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Thursday, March 29, 2007

29 March 2007, Today I did things differently. Yesterday I asked SSG G to trade me shifts today. I thought, hey, I want to sleep in. This meant I wouldn't have to be at work until 1200 hrs. Cool. Well, I woke up at 0530, got up at 0650. Called home like normal, checked some emails, went to the gym at 0800 and showered by 0905. At 0915 hrs, they started lining up at my connex door. By they, it was only one, but with him came a slew of phone calls, much more than normal. So, my day only got delayed by a couple of hours, but then I still had to stay a little later at the office. It was a busy but productive day.
I was down at the interpreter shack this morning helping PO B get them ready for a medical assistance mission. Our two female interpreters had a rough week. Today, they decided to start a revolution. Knowing they were going on this mission, they decided to wear short sleeve shirts exposing their arms up to the elbows. This is certainly taboo for Afghan women, I noticed it as soon as I walked into their office, so for a westerner to take notice of something like that, I can imagine the reviews they received out in the middle of a village. Well, I'll find out tomorrow how things went, but we didn't have to send the cavalry out to rescue them.
We had another attack yesterday here in Kabul. This one was a suicide bomber looking to attack an intelligence official. The target wasn't hurt but reports show up to 4 civilians were killed. This was the second attack in the last week. Last week we saw a U.S. Embassy convoy hit with only one person having any serious injuries.
Be safe and have a great day.

6 comments:

Empress Bee (of the high sea) said...

hi dub! you be safe, we'll all be fine, okay? how is your home? near any of the tornados? hope you and the family are all okay.

smiles, bee

MrsDub said...

No tornados (YET). I'm sure it's going to be a very rough spring - always is. We desperately need to invest in a storm shelter, but I'm scared to death of being inside one (cellar that is). I guess I need to decide which one I'm more scared of. The tornado will probably win. This is one of the few disadvantages of living in Oklahoma. We've had our share of deadly tornados, and we still don't take them seriously. Everytime the tornado warnings come out, we gather all of our pillows, flashlight, dogs, cats, goats, horses, lamas (not) and head to the bathtub. Hopefully we will get our storm cellar when Dub gets home. At least he can help MissDub drag me inside when the big one comes!

Sarge Charlie said...

Hi Sarge, seems like you had another day at the war, sometimes that just sucks, you stay safe, you just short, do not forget about after you have done your time, things are worth more.

stay safe and the same for Mrs Dub

Odat said...

Be careful over there...and wait a sec, Mrs. Dub takes all the animals with her to the bathtub???
:d

Vinny "Bond" Marini said...

SGT DUB... amazing how our bodies don;t always let us take advantage of the pleasures of sleep as we are all on our own timeclock.

You be careful now

Anonymous said...

Read the shoe story and I thought maybe mrs dub was gonna find you a pair of boots in that secret room!