Belated Merry Christmas and happy New Year to everyone. We work through the holidays because the machine that is the military does not sleep. I will say that they did a great job on the food at the DFACs for Christmas; ham, roast beast, green eggs and yams.
My one complaint about the DFAC is the rules they put on the meat. They cannot serve it until the temperature of the beast reaches 150 degrees on the inside, thus turning it into shoe leather. I guess that one in a million chance of someone getting salmonella means changing the rules and ruining the meals. The same is true with the eggs. We now have REAL eggs here, not powdered (YAY??) but they make the cooks break the yolk and turn the egg into a piece of rubber.
Work is okay, once you get over the government way of doing things. I could write a novel on the inefficiencies of governmental projects and paperwork, but who would read it. We like to call it the backwards universe over here, and it does not get better with time.
I am about to go on my end of year R+R, so I am jumping out of my skin. I cannot wait ot go somewhere and do nothing but see the sights and get waited on.
Did I mention the beer? I definitely cannot wait for that. The best night is the first night we land in Dubai. nobody has touched any alcohol for 3+ months, so it takes about 2 beers to make us giggly and goofy. that, and our first clean-water shower in months is a great combination. Dubai is noe of the greatest cities on earth, and I recommend everyone visit at least one time. It sure is a fantastic point to jump into from a warzone. Night and day difference.
More later
Saturday, January 2, 2010
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