Day 296

Headquarters platoon is back at Camp Warhorse for two days rest and refit. I'm not sure if we really need to rest and refit, but they gave us the last two weekends off. There isn't much to do lately, they've been giving us details to do like escort the crane around to move the concrete barriers that block the roads. We were out for more than 12 hours the other day waiting for the crane crew to pick up the barriers. We made several trips out to the site in order to pick them all up. It is rainy season, which means it rains once or twice a week and causes there to be mud all over the ground. It's a pain in the ass to get around as I found out this morning when I went to take a shower. Instead of getting wet, I ran over there in my PT's and got mud all over me. Then there was no hot water so I ran back. I actually got dirtier. Last night I went and played pool and ping pong at the MWR for a while. I'm not very good at ping pong, but got a little better at it once I warmed up. Pool however, I can play. The tables aren't quite level, but one is better than the other and I managed to get a few good games out of it. After that I watched the movie 15 minutes with Robert DeNiro which is pretty good, then headed back to the bay to get some sleep. I can't say much for my time here, it has been pretty boring. I will say that it's going quick though. It's almost the end of January, and we're set to go home in May or June. I hope I never have to come back to this place. There is a small possibility I will reenlist in the future as an officer, but in that case it will be better treatment and all that. I continue to get lots of mail from home, more boxes from Dino are on the way and the Walshes and Mom and Pukka and so many others have sent me their support.