Yeah, It's like Groundhog Day Out Here...

Every day seems to blend into the next. I do the same thing everyday, I just do it differently. It's very boring, but hardly stressful. I have had a rough couple of days, though. Too many stupid things happening too closely together. Anyhow, I'm still as alive and as unglamorous as ever. More later...

I'm not ignoring you...

...the ever ambiguous "they" had decided to block non .mil or .gov email from getting to us a while back, so I can email y'all, but I may or may not get a reply from you. Please understand if it takes me 3 or 4 days to get back to you.

Thanks....

Have you ever used a Port-A-John in the dark?

It is honestly the most terrifying thing that I have to deal with on a daily basis. I shrink from every surface, knowing that it is saturated with all manner of unseemly filth, yet necessity commands that I thrust my hand into the black, groping for a wall to steady myself...

I'll stop there, because it's not for the faint-of-heart. The things I do for my country...

Yes, interesting living out here. I got a haircut today. My barber (a local national) started pumping me for a tip before he even finished cutting my hair. I was amused by his wheedling so I tipped him. Heck the haircut was only $3, anyway.

Helen is doing well also. We get to IM almost everyday and I call her for free on the weekends. She's currently battling a mamology class in which she has to memorize the distinguishing characteristics of two-dozen or so skulls, and they all happen to fall into the "rat" family, or something like that.

Work is not too boring, but then again the 10 hour shifts go by very quickly. It's hard to remember that I've been gone for more than a month already. I'm hoping this tempo will keep up because it's hardly stressful, but is fast enough to make the days go by very quickly. At this rate, I'll be on my way home before I know it. Please pray for Helen. It's not as easy for her. She will have to endure this summer with nothing to do, unless she can find a job.

Well, that's about all there is to tell. Except that I turned in my laundry today. I'll get it back tomorrow. That's that. NOW there's nothing to tell. When I'm at work, I work; when I'm not at work I sleep, exclusively. I'll try to post more frequently, but the internet is very squirrely here. We'll see.

One last thing. I haven't been ignoring my email, I just can't check it from work. I will try to get to some of them as I can. Thanks...