Day 29

It's become hard to say when today began.  Did it begin at midnight for me, or midnight on the East Coast?  Hard to say...

Needless to say, we boarded the flight out of Germany, they showed 2 movies in flight this time (same as the first two from the first flight), and then we landed in Kuwait around 2:30am local time.  It was dark and dry, but not too hot.  We got off the bus, they cut our zip ties in the guns (safety measure) and then we boarded buses.  When I stepped on the bus, a flood of memories came back from the UAE.  The same odor was hanging in the air.  I can't put my finger on it exactly, but I think it's a combination of incense and body odor.  Ahh, the Arab world.

After about a 2 hour bus ride, we arrived to Camp Virginia.  Virginia only in name, unfortunately.  It's really sand as far as you can see, with the exception of the sand colored buildings (all temporary).  But we were taken to the dining facility (DFAC) for breakfast before anything, which was nice.  The food seems to be pretty decent, and there are lots of options.

After that, we had a meeting where a Navy Commander told us the rules and the schedule.  We only have 1 meeting tomorrow, and 1 meeting on Wednesday.  Other than that, there's lots of time to sleep, work out, explore the camp in the 100 degree weather.

Many of us went exploring (in PT uniform).  Then we came back, showered, and went to bed.  I think 95% of us just slept through lunch, and woke up around 5pm for dinner.  Dinner wasn't spectacular, but I'm sure we needed to eat.  Then we went to the USO, where they gave us free blankets, which was nice.  Aaron, Rob, and I also played 2 games of Jenga and 1 game of Trivial Pursuit.  I was happy I got all my pie pieces, but I didn't win.  Then stopped by a shack and bought a username and password to use the WiFi for 1 day for $4.  It's not as bad as I had originally thought, but it's still not great.  But certainly better than nothing.

The showering box is not too bad, but the toilets are in their own boxes.  It's basically a porcelain toilet in a port-a-potty box, and has no power.  So that means no lights and no AC.  Interesting, right?  But now I'm spent.  Until tomorrow....