Merry Christmas From Iraq...

Well, it's officially Christmas Day here, actually it's night, but it's been an o.k. day, I guess... at least we got some sleep, and didn't have to do much of any real work...

I've been on a mission up North, since the middle of last week... we're almost at our destination, just an hour or so away... we stopped in this camp an hour or so north of Baghdad early this morning, and didn't go anywhere because of a broke truck... it's not so bad, really... I mean, I'm actually in the same camp that I spent Christmas of 2003 in... so, it's at least a "familiar place", haha...

Well, at least we got a visit from Santa last night... we were parked at another camp a few hours south of here, along the side of the road just outside the gate, and Santa came by and talked with us for a few minutes, gave a few gifts... then he rode off on his four-wheeler (hey, it's the desert)... it wasn't much, but we all just do what we can to keep our spirits up...

So, from me to all of you who decide to read this, I say MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM IRAQ, and I hope all of you can spend as much time with your loved ones as you can stand... and maybe a little more...

Peace...

(it's actually 9:05 pm here, regardless of what the time-stamp at the bottom says...)