38 and Counting....

Hello all,

This post is set aside to say thanks for all the birthday care packages I received. Just want to start off by saying what a blessing to have such amazing family & friends, and coworkers back home and I am so looking forward to spending time with you all soon. Speaking of soon we are almost below 40 days, so time is getting short, and what a relief it is to see this deployment coming to an end.

Well lets get started with it....

This package is from the fine folks of JPS, as you can see its a well stocked supply of some of my favorite junk foods, and I really enjoyed the sunflower seeds, and the red velvet cake was a nice touch. Thank you all for this much enjoyed package.

 

This package comes from my awesome Mother-in Law, who bakes the worlds best chocolate chip cookies, and also provided me with a subscription to Car&Driver. My lovely wife included some awesome superman items to add to my geek collection which gets more awesome every year. Thank you both, I love and will see ya soon.

 

This package comes from a fellow Superman geek Bo Clarke and his family. Another well stocked supply of my top junk food items, and a huge bonus which I didn't expect was a 12 inch fully detailed Superman (Christopher Reeve Edition) collectible which just reeks of awesome. This is hands down the show piece of my supes collection. Thank you Bo, and I look forward to that midnight showing of Man of Steel in June.

 

This package comes from my parents, whom always sends me a monthly package. I love how they send an even amount of junk food balanced out with dried fruit. This package contained three bags of Dads signature beef jerky which is always a delight to get. Thank you, Love you and I will see you soon. 

 

This package comes from my awesome neighbors, Jimmy & Kristen and little Grace. A special thanks goes out to Jimmy and Kristen for the support that they have provided to Lindsay while I am on deployment. Thank you both for being awesome! Jimmy warm up the X-box and pop the top on a cold Woodchuck, we have some shooting to do!!

 

This package comes from both Lindsay and Brian and Mere! I enjoy the honey a lot, its gives quite an energy burst to my workouts. Thanks a ton and I look forward to hanging out once I get back.

 

As you can see I am indeed blessed, and you all have made my birthday in the sand enjoyable.

 

Thanks to all,

 

To be continued...

 

 

2 months and a dime..

Hello all,

It’s a been a while since I last posted and of course a lot has a happened so sit back grab a coke and a smile as I catch everyone up to speed.

Two months and ten days left to complete on this tour, and its homeward bound, and just in time to join my family on a beach trip over the Thanksgiving holiday.  September has arrived and where friends and family are celebrating the last holiday of summer back home life here at Camp AJ is fairly quiet, although I can tell that it seems to be cooling down, as opposed to 120+ degrees is only around 100 or so, and even that feels awesome.  As I am mentally preparing to re-deploy back home I just want to say a million thanks to all who have sent packages, letters, cards, emails, and of course many thanks to all who have supported Lindsay back home with lawn care, meals and simply just spending time with her during this deployment.

Of course I am really proud of how well Lindsay has handled all the affiars back home, from keeping the cars maintained to managing bills and still finding time to spend on her photography, I am sure its been tough at times but she has done so well.

I have started counting the time I have left here by the number of Mongolian BBq’s until I depart. Each staturday they serve mongolian and its the best meal that you get during the week.

 

So the number is 10. Ten more bbqs and its homeward bound.

So when I left I had in my head several tasks that I wanted to accomplish while I was here: Support the mission/done 2. Complete online college courses/ done 3. Improve my health and fitness/done  4. Get promoted to 2^nd class/done. That been said I can board that plane in a couple months with a since of accomplishment.

Some folks have asked questions about the local wildlife here at Camp AJ, which is quite limited from what I have seen. I really believed that if Kuwait had a zoo it only be a single room with a lizard,

 

Spiny tailed lizard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 a snake

Horned Viper (not seen any here yet)

 

 

, a scorpion

Fat tailed scorpion(not seen any here yet)

 

, and of course a camel spider

Camel Spiders (not seen any yet)

 

 and a un-happy looking camel,

 

, and maybe a fish that their polluted oceans have not killed yet. Yep its sad.

 As an extra duty set aside from my duties at N7, I often the get the opportunity to help design graphics for a coin, event,  or even a shirt. Camp AJ has monthly 5K run events open to anyone on post and of course the best part of that is that you get a free shirt when you complete it, which usually becomes your weekly wardrobe after you have accumulated enough shirts. Anyway I wanted to design a shirt for one of the 5k runs and was allowed to design for the Air Force Birthday scheduled in Sept. here is the design I submitted for the run.

Thats it for now I will post more later,

 

To be continued...