Lee, my boss from my previous job picked me up from the airport and had me over to dinner at her house. It was absolutely lovely! She has a beautiful house and wonderful family. My favorite two things were Annie, their family dog and the backyard had a creek running through it. If I have the chance, I will go back and take a walk down by the creek. Lee and I split a bottle and half of sparkling wine so I was feeling pretty spunky! LOL
MDC (Military Defense) training starts at noon. I guess I am the late shift. Most of the men I talked to yesterday start at 8. And yes, it looks like I am the only female here for LOGCAP. There are men everywhere. I met two females this morning but both were guests visiting family in the area and only here for two days. Bummer. I hate to say it, but everyone I have met in the hotel so far are not the kind of people I usually keep company with. Dare I say a bunch of back woods country boys? They are polite enough but so far they have been the "know it all" types - keeping my language very CLEAN here. Still good guys though. Most are heading to Afghanistan as truck drivers, maintenance crews, etc. I am the only one heading to Dubai and the only one with an office job. One guy has been here waiting for his assignment for 4 months! That is just crazy and I would go home and wait. Luckily I have my assignment and I am actually late getting there so they are going to push me right on through and kick me out of the country in one week- possibly two weeks.
I will write more once my training starts. I hope it is interesting!
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