I woke up around 5:15am and got started. I showered, because I won't get another for a couple days. After I was dressed in my Army costume, I tossed the towel in the dryer, so I could pack it dry. And we should all know the virtues of a traveler having a suitable towel (if not, ask Douglas Adams).
I went to breakfast, and it appeared that they had not expected us. The waffles were the broken and leftover pieces, and the bacon was not so appealing. But it was food.
After breakfast, we had to turn in our sheets. No real loss there. I've been sleeping on top of the sheets in my sweats for the last couple weeks.
The weather here is beautiful again. Norfolk shouldn't be much warmer or cooler than here, but some of the other locations are going to be interesting. Germany is around 45 degrees, and Kuwait is around 104. Of course, Afghanistan is sitting around 72, which seems quite comfortable comparatively. So hopefully I'll stay warm and cool enough in transit!
Lunch was uneventful and then back to the barracks we went. After a while, we took all of our bags outside and put them on a couple military cargo trucks. The trucks left for the airport, and hopefully the bags will make it on the correct plane. I think when we get to Kuwait we have to move the bags ourselves, so it's nice that someone else is doing the loading for us.
After that, the new class started showing up in the barracks, making it a bit awkward for us. But we chatted with them for a bit and shared how the training goes here. Then a couple of us came over to an open classroom and used our computers for a while. Aaron was watching tv or movies he had downloaded and I played Civilization 5 for a bit. I'm playing as the Iroquois nation, and I think I'm doing alright.
Dinner was again uneventful. I'm starting to get tired, and it's only 7:15pm! I hope that this is a sign that I'll have no problems sleeping on the plane. I have my nice sound-cancelling headphones, and they definitely work well. I plan to sleep as much as I can.
So we'll be off to the airport around 9pm, and our flight takes off 10 minutes after midnight. If all goes according to plan, I think we're supposed to arrive in Kuwait around 2am on Monday (Kuwait time). It will be quite an exhausting trip, I have no doubt. But at least it's not as long as a trip across the Atlantic a couple hundred years ago.
I will try to remember the next couple days, but I don't think I'll be able to write anything immediately upon arrival in Kuwait. So hopefully I'll be able to catch up. Wish me luck, and we'll try to be safe.
I went to breakfast, and it appeared that they had not expected us. The waffles were the broken and leftover pieces, and the bacon was not so appealing. But it was food.
After breakfast, we had to turn in our sheets. No real loss there. I've been sleeping on top of the sheets in my sweats for the last couple weeks.
The weather here is beautiful again. Norfolk shouldn't be much warmer or cooler than here, but some of the other locations are going to be interesting. Germany is around 45 degrees, and Kuwait is around 104. Of course, Afghanistan is sitting around 72, which seems quite comfortable comparatively. So hopefully I'll stay warm and cool enough in transit!
Lunch was uneventful and then back to the barracks we went. After a while, we took all of our bags outside and put them on a couple military cargo trucks. The trucks left for the airport, and hopefully the bags will make it on the correct plane. I think when we get to Kuwait we have to move the bags ourselves, so it's nice that someone else is doing the loading for us.
After that, the new class started showing up in the barracks, making it a bit awkward for us. But we chatted with them for a bit and shared how the training goes here. Then a couple of us came over to an open classroom and used our computers for a while. Aaron was watching tv or movies he had downloaded and I played Civilization 5 for a bit. I'm playing as the Iroquois nation, and I think I'm doing alright.
Dinner was again uneventful. I'm starting to get tired, and it's only 7:15pm! I hope that this is a sign that I'll have no problems sleeping on the plane. I have my nice sound-cancelling headphones, and they definitely work well. I plan to sleep as much as I can.
So we'll be off to the airport around 9pm, and our flight takes off 10 minutes after midnight. If all goes according to plan, I think we're supposed to arrive in Kuwait around 2am on Monday (Kuwait time). It will be quite an exhausting trip, I have no doubt. But at least it's not as long as a trip across the Atlantic a couple hundred years ago.
I will try to remember the next couple days, but I don't think I'll be able to write anything immediately upon arrival in Kuwait. So hopefully I'll be able to catch up. Wish me luck, and we'll try to be safe.
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