Back in Iraq

I got back from R&R the other day. It was such a tease and only made me want to be home for good even more!! I did enjoy the break though, and I got to see basically my entire family and all of my friends. I had a lot of fun, as well. The traveling back was exhausting and now, two days later, I am still recovering from it.

It is nice to see most of the people in my unit again. I did miss them, even if I didn't miss this place. It is still as hot as ever. In a couple of months, it should be cooling down considerably, so I am counting the days until then. When it gets cold, I will complain about how freezing I am! But I am prepared for it: I already have a heater stowed away in my office and am starting my hot chocolate stash.

I am slightly irritated with my Platoon Sergeant, again about the shift hours. I won the last argument and was happily working 0100-1300 (1am-1pm). I found out about an hour after I got back to our base that my shift is now 1900-0700 (7pm-7am). I feel like they waited until I left so I couldn't say anything about it. I have already started another campaign to switch my shift. It is a little trickier this time, as I now have an "assistant" who will be doing my job for the 12 hours I am off, and I need to accomodate her too. We'll see what happens.

Miss you guys already. See you next summer!!!