Well, yesterday I was on alert once again. Thankfully, it was a quiet day with no launches. Also yesterday my roommate left to head back home. There were actually several of them that left. They'd been here since April. Don't think that that means I've only got two months left here. No, I'm still slated to be here until next spring. My new roommate is named Caleb Lindh. He's been in the squadron about a month less than I have and we get along great.
It has been very quiet out here as of late. In no way am I complaining. I'm glad that guys aren't getting hurt. Besides, it's given me a chance to catch up on reading and TV series and movies. I got my hands on a copy of Spiderman 3 last night and am pretty excited to see that. Of course, I should probably make sure Tricia doesn't want me to wait until I get home to watch that one with her. The latest series making its way around the det is "Entourage".
We're approaching the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Basically for the space of one month they don't eat, drink, smoke or a lot of other things between sunrise and sunset. Pretty big deal around here. Won't really affect us too much unless we go off base during that time.
About the most exciting thing to happen to me recently was that I caught a lizard in the bathroom the other day. He actually looked a lot like the gecko that lives on top of our dresser in our bedroom in Guam (actually, he lives behind the dresser but hangs out on top of it during the day), except he was obviously more adapted to the desert than the jungle. Little tiny lizard about 2 inches long. The poor guy was terrified. I caught him and took him outside to let him go in the sand. Figured that was probably better for him than being cooped up inside a bathroom.
I've gotta stand the midnight watch again tomorow night. Oh joy! Hopefully I'll something a little more exciting than local fauna to type about then.
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Hyrum caught a gecko while he was here 2 weeks ago. It was a tiny thing, too, and had been napping behind a stack of pool chairs. When I moved the chairs, the gecko ran, but must've been sleepy still since Hyrum easily caught him. He showed him to all the cousins and then picked him up by his tail to put him in the flower bed. The little gecko twisted around and Hyrum was left holding a twitching gecko tail. He thought it was really cool!
You are continually in our thoughts and prayers.
Love, Mom vB
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