Um, There are a LOT of Flies Out Here

Well, I've got all of my pictures ready and I'm trying to figure out how to upload them, but for some reason when I do my iPhotos don't show up. So I'm trying to work this silly roadblock.

Today is my first day off. I have spent most of it sleeping, reading, sleeping, and now playing on my laptop. I am going to my Commander's Call at 6:00 pm today and then am going to walk over to the big BX to get some new tennis shoes, hopefully. Don't be jealous, it's an exciting day at Al Udeid.

Last night, against my better judgment, I joined some friends for karaoke under the bra. It was actually kind of fun. More fun to be there than trying to tune it out in bed. The Army guys were hustling the mic, and some of them turned out to be pretty good, actually! I had a couple of beers and ran into a friend that I met while travelling with the Red Horse team - she actually helped me out and took me everywhere with her so I wouldn't miss any of our timelines. I was like a lost puppy and she showed me the deployment ropes. So anyway, it was great to see her. I hit the hay at about 1030 and slept for 12 hours. Apparently, I needed sleep.

Every Friday night they have something here called Fight Night and it draws a HUGE crowd! It is like a boxing match but the gloves are a lot bigger. Anyway, I saw it going on Friday night and was laughing because the announcer was trying to get some women to volunteer to fight and he said "come on ladies, I know there are a bunch of you out where with some pent up F'USTRATION, let's work it out in the ring." So last night my friends told me that someone actually got knocked out this past week during a match! These people take their fights seriously, apparently! Too funny. I wonder if leadership is going to let Fight Night continue...seems like he won't want too many people getting knocked out on his watch...so should be interesting.

The latest bit of excitement here is that the water in Coalition Compound (where I live) may be potable soon - which means that I won't have to brush teeth with bottled water or shower with fear that some of it will get in my mouth/eyes. Brushing teeth with bottled water isn't that bad, actually, until you get to the part where you have to rinse your toothbrush...not easy. So usually I run my toothbrush under the faucet to get the toothpaste out and then drizzle it with bottled water hoping that the "good bacteria" in the bottled water will kill the "bad bacteria" in the faucet water. It helps me sleep, yes. But soon that will no longer be a worry.

Livin the dream here at The Deid.

xo