Well folks not much to talk about. Currently we have a hectic schedule of doing nothing. Our days consist of one or two meeting if we are lucky. Mostly we are just getting use to the heat and drinking lots of water.
This means I have lots and lots of free time, so we have lived life in Camp Virginia to the fullest. First let me describe Camp Virginia, it is a base in the middle of nothing. With wonderful views on all four side of .... nothing. Its a transit point to get people ready for Iraq or to decompress from Iraq (The lucky ones) and get them ready for the US. Because of that there are a lot of Western comforts (McDonald's, Subway, Panda Express .. etc.). A USO and a movie theater that specializes in shitty movies (I've believe in the past three days I've seen every Queen Latifia movie to date). Noel is very happy with this because she knows my love of shitty movies and by seeing them here she doesn't have to watch them at home (Delta Farce).
They also have an MWR facility that has ping pong let put it this way Ladies and Gentlemen I have found a new hobby. Camp Virginia has become a ping pong training camp of sorts for a few of us. With nothing else to do we have turned to ping pong. Every day we play for hours at a time. However, every time we think we are becoming ping pong masters the Army personnel who run this camp show up. When one goes on deployment they always find something to do (I for one plan to prepare for the GMATs and work out) given the size and shape of the typical Army personnel at Camp Virginia they did not plan to work out and decided to master ping pong. These people are not good they are too good. They are not the type of people who make say a fraternity proud because they can win drunk but the type that makes a fraternity question the individuals social skills in high school or lack their of bottom line they are people like my brother Michael ... nerds. They stand about five feet from the edge of the table and launch the ball at you. They take out all their frustrations about being away from home stuck in an outpost on the ball and consequently you. I am proud to say I had my best game against one of these fellows the other day he only beat me 21 to 4.
That's all I have for today. We are heading out to the range for the next couple of days and then all be turned over to the Army early next week for forward movement.
As always stay classy USA.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
sorry to hear that you'll soon be leaving kuwait but do want you to leave on a positive note. since sending you my " fine points of ping pong and beer bongs" is out of the ?. tip 87- when you can get the serve over the net, "accidentally" let fly your paddle at opponents dominant hand. you've been to the range. if you can't hit that hand with your paddle at that distance, time to return to the range.bopdun
Post a Comment