Messages from Josh . . . Everyone enjoys hearing "Josh's voice" through the posts, so I try to copy and paste excerpts from our e-mails. Here is one comment that I found highly entertaining... "It keeps getting hotter, and the hotter it gets, the more flies there are. The flies are my new thermometer . . . a little flies - cool or windy . . . the air thick with flies - hot." Sounds similar to the one bump small town comment! He said that it is about 90 degrees there. Add in a uniform and body armor and anything else that they are carrying around and it adds up to uncomfortable!
Josh helped to explain what some of the terms mean in regards to people as well.
Foreign Nationals - Afghanis or any other group
Coalition Forces - Any non-American military group
Host Nation - Afghanistan
As Josh said, "It is so funny it makes it sound like they are hosting a sleepover we were invited to . . ."
Here are some pictures that I can share. The descriptions were written by Josh. Enjoy!
Out and about...
Just me...
Twenty-two point turn, with twenty-two backseat drivers...
Still turning...
Almost there... like watching someone's vacation photos... I know...
Not a very good pic, but this is a small jingle truck - the jingles are on the bottom of the truck...
Home again, home again, jiggety-jig...
Out and about...
A curious guy - checking out the humvee before we left... (I love this picture!)
Here are some pictures of Josh's 8 x 8 piece of heaven.
My "hooch" - back wall...
My "hooch" - side wall...
My "hooch" - other wall...
Yesterday was the 19th, so we made it through another month since they left on January 19th. There are days when the four months feels like it has flown by, but truth be told, most of the time, it feels as though time passes very slowly.
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