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This is how my "Ground Hog Days" in Iraq go:
0530 Alarm rudely disrupts dream………I was totally about to win lottery 0535 Evil snooze alarm disrupts sleep
0540 Ditto
0545 Up....reluctantly….dressed in Air Force glow-stick PT clothes 0550 Walk mile to bathroom....quickly....
0555 Begin beautification process....sometimes takes a while0645 At work for shift change brief…blah…blah…blah….absorbing nothing before coffee
0700 Remind everyone that today will be smooth as long as everything is done my way………and no one talks to me before coffee???? Run aeromedical evacuation mission(s) either on flight line lifting patient's 400lb luggage with plane engines messing up perfect hair
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Take my turn to stay in office completing mission reports while all 4 phones are ringing, tower radio is blaring, and needy people are asking non-mission related questions; continue to mumble mantra, "Do no harm....do no harm....do no harm........"
1130 Lunch involving some type of chicken-ish product1300 Read some of 15 million silly e-mails from night-shift guy; forward the 1 funny one (Everyone needs a hobby but this may be a full-time job for night-shift guy.)
1330 More work/more reports/answer phone calls from units looking for patient luggage last seen "somewhere in Iraq....or Kuwait....or was it Africa?"
1335 Throw needy people out of office
1400 Continue constant battle against dust bunnies……they are winning
1500 Throw needy people out of office.......again……while resisting urge to slit throat and wishing "flogging" was still socially acceptable
1800 Dinner in office.....more meat-like products; wait for someone else to try it first and watch facial expressions
1845 Shift change meeting......blah....blah...blah...brain checked out at 1830
1930 In gym working off frustrations of not being able to kill needy people because running out of places to hide bodies
2030 Walk mile in flip flops to "good" showers - ghetto showers are closer but not worth mental anguish of 3rd world country contractor work 2100 In bed with good book
2115 Book not that good, already dozing off
2145 Pretending to read through closed eyelids
2150 Make mental note to find more places to hide bodies tomorrow 2200 Dreaming away in la-la land (need lots of beauty sleep)
The next day it starts all over again. I live a very exciting life here.....can I come home now?
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Posted by AngelB93 on 2007-11-27 05:47:11 | Rating: | Views: 78
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I wish you could..stay safe !!!
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Posted by Wayne
on 2007-11-27 06:22:56
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I love your blogs!
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Posted by Whitters
on 2007-11-30 12:50:08
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