Groundhogs Day

Hey Everybody,

Sorry I haven't written in a while. Things have been crazy and boring at the same time. Its kind of like groundhogs day around here. If you purposely don't do something different the days just blur together as one continuous routine. Today, the thing that I did different was I went out to the DX station where you turn in old uniforms for new ones. So I currently have new boots on! :) It's the simple things I know, but it was different and it got me out of my office for a half an hour.

I keep telling myself one of these days that i'm going to walk to the other side of KAF to go to the Cambridge DFAC, it's on the British compound and according to EVERYBODY it serves the best food. There are seven DFACs on KAF. Oh DFACs are 'Dining FACilities.' So the closest one is Monti, it's ok the food is kind of bland and anything worth eating is on the short order side (deep fried foods), Its the most frequent of attendance just out of sheer convenience. Its literally steps away from where our housing is. Then theres Independence which is my personal favorite. It sits by itself in the corner away from everything so it's always a challenge to get someone to go with you. The most popular one, by far, is Asian. They obviously serve Asian food, the stir fry is actually incredibly good. It's a little disappointing because it's not like Chinese food back home, it's like actual Asian food. It's really popular because it's usually healthy food and most people who work here on KAF are Asian, because i'm in... Asia. Then theres Niagara and Luxembourg and the reason they're always so full is because they're so near the boardwalk. So people just tend to go to either one of those out of laziness. The last one is the North Line DFAC. I've never been up there because you need to drive up around the airfield to get to it. I really don't have the patience to go up there for what I know will be Army food.

Then, if you're up for it, theres actual restaurants on the boardwalk. Theres TGI Fridays, KFC, Nathans, Momma Mia's, and Burger Joint. I can safely say that I haven't spent a single penny on the food at the Boardwalk. With that said I have eaten at Momma Mia's. The CSM treated the Company Commanders and the 1SGs to dinner there last week. It was ok... but I have a huge bias, because NYC makes the best pizza in the world... EVERYBODY knows this as dogma. But all the other restaurants are expensive and just not worth it. I mean I get seven options for free food!

The weather here has been a little crazy the past few days. We've been having thunder storms and down pours. It's a little weird when in rains in the desert. The rain just runs over the ground and pools and collects. It doesn't absorb into the ground. There are actual canals for when this happens. For the first month I was here they were bone dry, but in a matter of minutes theres running water through them and as soon as the rain stops, the water drains just as quickly. I like it when it rains though, it reminds me of home.

I'll write more in a few more days.