Very nicely done:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMjLxZUar6k
courtesty of: www.thankmntroops.org
21 August 2007
17 August 2007
Bad day at the office...?
Well let's all be thankful that we are not the individual(s) who prompted tonight's announcement over the base PA: "Attention, attention, Task Force Med (the hospital here) is in short supply of type 'O Negative' blood. Contact them to donate ASAP.".
Anyway, keep that in mind the next time you think things are going bad for you. Don't forget all of the fallen comrade ceremonies that occur here 24/7/365 (nothing like seeing several hundred (thousand?) people lined up and saluting, along a darkened road waiting for a hummvee with a flag draped casket to pass by. The most recent was a coalition (Polish) KIA.
Anyway, keep that in mind the next time you think things are going bad for you. Don't forget all of the fallen comrade ceremonies that occur here 24/7/365 (nothing like seeing several hundred (thousand?) people lined up and saluting, along a darkened road waiting for a hummvee with a flag draped casket to pass by. The most recent was a coalition (Polish) KIA.
15 August 2007
Harnessing my "mojo"
Sounds like the title to an ad in the back of a men's magazine, I know...but truly it applies to just being here and pushing through the work each day. I am temporarily 'running' the lab, which would not be possible without my two coworkers, Troy and Lance, who both make this situation feasible. This is just while Jerry is home on leave (Sunny Florida, hand-squeezed oranges, Disneyworld...*sigh*) through about mid Sep.
Anyway, you may notice I don't email back or call as much...please DO NOT take it personally. It is simply because after working 180 consecutive days (OK, OK, I worked a half day when I ran the marathon) and now being down to about 65 days in country, I am just charging ahead, and trying to keep my focus (hard to do for me, harder to do for me here, haha). Not bad for what will be over 8 months and no break! :)
Those of you who use PayPal, please do yourselves a favor and go change your password. Mine was 'broken into', but thankfully PayPal recognized this and locked it down for me. It is all fixed now...what a pain dealing with from 7000+ miles away! lol
In the next day or so, I will be posting pictures to 'catch up' :)
Anyway, you may notice I don't email back or call as much...please DO NOT take it personally. It is simply because after working 180 consecutive days (OK, OK, I worked a half day when I ran the marathon) and now being down to about 65 days in country, I am just charging ahead, and trying to keep my focus (hard to do for me, harder to do for me here, haha). Not bad for what will be over 8 months and no break! :)
Those of you who use PayPal, please do yourselves a favor and go change your password. Mine was 'broken into', but thankfully PayPal recognized this and locked it down for me. It is all fixed now...what a pain dealing with from 7000+ miles away! lol
In the next day or so, I will be posting pictures to 'catch up' :)
01 August 2007
"You are going WHERE??"
That is all I heard when I told people I was coming to Afghanistan. Well having seen photos from Troopers who reconstruct accidents on Minnesota highways, I even said "it is no more dangerous than driving down the interstate in Minneapolis"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070802/ap_on_re_us/minnesota_bridge_collapse
I guess I was right to some degree. When it is your time, there is little you can do. Thankfully, all of my family and friends are accounted for.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070802/ap_on_re_us/minnesota_bridge_collapse
I guess I was right to some degree. When it is your time, there is little you can do. Thankfully, all of my family and friends are accounted for.
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