Day 6.....

Hi all,
Well its nearly been a week now and I am all settled into my routine and accommodation. I don't really have much more to tell, its being quite gentlemanly this time round. We haven't been as busy as previously, thats not a bad thing though, less chance of dying, lol. The weather has stop the fun for tonight due to the dust, this is pretty nasty stuff at times when a full blown dust storm comes in. The only way i can describe it is like being caught in a MASSIVE hail storm with 25mph winds. It properly hurts and gets into EVERYTHING, without going into details, don't blow your nose then examine the results. I remember one of the lads being caught out when he left the shower whilst still wet to walk to his room, lol. He was like a huge sand monster...... He didn't quite see the funny side.

I got some bad news as well, a friend i went through basic training with has just been diagnosed with terminal cancer!!!! He has 2 kids as well who are still young. It kind of puts things in perspective, life can deal you a pretty crappy hand sometimes.

Today is my birthday, I'm officially getting old now!!! Bit annoyed though as i cant have a beer because I'm in an operational theatre, work sucks sometimes, lol. In fact thats not quite true actually, there is "near beer" that the Americans drink that has no alcohol, woohoo!!!

Not really much to say as i haven't done much at all. Thats me now up to date, i will add more if anything new happens.