Four more days

Well it's Wednesday night and I have only four more days till I depart for Afghanistan. I really can't explain how I feel, I am not worried or alarmed I guess for the most part I am just glad that the clock will start ticking and I will finally be in country and although the light will be extremely dim it will be on at the end of my tunnel. The Kids and Marie seem to be dealing with it pretty well. And that makes me fell really good, I would hate for them to spend any time thinking about this deployment. They all have many things going on in their lives now and I really don't want that to happen. Elli is the only one that I think might have a real hard time with this deployment. Marie, Robby and Shirley are older and have a pretty good idea what one year equates to. And I wont even think about the chance that it might be 15 months. Our command is telling us to prepare for 15 and if its only 12 then that will be a nice surprise, only time will tell.

Marie is in our room studying for her first sociology exam and Robby just laid down. The girls should be asleep by now its 10:00 PM and they laid down a while ago. I sit here in the kitchen typing on the laptop that I took to Korea three years ago and I think to myself that there is still much to do. Today I went to work just to label two bags, my ruck and my duffel. I need to think long and hard about what to put into them and what I need to put into all of these priority mail bulk boxes Marie got from the post office for me. I am under the impression that when we leave next Monday that we should be in Salerno within 72 hours. That is what I have heard, and that is what I will plan for. even though I have packed a tough box and another duffel bag that should all ready be there I need to think about all of the things that I will need to sustain me for those 72 hours if that's how long it takes to get from point A to point B. All right I have rambled on for quite some time now its time to get off here, Night All

Sunday the 25 of Oct

Well tomorrow I will go into work to try and find out if they have figured out when we will be leaving for OEF? As of right now I am still being told the it will be the 30th 2nd 4th or the 6th of next month. I am ready to go, I hate this time, the time before you leave. The uncertainty and all the confusion. I all ready know that I will be there for one year at a minimum and it could be as long as 15 months, Lord I hope not. Don't get me wrong I love my job I would proudly serve my country for two years if it asked but again it is the uncertainty and the fact that they just can't tell me I will be gone from this day till that day and that is pretty sad. Don't even get me started on my big boss our dear leader, he is waffling around like a week indecisive spineless twit and the end result will be lost lives. I truly believe that since the election our country is weaker and looked upon as weaker in the eyes of our adversaries. Oh well now I can go to bed upset thinking about things I have no influence over and that always makes me mad, Night All

23 Oct 2009

Its Friday night and we are all getting ready for bed. Well Robby, Marie and I are. The girls are all ready asleep and Shirley is sleeping over at Kia's house next door. Earlier tonight Robby and I went to see what some are saying is the scariest movie of all time, Paranormal Experience. It was OK but it reminded me of the Blair Witch Project. Robby enjoyed it though and once I leave I don't think he will have the opportunity to go and see many movies. So needless to say we are trying to see as many as we can before I leave. As for that date I am still in the dark we are being told it could be the 30th 2nd 4th or the 6th so who knows. Not that it matters, all of those dates are less than two weeks from now. I am starting to really think about what it is that I am getting ready to do over there and I still have serious reservations about the whole thing. I am sure though that things will fall into place once I get into theater or "In Country" we will see. that is all for tonight, night all

Pictures of the pool cover

Well its up and I think it will keep the leaves and bad weather out. As for trying to get a patent for my wonderful design, doubtful.

Pool Cover

Well today I spent most of my time putting together a pool cover to keep the pool clean. I hope it is able to make it through the winter for Marie and the kids. All and all I spent about 5 hours on it. Marie helped Robby helped and the girls helped a little. Lets just say I am glad its done. Tomorrow I will try to add some pictures of the pool with its new cover. I might even try to patent it, it really is a clever design if I say so my self. It ended up costing me about 500 bucks but with a little luck I might be able to get a few seasons out of it. Oh well getting late I have a lot to do again tomorrow, pick up my car finish the pool and try to spend some quality time with my family. Night All

Two more weekends

Well its Friday night, this weekend is the fisherman's fest and the kids are really looking forward to it and so am I. Its hard to think that 16 days from now I will be 8000 miles from here and that I will be there for 15 months of my life. however I do feel that it is needed and that it is the right thing to do. We have it so good in our country I think it is the right thing to do to give back. I hope that it makes a difference in that part of the world and that it helps to protect our great nation from events like 9-11 from ever happening again. I really do hope that I will be able to have just a little spare time to keep this up once I am in country. Night All.

Two weeks to go

Well its 15 Oct. and I will be leaving soon for OEF I just wanted to get on here and drop a quick note and say hey, Hey

It begins

Well I don't know if I will be able to keep up with this but I am going to give it a try. I leave for OEF on the 5th of next month and I will be there for at least 12 months possibly 15.

It all started when

I thought it might be nice to keep a journal of what I was doing during my year in Afghanistan.