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5 MONTHS TO GO!!!

well, it is november and this marks the half way point of our deployment here in iraq. though i have gone pretty much since last april. lets see that is ..................seven months ago. i am ready to get away from this place. last month marked the first full month that i have been on duty here in iraq, due to the unfortunate events of my leg. every thing is gettin kinda old. we do the same stuff day in and day out, this is one of the reasons i got outa cookin in the first place. i do miss the quiet time at home and actually sittin on the tractor with my own thoughts. the high stress of workin in a kitchen enviroment and being a person in charge is started to take its toll. we had a pretty big party here and we had alot of cookin to do. though i like the high stress enviroment from time to time and the challenge of gettin everything right is taken head on, i would like quiet time and the comforts of home and my wife erika. the little things in life is what i miss, i encourage everyone readin this to take the time and reflect on all those things that you might take for granit and enjoy them and charish them, those are things that we soilders do miss and cant wait to get back too.
on a more exiting note, it is november and it is always one day closer to leave and also HOME. i can not believe that i am goin to be thirty this month and it marks erika and mine seventh aniversery(i think erika, let me know if i am wrong). it will also mark the tenth year that erika and i have been together and man has it flown and i cant believe that she has put up with my shit for that long. last week craig morgan and chris young were here on a GAC and stars for stripes concert and it was awsome to go to. it was bout and hour or so long and it was an hour to hear music that took you back home where we all were used to hearin the songs played while drivin in our rigs or bein with the ones we love. it was a great stress reliever and much needed. the day after the concert we took the GAC film crew around the JVB and our chews plus we got interviewed and so myself and my buddy garibay will pry be on tv. i think it is goin to air on dec. 9 or 10 around six. so "check you local station for time and brodcast." i will post some pictures from the concert here sometime. well......duty calls and i hafta go and get to work, i am makin shrimp w/noodles and vegies with a form of buddhabellys. i hope all is well with everyone, continue prayin for us all over here and also for the guth family as they are dealin with their loss. love you all and take care

takin a shower in the nude!!!

love the title dont you? i finally get to take a shower with out haven a bag over my leg. yes, it is the small stuff that get soilders through their boring day sometimes. we dont get much here, so the little things mean the most. i am also off of my anti-biotics so we will see if the infection will come back, lets all pray that it dosent. the last time i stopped takin my pills it took about ten days for the infection to come back so we will see what happens. i also got to go on my first walk/jog today for the fist time in about two months, so it was really nice. besides all of that not too much going on here, just livin, cookin, poopin, and sleepin. it all goes somewhat in the order. hope all is well with everyone and will write again soon

a new blog

hello again from iraq,
today started out a great day, first off the chicago bears got their first win of the season and it was against the super bowl champions. that goes to show that last weeks lost again the packers was a fluke. and speakin of that crappy team, who did they lose to, the bungles. that's right dad, your team lost to the bungles and next they will lose to the lions. better luck next year.
the other main reason why i am writing, erika just informed that she is starting a new blog. it will be about the both of us, what is going on in our lives and this blog will continue long after i get home and be with the one i am sapposed to be with. i encourage you all to check it out, she just started it yesterday so we need some followers for the blog. the sit is www.moorebrook.blogspot.com so check it out, and dad you can stop crying now that your team lost.

let it rain

so tonight we had water fall out of the sky. and then the night sky lit up, but it wasnt from getting mortar attack it was lightning. thunder and lightning in the desert with alot of rain. it was nice to feel the rain fall on your face. i had to stand out there for a couple of minutes just to get wet and enjoy the rain. felt just like a bit like home.
the leg is doing pretty good, still there and still working. not too much exciting going on here just the rain tonight. i finially got my tv working in my room so i get to yell at it tomarrow night when the bears play. it will be nice watching the bears again.
better get to bed now it is getting late, till next time

back from the hospital AGAIN

hey all
thanks for your all your prayers, i do appreciate them. well, so what ended up happening was that an infection set in where my absest was. they were thinkin that maybe they didnt get all of it when they went in the first time, but they are not too sure. then during my stay there, the infection was going down pretty fast the first couple of days then it stopped. then i started getting another absest. this one was a superficial so it was right under the skin, so they did a local anestetic and cut my leg open. it was only about an inch to two. they got all the crap out and the next day i didnt have any more redness or swelling, so that's what was keeping the infection goin. so now i am finally back at my houch, a week later. i will be on anit-biotics until my cut heals up. that will pry take about two weeks or so, then we will see what happens. so it is so nice being back from the hospital, even though the staff there are great. i am pretty much like family with them now since i am down there so much. so pray that this dosnet return so that i can start gettin my leg back in shape. i just wanted to say thanks again for all of your prayers and support, they do mean alot to me and thank you so much to my beautiful wife for keeping everyone updated on my progress, i love you erika, will talk to you all later

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Also, a quick FYI - for those of you trying to post a comment and are having difficulties, hit "post comment" one more time after you get an error message. I'm looking into it, not sure why it's doing that, but the comment will post the second time.