October Already??

October already huh? CRAZY! Not too much has changed since my last email. I was able to get off post for the first time since i've been here. it was a last minute thing though. I had just gotten off work and my boss was getting back from a convoy at a different base about 2 hours away and needed to be picked up. So i grabbed SSG Stewart, the mitsubishi, drew our beretta 9mm and took off....i got to drive through downtown kuwait.....ummm it was a little hairy....the speed limit is 120kph which is 72mph and since im driving in uniform i have to go the speedlimit.....and still getting passed!!! i was later told that driving during the day is not nearly as bad as night, when all the crazy lambroginis and fast cars come out and weave in and out of traffic. but it was fun to drive in country. kuwait city has some interesting structures, houses, mosqus from what i could see. passed a herd of camels.....and almost ran over a few dead ones along the way....not the usual racoons and deer like back in the states. anyway, went to Camp Buehring, picked up Cpt Anderson, eat decent Chinese food and drove back. it was a short trip, got back to Arifjan by 3pm, but still really nice to get off post and see part of kuwait.

a few days ago we had some interesting weather.....Fog! not sure exactly where it came from but two nights in a row there was a really dense fog. i was sitting outside around 11pm and watched as it rolled in over buildings and enveloped me. it was pretty cool. the ground began to look like it had rained even though it hadn't. throughout the night you couldn't see more than 100 feet in front of you.it was so thick that you could barely make out more than 4 tents away from a given location....it was 100% humidity but strangley enough it was clear during the day. 99% of the time there isnt a cloud in the sky during the day and night usually follows suit. Because of these clear night skies, you can see the moon and stars if you can find a dark place to be (tons and tons of lights keep AJ lite up pretty good)....however, the brightest things you can see are planets that come out pretty frequently.

thats pretty much all thats new here, just hitting the gym and work....ive taken a few days off since i've been here, usually sunday night so i can make it to church, go to the rec center and strum the gutiar, throw darts or play some pool.....nothing spectacular but its nice to have a little bit of time to myself. its not much, but i'll take it. life is pretty good here, hard to believe its mid-october already! it is starting to cool off (relatively speaking since its 2am and still 80 degrees outside) and the leaves are starting to change colors.....hahaha ummm joking since there arent trees out here. i did get a letter from my buddy and his wife back in eustis that included a few leaves that had changed red/orange.....pretty sweet, definately added some color to the tan that surrounds me all the time.