I have officially been in Afghanistan for 30 days now. I didn't really realize this as I am not counting the days. Some people are counting the days, but I feel like at this point when we are still talking high triple digits, that is just demoralizing. So, like I said, I'm not counting. The reason I know it has been exactly 30 days, is because when I tried to log onto my internet in my RLB, it wouldn't let me. So that meant that the plan I bought ran out and I bought a 30 day plan. So thank you internet for reminding me that I already have a month down!
One month down means I have 4 more until I get to see Michael! I will be taking my R&R in June, and I can't wait. It gives me something to look forward to that is not a date in 2013. Which again is better for the morale. Unfortunately, with the window I got for my R&R we will not be able to take the Mediterranean cruise that we wanted to take. But, we are still going to go to Europe. We are going to go to Barcelona, Paris, and Venice. Spending roughly 5 nights in each. A positive to doing the trip on our own, as opposed to a cruise, is that we can do whatever we want, when we want. It also means that I can now fill my days when I have nothing to do with planning a magnificent European vacation. I almost have it all planned out, but I haven't booked anything yet. I keep almost booking, but then I decide to keep researching because I don't want to end up in a bad hotel. But, I pretty much have it narrowed down to what I think we will be going with so sometime soon it will be booked!
I will also be experiencing another milestone tomorrow. After 30 days, I will finally get to sleep in tomorrow! I won't be taking the day off, because that really isn't possible, but I do not have to be to the office early in the morning as I have been every day since I've been here. We normally have an opsync first thing in the morning, every morning. Somebody finally got the GREAT idea of not having these on Sunday any more. I am a big fan of this idea, and I hope it sticks around.
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