Well, I'm Still Alive...

Nothing much to say, except that I hope everyone out there has had a very happy holiday season...

I'm all right, the guys in my convoy are o.k., and so far pretty much everything has been safe... we're still on the same convoy we left out on before Christmas, and we're quite a few days late, but... it's actually not our fault, so...

I mean, what with the higher command shutting down the road constantly because of all of the bombs going off, and the people shooting at just about anything that moves, and the just plain old fashioned bad luck that keeps happening, hell... I'm surprised they're actually sending out any convoys at all...

At least we haven't had it as bad as one of our other platoons... they had a civilian TCN (third country national) fall asleep, hit a military truck, rupture the fuel tank, and thankfully the guys in the truck (FRIENDS OF MINE) got out before the truck burned all the way to the ground... they don't have much in the way of clothes or equipment now, but... at least I've seen that they're all o.k...

So, other than the occasional spot of bad luck, things are going well over here in this country of get-shot-or-blown-up-often...

I'll try and post a bit more often, (as if anyone's reading this now), and I'll try and keep everyone up-to-date on anything the least bit interesting...

Peace...