12 Feb 05

Well, so much for those wonderful barracks...they were great for the 2 nights we got to sleep in them. Then someone decided that we needed to go back to our roots and sleep in tents again. It isn't so bad, I suppose. I am used to it. We will stay in the tent that we just moved into for 6 days, then we will move again. I am not a fan of all this moving stuff. Oh, well. At least we don't have dirt floors. There would be one miserable PFC Petersen if that was the case. I don't really have any information about our mission yet because we really haven't started it yet. I will start setting up the lanes tomorrow. Don't ask what the 'lanes' are because I couldn't tell you. I can tell you now that I am at Camp New York. It is roughly 10 miles south of the Iraqi border. I don't feel that my life is in danger here, so don't fret. I have more of a chance of getting raped from the men coming out of Iraq who haven't seen women in a year than from getting shot. Don't worry,
I sleep with my switch blade open under my cot just in case anyone tries anything. (I hope none of the girls try to wake me up to go pee in the middle of the night.) Just kidding. Ok, that wasn't really funny at all. I'll be alright. The only other thing that stinks here is that they don't have showers for females, so we can only use the showers from 5-5:30 in the morning and 7-7:30 at night. Pretty rediculous if you ask any of us. Only six days and then we will move somewhere else that is hopefully more female friendly on this base. Anyway, I am having a good time, and the first couple of days have flown by, so I hope the rest do as well. Keep us all in your prayers. I miss you.
-Mere