It just sucks being in the great sandbox. There have been many times I wish I could go do something fun.

 

the great sand box?

 

I am working in Iraq as a civilian contractor on the Blackhawks.

 

ah ha....LOL yeah i bet it sucks over there. i've only been to dubai but i was trying to get an IA billet over there. that didn't turn out though. gotta love how the bank account grows over there though!

 

it has its advantages. But its not all that good either. Yeah this is my third time here in Iraq. The first two were with the Army. This one was my choice due to the economy and not being abloe to get a good job with my qualifications.

 

so you're over in Iraq right now?

 

Why yes I am. I have been over here for a lil over a year now with a break for a couple weeks back in April. Getting ready to go on another break for a couple weeks in Jan. I am also at work right now too so shhhhh LOL I work nights which are days over in the states.

 

it'll be our little secret....LOL

when are you scheduled to come home?

 

I have a leave date of 21 Jan. I will be home for 2 weeks then it is back out to play in the sand.

 

I just cant wait to be home so I can have a beer or two. Oh and to see the wifey and kid too.

 

is your job permanently based there? seems like they'd let you come home for longer than two weeks at a time. that's a very high stress environment. you can only take so much before you end up doing something drastic......LOL

 

We are allowed to come home every 4 months for 16 days now. But where I am now there are only like 25ish civiliains on this site and we are only allowed to have 2-3 people at one time home on leave. So it is kinda hard to get away from here. I do hear you on the high stress environment. We work 12hrs a day 7 days a week. Also have the idiots here also that we have to work with. There have been plenty of times where I could have gone home for good for doing something bad to one of those idiots but I kept it cool. LOL

 

haha nothing like the army

 

Sad thing is the Army guys are cool. They are great actually. It is my bosses that are the problems. I really hate people with a power trip.

 

yeah i know all about that. guys who think they are always right and it doesn't matter what you know he always knows more. everything he has is better than yours and if it isn't he goes out and buys something that is. the same guy that does everything he can to make friends but it never works and he doesn't know why......haha