Well today is the third day with no eggs. Although I have had one option.... the DFAC (dining facility) has pre-made sausage/bacon/ham, egg and cheese biscuits, like the ones you can buy for breakfast at Burger King, McDonalds, etc. So I've grabbed those the last two days and have eaten the egg out of the sandwich. Not nearly as appetizing but it's something.
The rest of breakfast is the usual bacon, hash browns but no sausage links. They didn't put out orange juice yesterday which scared me but it's back in the coolers today. I guess I need to mentally prepare myself for a long outage. In talking to the DFAC staff, they said they are expecting shipments to arrive anytime now. In reality, they won't truly know unless the trucks have driven onto the Camp. So we'll see.
They are having chili today and someone said it was pretty good so lunch should be better.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Mail call
Over the past two days I've received packages from my wife, from my mom and a letter from one of my aunts. It's funny how they all came over just a two-day period. My co-workers get to enjoy my mail as well because I typically get snacks that I can share. This time we were all able to eat some chocolate-covered Texas pralines, chips and salsa and some mixed nuts.
I'm a pretty lucky guy to have family that thinks about me and tries to take care of me from thousands of miles away. For many of the Foreign Nationals, it's quite a bit harder, if not impossible to get things from home. Usually because their country doesn't have an agreement to send mail through the US Postal System. I have a friend from Honduras who fits this example. His family cannot send anything to him in Iraq because there is no way to interconnect with the USPS. They can send packages to Iraq proper if they knew someone in the country, but even then, they would not be able to get from the city onto the base. Security would not allow that. And when I say security, I mean the Army or Air Force, depending on where you are.
So he ribs me when my name is NOT on the list. And I, in turn, give him grief when his name is ON the list, because it means he has bought something online. So far he has mostly ordered computer components and clothes for winter. But it's interesting what many people get in the mail, according to the postal employees. Some very odd shaped boxes and multiple box delivery from the same company. Imaginations run wild.
Well until next time.
I'm a pretty lucky guy to have family that thinks about me and tries to take care of me from thousands of miles away. For many of the Foreign Nationals, it's quite a bit harder, if not impossible to get things from home. Usually because their country doesn't have an agreement to send mail through the US Postal System. I have a friend from Honduras who fits this example. His family cannot send anything to him in Iraq because there is no way to interconnect with the USPS. They can send packages to Iraq proper if they knew someone in the country, but even then, they would not be able to get from the city onto the base. Security would not allow that. And when I say security, I mean the Army or Air Force, depending on where you are.
So he ribs me when my name is NOT on the list. And I, in turn, give him grief when his name is ON the list, because it means he has bought something online. So far he has mostly ordered computer components and clothes for winter. But it's interesting what many people get in the mail, according to the postal employees. Some very odd shaped boxes and multiple box delivery from the same company. Imaginations run wild.
Well until next time.
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