Today I got up at 0245 took a shower (a hot one!) and set out on the walk for the office at 0330. We arrived at the office right before 0400 just in time for the coin toss. It is very strange watching the Superbowl at 4 o'clock in the morning. To add to the weirdness, when you watch the Superbowl in Afghanistan, you watch it on AFN (Armed Forces Network) and they do not show any of the Superbowl commercials. They have commercials, but they had ones made by high-schoolers in Germany...Let's just say, they were funny, but not intentionally. After the Superbowl, it was only a little before 0800, so it wasn't really even time to open the office. So, we went to the DFAC and had some breakfast. For lunch today, we went to the Boardwalk and had Nathan's hotdogs. They were good, but it really could have used some relish.
This may have been a really boring post, but that is the story of my life at the moment...complete boredom. Oh, there was a little excitement at mail time when I had not one but two packages! I had ordered a new pair of tennis shoes, so that I can start going to the NATO gym (or as it is referred to around here, the "2 shoe gym"). You have to have 2 pairs of shoes to go in, as they are trying to keep it clean so you have to carry a pair of clean shoes and those are the ones that you work out in. I plan on trying it out tomorrow! My other package was from drugstore.com, and it was deodorant as the PX doesn't have anything even remotely close to what I use. As boring as those packages seem, I was pretty excited. Most people around here live for mail time, and then after mail time passes, you just look forward to mail time tomorrow. I imagine it is very similar to a drug addict. I get so excited when I see that I have mail, and then once the thrill of opening it and seeing what it is wears off, you just look forward to the prospect of getting more mail tomorrow....
Anyway, here are some more pics...because I promised lots of pics, and I wouldn't want to dissapoint. (Sorry they're in a weird order, but I'm too tired to fix it)
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| My NCOIC getting promoted to SFC |
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| Waiting for the promotion ceremony to start |
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| SGT Kalfman watching a little Superbowl with his PT belt on on....Safety first! |
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| SFC Blackall checking out the trash talking on Facebook |
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| Trying not to look like a zombie at 0400 |
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| SFC Blackall on the edge of his of seat |
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| My Hotdog and fries from Nathan's |
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| Enjoying a hotdog in the sun...it was still cold! |
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| This is how we entertain ourselves sometimes.... |
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| My home for the next year...the back is mine |
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| Waiting on the Commander to show up to SFC Blackall's promotion |
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| After the promotion ceremony |
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| My bed, with my new hot pink shoes! |
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| My Burnt Orange rug...Go Longhorns! |
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