Mudville, Iraq

More from Robert:

And in the ‘be careful what you wish for’ category, we finally got rain.
Lots of rain. Now all of the dust I use to complain about has turned to
mud. About 6 inches of mud, regardless of where you walk. Our
volleyball tournament has been postpone until further notice (doesn’t
matter since JAG already got eliminated).

And as an additional bonus, all of our electrical outlets are shorting
out and catching the tents on fire. These are incidentally the same
tent that were soaked in kerosene to help waterproof them.

We are, however, are more fortunate than our sister camp, Cedar II, which has
flooded. Makes me wish for the return of the 140 degree days. Can’t
win for losing here in Iraq. Just smile and laugh at this place. In
the next care package, please send paved streets and sleep trailers.

On a positive note, we now have an office pet, a field mouse James named
Mr. Jingles (yes, he stole it from “The Green Mile”). They call these
mice ‘kangaroo mice’, because they can jump real high and are
unbelievably fast. James is kicking the food boxes right now, trying to
root out Mr. Jingles. He has never come close to catching him, but he
tries every single day. Got to admire his tenacity. Mr. Jingles
doesn’t really bother me, but he has been killing the rice supply.

I hope everyone had a good Turkey Day.

Robert

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