Hey Guess What ....

Ok me here again. Well getting colder and colder. Rain yesterday,snow, some more rain. Oh and then it got wicked cold. Me had day off. Oh boy lots of stuff do. I did go to the BX and found something for Savannah and Caitlin. Love those soccer chixs. Let me see what has been going on since my last post. Oh got seconded guess again, this time before I even got to work. Well that did not go over well and it did not make their day easy. ME know my job . Have been doing my job for over 20 years. ME has learned a few things along the way.This not my first rodeo. Get the picture right. Ok told to order a part, mind you before I go to the plane and see if it is the right one. Got to love that thinking. Well the words of David Spade "Not going to do it." Told my guy to chill out in shop and I will go see what up and go from there. So, here is my football for the day, Upon further review the before mention part. NOT bad. Bad part about $800.00 cheaper. DAMN I is good. Also went from a 3 to 4 hour fix to an hour and that was me taking my time. Ok send me a beer and some warm fuzzes my way.

Back the real world Amanda is having it rough but she will pull through this. I have to start thinking real hard about this second job of mine. Hate to hear her voice and it sound so lonely.
But she did make me proud and sent her boss a very good here how it is email. Not like her but she is learning from me.

Ok we are sending another hero home today. More to come before I leave. Just want us to leave and get all of the guys outside the wire home as well. Time we start getting this so called war under control, let the folks stand up on their two feet and run the place. Hell we had no help when we fought and won against the Brits. Not sure what came from but oh well it is out now. Made room for a memory of my wonderful wife. Back to those kids/heroes. Folks any time you see a service member tell them thanks. If their family is with them tell them thanks as well. If you can buy their meal or a cup of Joe. I had a older couple com you to us in St. John's and shook every ones hand and said with a smile and said "Thanks for all that you do. " No they were not Americans. They were from Canada but they showed us respect. Is our country always right in what they do. No !! but then again what is right can change at the blink of an eye. I just do what I do and hope that something is right about it. Another thing is I hope that my children see what I do is for them as much as for the guys outside the wire. Soapbox OFF.

Hell Sister if you are there. Hello and I do miss ya.

Later and try and send warm thought this way. I do not like being cold and wet.

Here I am ... again

Ok folks a lot has happened since my last post. Let see were to start. First things first. We have a new president, and I have a new boss. Ok we got Obama now what are we to do with him. He will only get done what he is allowed to do. Hope that is 1/2 of what he thinks he is. Ok enuff of that. I had to go get a plane down in Kandahar. Oh boy now there is tourists place if I every saw one. I have been there a few times and it has been built up and more stuff added but it is still a Shit Hole. Oh it also is not the safest place here either. Plus they have this very unique smell, How does one go about explaining a 1/2 to an acre pond full of human waste. Oh wait one can not. Oh well you one die once so I am not worried. Will we get there try and get on the plane, it is locked. The aircrew did not give the Marines the combo to the lock so here we go trying to find them. Let stop here by saying I now love the corp. My son n law is one I have a new found respect for them. They helped us with above and beyond what was needed. Hell they gave us a ride back to Bagram. So is you know a Marine tell them good job. Back to the plane. We find the crew , after about a hour of looking for them. Ok talk to them not very informative as what the problem is. I make the call when we get back replace bad part in about 4 total hours. Guess what can not find crew to run the engines and check out the plane. Ok now ME not very happy and I want to just go off. I watch our ride land and since we can not find crew . I watch them take off as soon as their cargo was loaded. Ok now it is going on 04:00 and I am tired hungry and mad. So we slept on the plane. Wake up at 06:30 when the aircrew show up. Ran engines, plane all better. We watch them leave about 2 hours later and then we get a ride on a Marine 130. Love those guys. Got home and faster than me guys at Bagram had worked. Next time I have to find my own way home I will heading toward the states or at least a beer. Later for now. Oh I almost forgot met a Marine from Hickory NC. Not far from where I grew up. Very very cool.

Now for the kick in the nuts. The First Sgt. for the F-15s decided to unhook out net service. I mean the whole top floor. I thought that we are at war with the enemy outside the fence not in our own building. Well our Maint. Officer took that ball and ran with it. We net back but about 30+ hours no net. Did tell you that I love Stupid Folks. Just brings a warm fuzzy to me......NOT!!!!!

Oh Boy I am Off

What to do? You can only walk around so much before you look like a Zombie. Folks are sleeping in my room so I am here out in the hallway on this laptop just killing time. I mean it feels like seconds are minutes. Nice weather today and I got to talk to the Wife,Alex ,Devin and my parents early this morning. That made my day. I could tell Amanda was so glad to hear my voice and she is not dealing with this real well. I will home soon and then we have a ton catching up to do. Ok I do not know about you but I am ready for this Election to be over. Neither guy will do or get anything done. Nor will he get Congress to make changes do to the fact that our system is broke and has been broken for a very long time. Get rid of all of them let the American people have more of a say in the Laws / BS written by congress. We can fix it but someone has to have those BIG BRASS BALLS to take the hit and get it done. Hell run the country the right way. Stop the hand outs to NON US Citizens. Take care of our own first. Take care of all wounded Vets. Those Heroes that fight for our country in many was are treated worse than the ones here against the law. Yes they are here with our permission. Try that in another country. You go to jail,no free meals and no blank check. You can work all your life pay your taxes and you will get less per month than someone here that has never paid taxes nor never will. Ok enough of that. Me just got through doing some net reading.

Halloween

I got to IM with the wife and kids last night. It was Halloween still there. Man I got to see them with my web cam. My web cam failed to come up. Oh well got to see my wonderful wife at least. Alex was being his clown of a self. Great to see them. Can not wait to hold them again. Oh she has pics up her Blog. They are so quite and Sophie looked very very cool. She was a Doctor that "Pics people" What can I say but she is a hoot. Well enough of that. On a sad note we sent another Hero home again today and no matter how many times I see it It still chokes me up. You could hear a pin drop as they carried him to the plane for his final ride home. I hate that right now there is a family waiting for their loved one to return. But it will be a sad time not a happy time. The folks back home that bad mouth us , you know who are, can kiss my ....! We are doing more good here than most of the country will ever know. As sat out on the flightline tonight I saw another "Dust Off" chopper land. Every time they go out they bringing back wounded. Not good. Just keep us in your prayers and Until we all come home Support all of us!