Mood:
not sureMala Kuum Salam ~
Another two weeks have past since my last update. Where to begin? Well, I guess the best news is that Mikey, our little rodent office mate is no longer with us! Woo Hoo! After much torment and horror (to me – not the mouse), he was finally caught with an old fashion wooden mouse trap! He had gotten mighty brave… He actually was ON my DESK one morning! Talk about freaking out…. I stood outside my door for quite a while until Chris and a Marine friend assured me he was gone. He would taunt me. He would sit and stare at me. I kept saying that I would not freak out when I saw him next, and that I would stomp him – but I always freaked out. I did get to the point that I did not always scream when I saw him. I could sit there – see him sitting there and looking at me – and I would not budge… at least until he did – then I would scream… I have to admit, I do feel a little bad for the little fellow. Lying in the mouse trap, he did not look nearly as big as I remembered him. He looked a bit pitiful. Oh , it was a little sad – but that being said, if another beady eyed rodent tries to take up residence in my office, I will still set out more traps….
My work out buddy left earlier this week. I am happy for her that she is on her way back home, but sad that she will not be here for me to hang out with. She is leaving the Marine Corp after over 9 years of service. She is about to make a bigger commitment, she is getting married! How exciting of a time this must be for her. Another friend has also left. He was here for just a few months this time. The last time he was out here, he was here for a year. I am sure his wife and little girls are happy to have him home. There are many more friends who will be leaving soon. It is so sad for me to say goodbye. I have never been good at that.
Well, as I told you in my last update, the pool has been opened. However, I have learned that the pool is a “pick up” place…. A place where the Marines can check out the females in their swimsuits…. Needless to say, I have not been there. That is just not my scene… I have, however, sent a suggestion to our camp mayor to have a “female only” time at the pool. He has not yet responded to my request. There has not really been much going on here…. I guess it is more exciting in Israel right now… Chris and I were thinking maybe that would be our next home. HeHe – just kidding. We leave “soon” to go on our R&R. I am extremely excited. I have never been to any of the places we are going. I believe that I told you in my last update that Chris and I will be extending our time out here. Our original contract is up on September 28, but we are extending for one more year – so we will be in country until September 28, 2007. We were hoping to come home for 28 days in October (between contracts). However, our Lt Col needs us here in Camp Fallujah for the month of October due to Operational needs. He will be letting us know when we return from R&R when we can go back to the states for a month. We are assuming that it will be the month of November. We will have a lot of personal and legal business to take care of while at home, but we are also hoping to visit with many of our friends and family while we are there. We will let you know as soon as we have dates so that hopefully, we can get our schedules together to see everyone.
We love and miss you all. I will send another update once we return from our trip. Hugs ~~ Be Happy
