Jan. 28. 2007

Hi
Life is pretty smooth, we are still waiting for the group that we are replacing to leave so our rooms are full o0f people. I have 10 guys in my room. but that should be down to five or six in a little bit. it is really cold in the mornings and warms up to about 50 in the afternoons.

I have a feeling that time will go by pretty fast. the thing that is the hardest is that there is no alone time here. there are always people around. computer are hard to come by and we only get two fifteen minute phone calls a week so I have not been able to be in touch like I would like to be. the base is very safe and we are not able to leave it. that is a good thing because out side the wire is where people get hurt. we are in the heart of the most contested piece of land on the planet. and it really is hard to forget. I have my m-16 with me all the time.

I am working on getting a camel spider for Gairm but they dont come out for another month or so and they are not as big here as they are farther south. only about as large as a dinner plate. I miss you all very much and think of you often.

my job here is to moniter the locals who come on base as contractors as they do not recive security checks. so it is me and my partner who maintain base security. it is a pretty easy gig. right now i am watching over a crew of turks and thier Indian supervisor. the turks do not speak english but the indian does. they are just trying to work for a pay check. yesterday they let their generator run out of fuel and and as it is a diesel so i am waiting for maintanance guy to come out to fix it. as it is not military property we cant touch it.

I will try to get back to you in a couple of days.
I love you and miss you all. send this to grandma as well.