day in the life – – 4 am wake up, pushups, lots of them, leg lifts, lots of them– out the door by 5, breakfast at 5.20– watch mavs for 30 minutes in chow hall at breakfast– work at six– tinker around with environmentals for a few hours– 10 oclock meeting– 10.45 tea with the [...]
4 hours sleep first night, tonight almost 5, things are getting to ‘normal’ – work is good– chow is amazing– intangibles surreal The camaraderie is something I’ve never quite experienced, I know I’m going to come out of this with some lifelong friends. – The dust is brutal, everything is dirty– You see the best [...]
In the last 24 hours, Tampa to DC to Kuwait to Baghdad. Gryphon Air I was nervous about, but turned into being a really ‘nice’ flight to Baghdad Met 3 people enroute, one medic heading south, one security guard heading south Baghdad, and one teacher who is working to integrate people and teach them modern [...]
Last post from the US of A for a while, heading to partake in a risk / reward scenario overseas. What to bring, a good attitude at the least. With a belly somewhat unsettled and an open mind, I can see a decoupling of societal constructs, it’ll only do me well. The mind always imagines [...]
Today begins a new journey, or as Monty Pyton would say, ‘and now for something completely different.’ I’ve always talked about perspective, but find myself staying in my mental ‘safe’ zone. The more you look, the more you realize the facts are so far removed from our ‘civilized’ and advanced societies that everything is abstact, [...]