So. Here I am, on CQ I've got no idea what those letters stand for, but what they translate into is that I get to stay up all night and gaurd the barraks. Which is amouseing since I'm not even in the barraks. I'm in a different building all together. crazy shit. But in the mean time, I've got about ohhh... ::checks her watch:: 8 hours left ( Read more... )

**glances at the timer** 6 mins left... we'll see how far i can get in that amount of time ( Read more... )

Well... today is Memorial day. Which means that I've got a long weekend. Maybe there is something to this whole military thing.... I get a 4 day weekend every time there's a national holiday. So that means, that every day that your mail doesn't come (if you're in the States) I've got a 4 day weekend. There's quite a few of those holidays too ( Read more... )

So... life here is pretty good. School is definatly intense to say the least. 6 hours of Arabic a day for the next year and a half. Ugh. We're in our 4th week right now and we just finished our Sound and Script (aka scream and scribble) introduction to the language thing. Had our first test on Tuesday (al-thelath). Did horribly on the reading ( Read more... )

Yes, I really am alive believe it or not ( Read more... )