2 months
besides a couple of movements with our squadron (which includes the minefeild we hit!lol just our luck) and going to the range, life on KAF was mainly doing maintenance, going to the gym, watching CSI and occasionally hanging out with a friend thats a medic that came out with us. There has been a lot of nights working late. some of which meant being up at 3am! We wanted to make sure that every tank was good to go. The leopards havent been regularly worked for a while, so it takes a bit to work them in again!
we had the canadian can con show. There were several rock singers, some newfie folk singers and a comedian! We actually had a way better show than the american, believe it or not! The americans brought in one singer that lasted 1 hr and that was it! It made out for a good night anyways! something different than my normal life out here. Of course the guys loved the hot girls on stage!lol!
anyways on Dec. 1st we finally made our way out to (my home for 2 weeks previously) one of the small bases out in the panjuai district. unfortunately my tank went down for a while. It was rather disapointing, having a good working tank back in KAF!lol we get out here and it breaks down!
It was raining quite a bit at first. It was maybe -5 but man it really feels more like -17 out here.You get used to +20 something then all of a sudden its +10 during the day and -5 at night! we were staying under a tarp with some poles holding it up and sleeping on cots underneath! I got dumped on the first night,lol! my cot was sticking out a bit and it all came dripping down on me! now we have tentage which is nice, spacious anyways.
We had to build a spot for the officers to go. so we built it with a tarp like our makeshift tent. well since our vehicle has been down, weve been building it into a little haven!lol of course we claimed it as our own and made tentage for the officers so they could have their own spot. it was freezing out so we started everything by burning cardboard from our rations. then all of a sudden we had a small firewall in the corner and man did it ever get smokey in there. the next day we had this big firewall built plus we copied the locals and built it into a mudwall with the side open to move the smoke out. well now we have a fireplace built (chimney and all) and we have the plans in the making for making a mudwall . by the time we leave here, were going to make ourselves a mudhut!lol We are making it pretty comfy in there, we also built shelving and a sitting area. We made a cock metre. we have it with a cut out penis to gage how crappy things get around it. something we use for cheap amusement.Ive taken some video of the place which i will try and send later.
We made a trip up the side of the mountain today. man it was a good way of telling me that ive been getting out of shape! it was a steap hike as you could tell in the pictures. It kind of reminded me of climbing the mountains as a kid in Penticton. lol Garnette and I used to go everywhere. Anyways we finally made it to the top where an afghanistan flage was. Theres bamboo holding it and everyone up there has signed it. Man the view was amazing! the pictures dont do it justice. We'll probably make the trip more often (besides the fact we probably need the exercise). Lol i got some hero pics for dad and everyone,lol. maybe not exactly what he asked for but theres some good pics anyways.
All in all, things are still pretty good. Unfortunately the other women in the squadron got injured bad enough to go home. Not sure exactly what happened but it was an accident anyways. Beth came in the following day ( medic friend) and actually made the climb up the mountain with crystal, shaggy, dube and I. Lol we are fairly simular when it comes to our energy,lol, im sure most will understand what i mean.
Weve had a couple mortar attacks, and several people in the squadron have some confirmed kills but nothing too crazy yet! nothing i can say on here anyways.
well anyways im off, take care guys, thanks again for all the parcels, i love you!
I tried to send pics but for somereason it wont let me, so you will have to wait!!!
love you guys take care