Sandy

What a Beautiful day in Iraq. I don't have much to say I just thought this pictures from today looked kinda cool. We have a nice sand storm blowing arround today. Which made work real fun to do. I think I still have some sand in my eyes. If you step outside without glasses you get blinded by sand and even with glasses it only helps a little to block the sand. I hope everyone elses day was nicer then ours.

Get some

Well I was able to go out on a patrol. We had to escort the Co. around and we made a stop at the mayor's building. The mayor was a nice enough guest to bring us tea while we were guarding the compound. The tea was not to shabby. Really sweet and hot almost boiling in fact, which doesn't make sense to me because it's already hot enough outside that you don't need to be drinking boiling tea. Walking through that town is hard to explain how it makes you feel. You see people just watching you as you walk by. Most people will smile and wave. The kids come running up next to us and will walk besides us for a block till we sho them away or someone calls them back. The come asking for candy, lucky for us doc had some to give to them.
I was able to see some pics of my cousin and his new son which was nice. It's nice to see pics from back home while I'm out here. Pat I know you will raise a great son, hopefuly one that can wrestle and take state one day.

Rain

It rained on us for about two days or maybe it was three. All I know is it sucks. We didn't have power for way to long. Got soaked when we went to work and best of all as you can see it flooded our Fuel Pit. It wouldn't have been so bad but we had to go down and pull our nozzles and some hoses out of the water/mud. Once it stoped and actually got real warm out we had to pump the water out of there so we could get things running better. Which ment I got to wade out in the mud and hold the hose in the deepest part that we could find which ended up being deeper then I had hoped. It was just a few inches below my knees. And it feels great having that cold dirty water in your boots all day. Nothing besides that really.