Well, it is not as bad as it could have been

I went to the bazaar yesterday. I did OK considering my past. I did spend a lot more money than I had planned on spending, but, I did not spend nearly as much as I used to. I found a few items I could not pass up. For example, I bought a pair of Oakley "M" frames with 3 lenses for $25, I also found the missing seasons of Top Gear, now I have all 12 seasons on DVD, for a total of $65, I bought all 4 seasons of the Pretender for $27 and I found a really cool gift for a friend of mine and his family back in Dallas for great price. It was, over all, not a bad deal. So those of you that were thinking, "Here we go again," were almost right. I did not buy any rugs or suits or any frivolous things. I think I have my spending demon under control, some what. LOL

It is now Sunday, 22 Feb and we are still living in a tent awaiting our flight out of here. We are about to get the rest of our gear in a few minutes. It is going to be arriving on a CH 47. I hope that this time we have the correct boxes and we can finally move on. I have been trying to get my soldier's gear to us since day one. It has been chasing us around the country for 2 weeks now. I hope that this saga will finally come to a close. We shall soon see.

The food here is as good if not better than the food at Mehtar Lam. I have to really curb my eating, or I will not fit into my clothes soon. I have cut down to one meal a day and it has helped. I feel more energetic since doing so. I also started to drink more water. I do not want to be a heat casualty again. The last time that happened, the Doc told me that very few people survive 5 incidents of heat stroke or exhaustion, and the odds of me surviving a 6th are slim to none. So I have not tried to prove him wrong and do not plan on doing so. Of course, that was back in 1989, at Language school, in Monterrey, Ca. A long time ago. Science and medicine has come a long way since then, but none the less. I am not a gambler, or at least not a good one. LOL

Here comes the choppers, I can hear them coming from a distance. The CH47's make a lot of noise. I will write again soon.

Well as it turns out. The noise I heard was a Presidential Air flight. Pres Air, as it is called here, is a charter flight that is run out here. It is a company that flies the MI 17 Hip. An old Russian cargo helicopter. It is a really nice looking bird and seems very reliable. We were going to be pushed out via a Pres Air flight but they turned us down due to the amount of weight we are carrying with us. Well, not so much the weight, but, the amount of boxes and Ruck sacks and duffel bags.

It looks like the Saga continues. I will be getting word soon, on when the next time for the delivery is going to be. Hopefully it will be soon, or this thing is going to keep chasing us around the country even longer.