was important, reaching for that bag nearly broke my arm. Once we got the "All Clear" I lightened that baby up! I thought to myself, how many IV's am I going to be doing anyways? I kept a couple on hand anyway- I hate to say never.
So we are still on blackout and with the full moon the night should've been quite romantic. Too bad all the guys my age are in bed sleeping at 8 pm. Oh Well! Me, I like to live big and watch some TV shows that I have on my hard drive or read a book while I snuggle up alone. So I think I'll do just that before another alarm sounds. Rule #3, 4, 5 for deployment: Never pass up a bathroom, never miss a meal, never miss out on sleep! The last one was difficult for me to get used to. My saying used to be, "I'll sleep when I die." Well one nighter in the cold, smelly bunker took care of that! I'll sleep when I can - thank you very much.
We had a true storm complete with very loud thunder and sky illuminating lightning and it was so loud that I was thinking that maybe it was still the bombs going off. I really thought that I was going to lose my tent at one point with the howling winds and torrential rains, but I was tired so I rolled over. I keep my stuff close to me now, (just in case I do wake up). I have a bugout bag for my medical stuff that weighs quite a few pounds. In the mist of rushing to grab what I thought was important, reaching for that bag nearly broke my arm. Once we got the "All Clear" I lightened that baby up! I thought to myself, how many IV's am I going to be doing anyways? I kept a couple on hand anyway- I hate to say never.
So we are still on blackout and with the full moon the night should've been quite romantic. Too bad all the guys my age are in bed sleeping at 8 pm. Oh Well! Me, I like to live big and watch some TV shows that I have on my hard drive or read a book while I snuggle up alone. So I think I'll do just that before another alarm sounds. Rule #3, 4, 5 for deployment: Never pass up a bathroom, never miss a meal, never miss out on sleep! The last one was difficult for me to get used to. My saying used to be, "I'll sleep when I die." Well one nighter in the cold, smelly bunker took care of that! I'll sleep when I can - thank you very much.
