I've been able to settle into a routine here on Camp Eggers. I get up at 5 am, ahower, get dressed and eat by 5:45 am. Walk to work -- takes all of 2 minutes. So I am at work before 6 am. Work 10 hours then go home at 4 pm. I drop by the apartment to drop my notebook off. Check emails and then go to dinner at 4:30 pm or 5 pm. Pick up my laundry next door to the DFAC on the way back to the apartment. Go home and watch a movie, do church work, or read a book. Go to bed at 8/9 pm and then start it all over the next day. I have Friday's off -- today. Go to church at 11:30 am. They have Priesthood first then sacrament meeting next at 12:30 pm. Done by 1:30 pm.
They have a Bazaar on Fridays from 10 am to 4 pm where the locals can come and sell their wares. You can get anything you want from antique guns, jewelry, have a suit made for $65 or buy carpets, and bootleg movies. You can also buy swords, and knives of all sizes and shapes. So very interesting stuff to look at. You can also buy clothes like the locals wear. I have bought a long robe and turbin and a burka for gayla. However, she said no thanks. Guess I have some additions to my Halloween collection.
The weather here has been heating up. It was 99 degrees yesterday. It should start cooling down to the low 90s after today.
My roommate got back from leave yesterday -- Commander Brown. He is a colorful guy. He is also 60 years old and I think we should get along fine. However, I was getting used to no roommate.
The food here is great -- good selection and all you want to eat. That's the problem. When you first get here you are like a kid in a candy store. After you are here a while you learn to pace yourself. Last night I had crab stir fry. It was good. Other things on the menu were rotissiere chicken and meat loaf. You can also do the hot bar where there is chinese food and mexican food. Then there is cookies and ice cream for deseret.
I like the work that I am doing here. We do title 22 funding. That is funding to train, mentor and man the National Afghan Army and National Afghan Police force. I also set on boards that discuss funding for wartime requirements for title 10 funding. I make sure they are costed properly and they are not over spending. So I feel I am contributing to help the Afghans and American people.
The pay is good and if Gayla can make it all right I may stay another year -- we will see how it goes. I will be home for leave the 21st of November 2009, through the 5th of December 2009, to visit my wife and kids. They are all scheduled to come to Spokane for Thanksgiving.
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Thanks for the good detailed descripton of life there. It's always interesting to see how your days go. Sean has learned to pace himself with food on trips. At first it was exciting to be able to expense a nice week of food. Now he uses more control and doesn't go to the hotel every night feeling overly full.
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