Thursday, March 27, 2008

Boots on Ground: Day 68 of 179




Hello everyone! Thank you all for the comments! I can't wait to get home to see everyone. Sorry its taken so long to post, the hours at work have not let up and if you've been reading the news you probably understand why. Everything has been fine where I am; I'm nice and cozy here at "Campus" Victory!

There's a hold-em tournament coming up that I hope to play in if I can get away from work. Should be a crazy fun summer. All the free near-beer you can drink, or at least as much as you can carry out of the dining facility. Mmmm. Yeah, I'm having the time of my life. Really, you should come for a visit.
The pool (we call it "Rehab") is officially open and we just got a shipment of 1000 golf balls to hit into the lake. There's a small island with an Australian flag on it and we use that for a chipping green. It used to be an American flag but the Aussie's stole it and put their flag in its place. To get back at them we untied their dingy and let it float across the lake, and they had to go all the way around to get it. Then we put our flag back, but this time we left the Aussie flag next to it. Our flag is slightly higher, of course. We got the last laugh, for now anyway. We also aim for the general's window, but never get close since we all suck at golf. I heard someone hit it the other day, but as of yet there's been no revocation of golfing privileges around the lake! It's fun meeting people from other countries in the coalition, despite the unusual circumstance, and always great to blow off steam and laugh about how ridiculous the entire situation is.

To be continued...