I think I am getting lazy

I usually do not like to just sit and do nothing. I try to keep busy doing something, most of the time. I have not been able to get myself motivated to do anything today. This is the second day that I have done nothing, physically demanding. All I did yesterday was my reports and then watched some videos on my computer. Today, looks to be mostly the same. I did manage to get some of the gear that my guys were missing. We are still missing one Tuffbox. But, it has now been located and should be delivered to us on the next Ring Flight that comes this way.

This area is rather interesting. As you look out at the mountains, you can see how dirty the air is. It is obvious that it has not rained in a few days because there is a lot of dust in the air. It looks like SMOG. But, for the most part, it is just a lot of dust and sand. I also learned that about 17% of the particulates in the air are actually human and animal feces. What a great piece of news that was. We are literally breathing $H!T into our lungs. I can only imagine what kind of health ramifications that is going to have on us, in the long run.

I also just found out that my "Dream dates" for my mid tour leave, were not approved. They could not accommodate my request to be home, in April, for my birthday. The reason given was because that would have left us "non-mission-capable." I was asked what would be a desirable alternate date range if I could not have that time period. My response was "surprise me." I guess I am going to get a surprise soon. LOL I love surprises, don't you? I think the big surprise is going to be that I am not going to get a mid tour leave. But, that just means that I will have that much more leave time to get paid on after we get back. There is a bright side to most situations, you just have to look for it, sometimes.

I have been lucky here lately. We have had minimal interruptions to our Internet access here at Mehtar Lam. I will write again as access permits.