Stir crazy.....

I apologize for not writing for awhile. Okay, awhile being two months. I could throw out all the usual excuses about not having very much time or not having much to write about, but that would all be malarkey. I have just been neglecting to write anything. So, here I go to try and redeem myself.

When I last wrote, I had about two months until I went on leave. Now, I have one week. I use the term stir crazy because thats about how I am. I'm so anxious to come home for awhile its driving me crazy. The great thing is that everything I do when I'm home will feel like its the first time I've done it. Whats nice is that I'm so anxious and in turn, my days seem to be going by very quickly. It might help that I have some different duties and responsibilities since I returned from FOB Lightning (more on that later) so I don't have to deal with as many things as I did before and my day ends a little bit earlier. Yes, I'm still working 10 hour days but those two hours makes a difference.

Onto my 3 weeks at FOB Lightning. Basically what I was doing was helping the Afghan National Army run an operation. I was responsible to brief to them about all the things that pertained to fires. Now, this turned out to be somewhat interesting because I don't speak Dari nor do they speak very good English. In fact, for the first week and a half, the ANA Colonel who I worked with would come up to me prior to shift change and start asking about what went on during the night. Did I fail to mention he would do this in Dari? I would have to grab an interpreter everytime. It got a little annoying but he eventually caught on. Other than that, nothing real exciting. I probably averaged about two movies and a good hour or two nap per night. Needless to say, it was a pretty different change from the setting of Salerno.

Thats about all I have for now. I'll try and get some more down before I come home.

All the Way.