New Stuff Going on

Started working full time with the guard again. Doing what I was doing prior to deployment. Got called about an interview today. Found out I did not get the job, but I scored high in the interview process. I will keep on keeping on and try harder to get a full time guard job. Oh and sorry it was so long between blogs.

Dave

Combat Stache Gone

Well I shaved off my stache. Probably a good thing I got more jokes having it than I did not having it. The funny thing everyone noticed when I was growing the funny thing is no one noticed it was gone. Well a couple people did and I do not work with them everyday I see them around. It is also how one get use to things. I use to having it after a little over a month I may do it again after I get home. I am going to have some leave time built up so I think I am not going shave at all for a month yeah I know itchy all over my face. Well I am going to get going I have to inventory my 2 duffel bags and my tough box for the connex. Getting ready to come home. Wooo Hoooo yeah I am so happy to be leaving again. See you all when I get home. I am sure I will post again sometime soon before I leave.

Before I go sorry I did not post more still trying to get use to telling people how I feel usually I keep to myself. I will work on it.

Love you all

Dave.

Combat Stache update

Okay so here is an update on the combat stache. Yep I still got it. I think this is week 3 three for this. It is amazing how many people notice changes in your appearance. It is also funny how many people tease someone about growing a stache. So far so good though. I have had to trim it already and will have to do it again soon. yeah I have wild hair too. I apologize for the pictures I took them myself and had to turn the flash on. so that is why my eyes are closed.
I was wanting to update every week but I think I will post anew on in a couple of weeks. Oh and I think I have grey in my stache already oh well.

Talk to you all later.

Stuff

Well I read that Gayle and Gavin would not be able to pick up the newest member of the family. Princess Isabella Fluffyface Hannan, yeah that's going to have to be shortened a bit. I hope they can get her soon. I finished my class today, I was in a CompTIA Network + class. I am not certified yet but I think when I get home I should be able to go to a testing center and get my certification. I am actually going to try for A+ and security + too. Along with a couple of CISCO certifications. I am eventually going to need them for my Military job skill so why not.

I went to several movies while I was in Kuwait. The first was "The Spirit". Yeah It was okay I enjoyed it and would see it again. I went and saw the new "Street Fighter" movie. Yeah, Don't waste your money unless you like movies like this one. Kind of campy and weird even for me. And tonight I went and saw "The Watchmen", wow DO NOT take the kids to go see it. There is a lot of violence and other things little ones need not see. definitely earned its R rating.

Well I better get going I have an early day tomorrow. I will write again soon bye.

Combat Stache Day 6

Okay so I decided to grow a mustache. Here they are called Combat Stache's. I basically decided to do this to see how I would look in a moustache. I am going to let it grow out till I get home. Yeah I know Gayle doesn't like them, which is why I will shave it when I get home, but for right now I am growing it out. The photos are of day Six (6). I will try to update the combat stache every week If I can remember to do it. I hope everyone enjoys this little adventure cause so far I am. Oh and I am letting my hair grow out too. I am going to try and keep it this way for a while. See you all later. Oh and I am not going to be able to check e-mails very often because I am in Kuwait going to a class. The class I am attending is CompTIA Network + so far the class is interesting. Some of it I already knew which is weird for me. So I sit in class and take notes on stuff I do not know. Okay I am going now hope you enjoy the Combat stache.
I know I do :)

Close up of Day 6 in the Combat Stache Project

Long on top nothing on sides hair do- also Combat Stache Day 6.
(Just a little note on the photos they are self portraits of the Combat Stache.)

I am finally back

Sorry for the long break in posts. I am sorry about that. Um I guess I have some good pictures from the beginning of the mission here in Balad. So here are few from some of the hard work we have done.


Bitter Sergeant Sergeant in a half Shell? Oh yeah turtles unite

The first one to much Gatorade in the water. and well the last two. Eh someone had to carry the cover to the case. The bottom part is the heavy part so we left it. Actually we left teh base there because we had to. Not because we wanted too. Yeah thats me walking with out being able to see no wonder I fall a lot. Hmm gonna have to rethink this walking without being able to see thing again.

Well by for now.
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Pictures of desert trip

From behind the driver which is where I happened to have been sitting. Hope this shows how fast we were going. The spedometer did not work so yeah no idea ho fast we were really going.

The speeds seemed insane. Like driving in the winter time back home in MN. Where you get in your car and just go and dont let anything stop you. That is how they drove. of course back home you have accidents here they do too. They were in complete control. at least I like to think they were. It felt like we were going close to 60 miles per hour through the desert. Yep thats another picture of the Persian Gulf. And yes the water was still cold when swimming in it.

Driving through wet sand. that was a low laying area. you can clearly see that the water table is fairly high here and the sand dunes had tire tracks all over them. The track were form people driving up and down them all day. I think it was sorta a resort area.

these two pictures I took when we stopped to get out and look around. this was on top of a dune that went what seemed to be forty feet. There are some dunes out there that were bigger.

some of these photos ended up out of sequence, but oh well. The last one is proof that I was near and in the Persian Gulf. Well write you all later. don't know when I will post again, so see you later for now.

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