It's Tuesday evening and I have a few minutes before needing to attend a training class on communications.
I had a good weekend overall. The Supply Department invited another unit to a cook-out Sunday afternoon in appreciation of their assisting us with inventory a few months back. We held it by the outdoor swimming pool and cooked up a ton of ribs and burgers. We then ate inside so that folks could eat and swim as desired. Not what the old swimming warnings used to recommend but hey, this is Iraq. It was fun to see the troops, especially the older ones, jumping off the side of the pool trying to perform cannonballs . I played some water volley ball and enjoyed it immensely. Having the day off and just 'playing' , helped me to relax. It was also nice not to have to shave for one day. I plan to do this again for the Department.
This morning I was awaken by pigeons landing on my air conditioner at 5:00. Dawn comes early and on occasion the pigeons feel it their perogative to flit about noisily. I have to get up and bang the A/C or window in order to chase them off. Needless to say, I don't have this problem at home.
Late this afternoon, I received a call from another of our Supply yards on the base. Apparently they found an old artillery round that had been buried a long time ago. Who knows how long it had been there. One of our guys discovered it and reported it to EOD (Explosives Ordinance). EOD took it to an empty area of the Yard and blew it sky high. Thankfully everything turned out fine. No worries; just another day in Iraq. It's kind of funny since the yard where it was discovered is where we fill BOMs (Bill of Materials) and we always pronounce it like "Bombs".
I am a little lame today. I did my two mile run yesterday and my achilles tendon (I think) feels sore. It only happens when I run, so I have an excuse to not run this month's 5K. I did a late night work out (the advantages of having a gym 20 paces from the office and loft) and am now hoping to wake up at 3:00 AM to watch perhaps the final game between Detroit and Pittsburgh. I may be crazy but you don't get to watch hockey every day over here. Wish me luck in getting up and staying awake!!
I'll close it off now so I can get to bed. I hope everyone has a nice evening!!
I had a good weekend overall. The Supply Department invited another unit to a cook-out Sunday afternoon in appreciation of their assisting us with inventory a few months back. We held it by the outdoor swimming pool and cooked up a ton of ribs and burgers. We then ate inside so that folks could eat and swim as desired. Not what the old swimming warnings used to recommend but hey, this is Iraq. It was fun to see the troops, especially the older ones, jumping off the side of the pool trying to perform cannonballs . I played some water volley ball and enjoyed it immensely. Having the day off and just 'playing' , helped me to relax. It was also nice not to have to shave for one day. I plan to do this again for the Department.
This morning I was awaken by pigeons landing on my air conditioner at 5:00. Dawn comes early and on occasion the pigeons feel it their perogative to flit about noisily. I have to get up and bang the A/C or window in order to chase them off. Needless to say, I don't have this problem at home.
Late this afternoon, I received a call from another of our Supply yards on the base. Apparently they found an old artillery round that had been buried a long time ago. Who knows how long it had been there. One of our guys discovered it and reported it to EOD (Explosives Ordinance). EOD took it to an empty area of the Yard and blew it sky high. Thankfully everything turned out fine. No worries; just another day in Iraq. It's kind of funny since the yard where it was discovered is where we fill BOMs (Bill of Materials) and we always pronounce it like "Bombs".
I am a little lame today. I did my two mile run yesterday and my achilles tendon (I think) feels sore. It only happens when I run, so I have an excuse to not run this month's 5K. I did a late night work out (the advantages of having a gym 20 paces from the office and loft) and am now hoping to wake up at 3:00 AM to watch perhaps the final game between Detroit and Pittsburgh. I may be crazy but you don't get to watch hockey every day over here. Wish me luck in getting up and staying awake!!
I'll close it off now so I can get to bed. I hope everyone has a nice evening!!
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