my first few days

so, ive been in bahrain for about four....sh## i dont kno, im (counting on hands) yea four days right now, and ive seen/done quite a bit. ill start out that first and foremost, its hot, like we PT (physical training...like gym class) this morning, and we meet up at a certain location, and run....at 0630, well lets just say its about 80 degrees out then, and by high noon to 1600, its about 95ish, and we are just starting spring, ive heard that it gets up to 140!!!! supposedly the record last year was 141....d##n. 

but anyway, so lets recap departure from atl, to final destination.......

mom and dad both come into the living room to wake me...its i think 0415....or something, and mind you i came in from being with friends for the last time the night before, i got home at 0215, so they wake me, im in this 30 minute constant blur of colors sounds and smells...yea smells...idk. so dad and i get my behee (mom remember that nick name.....ask her she'll tell ya) of a footlocker into dads truck bed, and pile into the truck...its mom dad and me, my plan was to lay out on the back bench and catch some Zzzz's, well mom wants us to sit three across, dad just shakes his head....we love you dad. so we get in, get rolling, and decide to stop for food, well mom says this way dad says that way....well come to find out moms right...(dads going damnit right now...this very moment...haha) so we stop at a waffle house, one of millions that dot the south east, order food, hang for a sec, then i start to get nervous, A) im leaving for bahrain that morning, and B) im afraid we wont get the the airport and i wont get to my gate on time. well, we leave, got on the highway, and end up having no traffic, and we get to the airport in a breeze. (im actually getting nervous again as im typing this blog....wierd) but anyway, we get to the airport, get my stuff checked, and head to the ever-so-long line of security. the coolest part of this moment is that mom and dad both stayed with me the entire time i was in line, i mean i figured they would and so would everyone else figure they would, but i guess seeing it go down, was very moving, i love you guys. 

so we get to the end of the long line, i get thru my guy, turn and say a sobbing goodbye for one last time....well they were crying, i wasnt, but i am right now, really, and off i go to me gate. 

first flight, from atl to st louis, flawless, no prob, just a simple flight, get to stl, get my footlocker checked, which cost me nothing, in atl it was 130 bucks...lame, but i get it checked, and off to the uso i go. the uso for you that dont kno, its like a daycare for military personnel, so i get there, i eat some food, i have like 3 hours till i leave for norfolk, i get done eating, go and lay down thinking ill get up on my own, well i do but i have like 30 minutes till i leave....d##n, i jump up, grab my stuff, run thru security, fastest ive ever been, and down to my gate, i have like 10 minutes to spare. so i get on this flight, and my carryon baggage, is too big for the compartment, we were flying one of those like one row on one side, two rows on the other.... real small plane. so as im trying to get the bag into the compartment, something gives, and the latch latches, but its hanging like an inch away from being flush... basically to make a long story short, a maintenence guy somes on, asks people to get out of their seats, fixes the problem, the plane all applauses, and im sitting there red faced and silent...the whole trip..., but it was ok..... 

got to norfolk......

d##n im getting tired and im still on the first day.......

ill get back to you guys tomorrow.

love you all

later

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