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Hello again from Afghanistan. Since the last time I wrote I have been home for a few weeks and am now back to my base. It was great to be home and see all of the changes that have happened with my family. It was sure great to be with my wife and kids for that time.
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My wife is sure an awesome person and is doing an amazing job of keeping the family together and moving smoothly while I am gone. She is an inspiration and one of my heroes.
They often say that our families back home have it much harder than we do here and I believe that. She is doing the duty of both parents and is responsible for the two of us. She is going to school full time while getting three of our kids off to school. She is getting the kids to their after school activities as well as doing her homework. I am a lucky guy to have her. We recently celebrated our 5th Anniversary, this being the third one that I have missed due to deployments.
As I said I am back here in Afghanistan and trying to now get used to another climate change, this time the COLD! I know it is hard to believe that in the middle of a desert a person can be cold but it is. The nightly temp reaches around 45 degrees. I am the first to admit that just because I am from Minnesota I still think it is cold.
The Army has done a good job of issuing us some good cold weather gear, which I use with a big smile on my face. I was trying to think the other day whether I liked the cold more than the heat and after asking some of my buddies we agreed the cold was better.
As my mother taught me it is better to have on layers and take them off than not have enough and get sick. One improvement is that they hooked a hot water heater up to our showers! It is now a pleasure to take a shower.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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