10 Dec

Sunday started very early for me; I was up at 01:13 to receive 8 trucks of stuff. For those of you who do not know, I am working logistics for the next six months. Needless to say it is safer to transport stuff at night so at "O'dark thirty" or "O'dark thirteen" in this case I was up standing in the cold helping with the offload of stuff. I finally got to sleep around 03:45 and was up by 10:00 to avoid throwing off my entire sleep schedule. We spent the day organizing the stuff that arrive early that morning. Additionally, we spent several hours preparing for a weekly brief that is given every Monday afternoon. At 18:45 a myself and a few of my fellow US military brethren were invited to dine with the head Iraqi Officer. There was plenty of food; we had fish, chicken, rice, bread, and many fruits and vegetables. For desert we had chi tea and cack, a biscuit type cookie - it was pretty good; the wife of the senior Iraqi Officer made it for us - but it does not compare to Jessica's toffee. All in all a good day. Because of the small group that we have out here we do not have any church services and I could not find the "catholic" channel on the tv. I have decided not to venture outside of my location in search of a church so...does my situation qualify for special disposition from Sunday services??? Have a good week and I will write later.