There is not much new to report from Kabul. I am slowly getting used to the schedule here and am trying to stay somewhat normal. I was looking through my past posts and I realize that it may appear that I have a whole lot of time on my hands to do a lot of shopping. The truth is that shopping, going to the gym, and watching movies is about the only thing to do on the 1-3 hours I might have off in a given day. I am currently on the night shift working from 6pm to 830am all but Thursday when I work 8pm to 8am. Even with these hours, meetings tend to run long and take place in the middle of the day so I usually only have about 8-9 hours a day to sleep, shower, go to the gym, and relax. I do go and browse usually about 1-2 days a week and look for things that are interesting and cheep. We are discussing changing the way things are done at work since we are losing about 50% of our people in the next 2 months and only about 50% of them are being replaced any time soon. So like many other places, we will need to do more with less.
I am hoping to be able to do some limited traveling here in the near future, but will not be able to post it until after it happens, so stay tuned for those updates and pictures!
One more thing, I did think of a couple of more things I would really appreciate! Ranch and/or blue cheese dressing packets. Please do not send the little plastic tubs of the dressing or bottles, but rather just the packets since I cannot refrigerate them and the tubs would be more prone to opening during shipment.
Love to all!
Jason
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Hello from PA!
Dan and I have been enjoying reading your blog, the posts are great. Keep posting items that you need so we are sending the most useful items in your care package - it's going to have a theme to it, we'll see if you can guess what it is.
I just finished reading "A Thousand Splendid Suns" written by the author of the Kite Runner. It's an excellent book - set in Afghanistan, from the perspective of two Afghan women. Any interest in reading? It's a paperbook and I will add it the package we are sending if you are.
As for market requests...we would love a tablecloth! We have a very large table - about 3ft by 6ft - anything you could find would be much appreciated.
~Laura
When you are doing your "traveling": NEVER take your helmet off, don't entrust your translator with your safety, listen to the combat veterans, and always be very careful. The Navy might think that they own you but they're wrong, I do! They must return you in at least as good condition as when they borrowed you.
oops well according to dan I was supposed to ask for napkins instead of a tablecloth. but we are appreciative of anything, truly.
have a good day!
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