New Friends

One of the great things about being deployed is the opportunity to meet new people from all over.  George (my ENT counterpart) and I had the opportunity to help an Iraqi Army LT with a revision surgery, but even more enlightening was just our ability to sit down with him and his US Army counterpart and just talk about the future of Iraq. As you can imagine most topics were very eye opening.

Football season is in full swing, but trying to establish a system to be able to watch the games with the time difference is difficult. The 1200pm game is not hard to catch. The 7pm game is tough since it comes on at 3am. The problem with watching the tape delay is you don't know which one will be played, and it is hard not to catch highlights  or see the score streaming at the bottom of the screen the next day. I might have to catch a nap prior to next weeks Tech v. texas game. I hope to catch the Cowboys today at 8pm for me.

Lately, I have been just been keeping busy in the gym helping teach a CrossFit class at 1030 am, most days if I am not operating. We seem to be averaging 1 case every 3-4 days. On Sept 11 there was a 1/2 Marathon on base. I am not quite ready for marathons I did go out and support several people I knew running, by taking pictures and handing out Gatorade. I also went on a tour of the F-16 Squadron on base. Flat Stanley came with me and got to ride on a Laser Guided BOMB!!!