You know you're kind of busy when.....

You know you're kind of busy when.....

There are several reasons I haven't been keeping up with my blog:

1. After conducting an 8-hour mounted combat patrol (MCP) and coming back to write reports for two hours, it just doesn't seem that high on my list of things to do
2. Our internet access has not been that reliable, as some of you can attest after receiving some of my garbled phone calls.
3. I get lazy sometimes.
4. We just moved to our new location and all of my stuff is still in duffle bags.
5. Etc.

At this point I imagine you are all thinking of Charlie Brown's teacher (Wah, wah wah wah waaaah. All I can do is say "I'm sorry."

Anyhow - - - now to the news portion of the blog. As some of you may know I came out on the list of people who will be promoted this year. Well the day has come. As of Monday 1 December 2008, I am now Major Aaron Wentworth. Scary huh.

PLEASE NOTE THE NEW ADDRESS:

MAJ AARON WENTWORTH
MiTT 55/17, COP MEADE
TF 4-27 FA
APO AE 09322

Also we recently relocated to COP Meade (COP and for Combat Out-Post). I must say we have the best living conditions of anyone on this little base. We were equipped to self sustain when we were setting up our patrol base. But when we received orders to cease operations and move here, we brought everything with us. So, we have enough room to house probably 30 to 35 Soldiers, but only 15 are living here. I know it doesn’t seem fair for other Soldiers to live in lesser conditions than others, but we have to remain mobile.

In other words, if we received the word to move out next week, we would be able to pick up our living quarters, called CHU’s, and headquarters building, which is basically a double-wide trailer that would never pass code in the US, and move, lock, stock and barrell, to our new base. Nevertheless, things are pretty nice. I have my own room, a bed with a mattress that leaves the spring’s markings on my arms when I get up in the morning, bought a local satellite receiver and dish so I can bring in some TV. (Of the 439 TV channels in found there are only about 30 that are English speaking.) Yes, compared to the living conditions I had in Bosnia or during Desert Storm, I am living in Saddam’s Palace.

Today is Thanksgiving, and I want to thank you all for the support and love you give me. I appreciate everything you are doing. I am also thankful for the fact that sometime next week I get to go on R & R to see my loving wife and children. It’s a long trip back to Hawaii but worth every mile. I am not going be there for Christmas but at least we will be able to spend some time together. God willing, I will be able to stay long enough to see Holly, who flies in from college around the 19th of December. Tonight I will add a bunch of pictures from the past couple of months to my picture site. Internet is getting ready to be turned off so I have to cut this short. I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving.

Love to All

Aaron.