My day off...

Greetings and Salutations… This will be kind of short but I wanted to give you a run down of what happens on an off day around here. I think this will be easiest to do a timeline. So I was going to do a timeline, but upon further evaluation- I don’t want to put that much info out there, so I will just play 1, 2, 3…

1- Wake up, brush teeth, read a little Hemingway

2- Make sure my driver is up and is on his way to maintenance to get the mechanics to give the truck a once over

3- On my way to the gym to workout

4- Back from the gym, check email and see if anything has come down the chute for us to do

5- The three S’s: Shower, Shave, S….

6- On my was to lunch

7- Back from lunch hanging out watching the guys play video games

8- On our way to the pool, yes that is right we went swimming today. Now my section had done this once before but I hadn’t been around because I was at the airport with my truck. Granted the Middle East is slightly warmer than Texas or Indiana the pool was still freezing. We dove in goofed around for a little while, then got out to play some games. In addition to three pools they have ping pong, pool and foosball tables. So there we were in the middle of a combat zone playing pool, goofing off just being kids- truly having a good time and forgetting where we were. Of course as fate would have it just as we were getting ready to leave two Apaches fly about 70 feet over the pool, instantly snapping us back to reality.

9- At the P/X to do some shopping and grab a bite to eat. This of course turns into a two and a half hour B/S session where we just sat, ate and talked about everything that came to our heads.

10- Back in the room checking my email and talking about the next days missions

11- Typing this getting ready to read a little and then go to bed

So… I guess now you have some idea what we do with our free time when we get it, it isn’t that bad here- really. It was really fortunate that I got this time to relax (I know this sounds terrible) because the couple of days that I have been back here have been terrible. At times this place can drain the life out of you faster than you can possibly imagine. I am recharged and ready to play the game for a few more days- though I must admit I can’t wait to go back and have another day where I forget where I am.

I leave you today with a picture of the pool and a picture of a sign for an event that I really hope occurs again in ’06.

Peace and Love- Roadshow 6

P.S. this was posted a day late, because the net was down last night and secondly I really hate the format but I really can’t put the timeline out there like I would like to.