Yep, it's happened. I've gone at least a week without posting to my blog. I'd give you some good excuse, but It's all the same. I actually did some work over the last week, but not enough to justify my paycheck.
We hosted a conference here over the last 4 days. Wait, you're surprised we hold conferences here? So was I. But I've come to realize that Al Udied is the dividing line between the real area of operations and the rest of the world. On one hand, they give us hazardous duty pay and put us in desert camouflage, but on the other hand, we can go downtown and eat kabobs and enjoy 3 beers a day. The only thing that prevents dependents from being here is the facilities. Build some base housing and a DODs school and they could move right in. It's as nice if not nicer then Incirlik.
Still working out a lot more then usual. Not sure if its good or bad, but I've gained 5 or so pounds since I've been here. My belt hasn't gotten any tighter, so I'm hoping that's muscle weight. I started doing crossfit workouts a few days ago. Those are the real deal. Always seen those guys/gals in the gym and was happy I wasn't them. I'm going to give it 3 or 4 weeks to see how it goes. So far it's been pretty good, but I'm curios to see how my cardio holds up with such short workouts.
Alicia and Lucy just got to Arizona, so they'll be spending the next two weeks spending my money on things they 'need'. So much for making money on this deployment.
Dude, go to Camp As Sayliyah and there are dependents there. I was at a planning conference last year in January and saw a high chair in the chow hall; not necessarily the worse country to be in I guess.
ReplyDeleteDigging the beard. For some reason the first thing I thought was "you are beginning to look like a reclusive literary genius" laboring over your masterpiece. But you are missing the turtleneck sweater.
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