Day 30

Wow, today was a hot one.  I'm sure it's not much more than 100, and it's dry, but it sure feels hot.  This picture was from about 7am here.

Overall, today was low stress.  I had breakfast (good french toast), we had an admin brief, we had lunch, I read for a bit, went for a run, played games in the USO (Scrabble, Clue, and some Aussie game that didn't have any directions), had a rootbeer float at the USO and came back to the room again.

Probably the most useful piece of information I obtained today is that I will be working near Kabul, not at Bagram.  That was news to me, but I can't have much of an opinion yet.  I know more people going to a location near Kabul, so maybe we'll see each other at meals and whatnot.  Hopefully more details to come tomorrow.

I need to get into a workout routine, but I haven't had the energy.  But today I ran 2.2 miles on the treadmill, did some pull-ups and did some dips.  Not a bad workout for this heat!

After dinner Aaron, Rob, and I went over to the USO and played a game of Scrabble, a game of Clue, and then some game we didn't have directions for.  Scrabble was ok, but not nearly as good as when playing Emili.  If you take away the non-words from Aaron, I won.  Clue was interesting, and I believe it was actually my first time playing the game.  Call it an education.  I didn't win, but was entertained nonetheless.

Also, in the middle of our games, the USO people announced it was Dessert Night!  So I had a nice rootbeer float.  The USO has been very helpful, and it's a decent place to hang out in the evenings.  They also show movies, but we haven't tried that yet.  They have a man-cave style theater, which looks cool.

Other than that, you can just fill in the blanks with "Dan read the Kindle".  I'm almost done with my light reading book, so I'll have to decide what to do after that.  I also saw lots of bats tonight, which was cool.  There are lights all over the place, and I'm guessing they attract what few insects there are around here.  It was neat because the bats were making little cooing noises as they flew around.

So this bracelet was given to me at the send-off in SC.  I think some ladies just took it upon themselves to make them, but it's kind of neat.  I'd call it a survival bracelet, because it is just made up of parachute cord, and woven into a neat design.  If I ever run into a situation that I need some cord or line, I can just unravel it.  I think it's a practical sort of thing to have, so I took a picture!

I think that's about it for today.  Maybe tomorrow will bring more answers.