Saturday....first day of the work week here; Sometimes I can equate Saturday here to a really long weekend frat party.....people barely move on the day after the "weekend", if you want to call half of Thursday and Friday a weekend.
Went to get the interpreters at the front gate this morning at 07:30.....they finally stumbled in at 08:15. Excuse? "My phone alarm went off late" :roll: M'kay....don't let it happen again ( same excuse every Saturday ). I am strongly considering changing the report time on Saturday to 06:30...In Afghanistan, it appears that money isn't the only thing with an exchange rate....even time flows differently. I tell my wife this is the last year I am doing this. I have said that 8 times already. First time was in 2008. I think I stay for the food.
No, that's a lie....its definitely for the money. When I retired from the Army, I told myself I was NEVER going back. 30 days into retirement I was bouncing off the walls when I got an e-mail from a PMC corporate recruiter "So, I see you just retired...want to go to Africa this weekend?" Me: 'Sure, why not"....after 90 days in Rwanda, I went home and literally got a call fro the same recruiter, "So, you just got back...want to go to Afghanistan this weekend?" Me: "Sure, why not". Me: "Wife,Im going back to Afghanistan"..Wife: "The hell you are" Me: "This is what they offered to pay me" Wife: "I'll pack your bag".
So....here I am. And I am sick of curry; does Domino's deliver by air?
Went to get the interpreters at the front gate this morning at 07:30.....they finally stumbled in at 08:15. Excuse? "My phone alarm went off late" :roll: M'kay....don't let it happen again ( same excuse every Saturday ). I am strongly considering changing the report time on Saturday to 06:30...In Afghanistan, it appears that money isn't the only thing with an exchange rate....even time flows differently. I tell my wife this is the last year I am doing this. I have said that 8 times already. First time was in 2008. I think I stay for the food.
No, that's a lie....its definitely for the money. When I retired from the Army, I told myself I was NEVER going back. 30 days into retirement I was bouncing off the walls when I got an e-mail from a PMC corporate recruiter "So, I see you just retired...want to go to Africa this weekend?" Me: 'Sure, why not"....after 90 days in Rwanda, I went home and literally got a call fro the same recruiter, "So, you just got back...want to go to Afghanistan this weekend?" Me: "Sure, why not". Me: "Wife,Im going back to Afghanistan"..Wife: "The hell you are" Me: "This is what they offered to pay me" Wife: "I'll pack your bag".
So....here I am. And I am sick of curry; does Domino's deliver by air?