Friday, March 2, 2012

A lonely day in Afghanistan

Today was not a good day.  I don't know what it was about today, but for the first time while in Afghanistan, I felt completely lonely.  I spent pretty much the whole day being surrounded by others in my office, so I'm not sure why I felt this way, but I was lonely all the same.  In the words of Scarlett O'hara, tomorrow is another day...

I finally got everything booked the other day for our Europe trip for my R&R.  So that is quite exciting.  And, I was able to book everything for less than what I thought it would cost, which is always a bonus!

I don't eat dinner anymore.  I have found that the dinner at the DFACs here usually isn't worth the calories.  Plus, usually after dinner I go back to my RLB and it's not like I have all that much room, so my only option in my room is to lay on my bed.  Which means, that my dinner just sits there and molds itself into new fat in places where I don't want it (Not that there are really any places that I "want" fat).  So, I made the executive decision (as I like to think of myself as the CEO of myself) that I will not be eating anymore dinner.  Breakfast, Lunch and a little snack from my care package goodies before I set out on my 1.2 mile walk home is all the food I need in a day, and that's not even counting all the dust I eat while walking around outside...

Tomorrow I have to be at work extremely early for my "resiliency" meeting.  In the Army we love our meetings, sometimes we have meetings about meetings.  Last time we had this meeting, it was pouring down rain and I had to cross a river to get to work.  Luckily this time, no canoe should be required as it is bone dry out there now.

And, if the fact that I wrote this blog wan't enough evidence, I am still ok.  With all the craziness that has been going on here in Afghanistan, certain security measures have been put in place and we are all on alert.  Don't worry, it will give you wrinkles!

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