Touching Down

The 27th of December was a blur; I don't even know when it came or went. I left the United States around 6:20pm and flew to Bangor, Maine. From there we flew to somewhere in Germany, and then, finally, ended up in Kuwait. Cold, exhausted, and hungry pretty much described my status upon arrival.

I hadn't been in Kuwait for more than 10 hours when our little base was attacked by mortars. It was very strange, almost movie like. The sound was enormous, enough to blast you right out of bed.

I don't know when I will be moving on to Afghanistan; a part of me wants to go and get it all started. But for now I eat all the McDonald's I can (yeah, I found one) and watch movies and use the Internet, because I don't know if we will have any of this where I'm going.

My head is spinning, the jet lag is nuts.

I am anxious to move on. But that's it for now. There is nothing else to report.

By the way, I want to know who all is reading this. So, if you could, please click "comments" (it's at the bottom of every post) and say something. It can be "Hey, I READ THIS!!!" for all I care. I want to hear from people.

Alright, take care. I will write again when I can.

Cheers,

J

Final Thoughts

This is my last post on American soil; and it is also the last post until....I don't know when. I will be departing the states within the next 48 hours. My bags are packed, my mind is set. I am as ready as I can be to head off God knows where. I still don't know when I am leaving exactly, and I guess it's better that way.

I don't really have much to say. Thank you to those who read my posts. I hope you get something out of them because I get a lot from adding to the blog. My goal is to continue once I hit ground in Afghanistan, but the availability of internet is unknown at this point, just like everything else.

It still doesn't seem real. I hope it will soon.

Love yous guys.

-J