Let it rain let it rain let it rain. . .

Well we almost got snow for christmas, but it was too warm so it just rained and rained. . . Now we got to deal with the mud for days after as the ground doesn't soak anything up.

Is it beginning to look like x-mas. . .

Hope all is well. Had a warm night last night. Possible rain later this week. Dust strom yesterday. Not too busy on the ward. Still havent been able to figure out why my videos wont upload. Planning on doing the Jingle Bell 5K Thursday. It'll be a stress relief. I'm getting real tired of the food here. I now only have 2 evenings a week when i look forward to dinner, Tue (Mongolian) & Thurs (Indian).

Well things have been busy since I've moved to the hospital, so I haven't as much free time to update this. I think I've been here too long. Woke up to mortar fire and was too tired to roll out of bed. It is much cooler now in the 40s over night with day highs of 70s. TG days was ok the did decorate the DFAC (dining facility) for the holiday. As for X-mass, we can decorate as long as there is no religious symbols involved. I'm tired of the DFAC food and it's getting hard to eat the same ole meals. Tue and Thurs dinners is all I have to look forward to now. Tue is Mongolian and Thurs is

Indian. Hope all is well back home. I've shot some video footage but they wont upload on here for some reason.

Ciao

Ian

AEW Hospital

Well folks I've finally made it to the hospital. I guess nobody said they were swift so after firing the 4th Doc they brought me over. Spent last week revising their current processes. However i now work a 4:1 instead of 6:1 twelve hour shifts.
With a limited formulary, it get challenging in post-op care the after d/c follow up's. Temp is cool at night roughly 60's - 50's on occa. Still we climb to the 80's 90s during the day. Enjoy the cool weather for me.
Ciao

Good Morning JBB

Well laying in bed had today off but got up after 5 anyways; trying to decide if to go to the gym before breakfast or try to sleep in when out of the blue we started getting shelled again. I must say this is the first time I've heard the klaxton alarm; usually I just hear the "All clear!" so needless to say hearing the "In coming!" alarm did help me out of bed. and after a few minutes the "All clear" & "All sectors report in for accountability" got dressed. Checked in the clinic and hit the gym. I've been trying to upload a short video file but so far it's not working.

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