setback

So I got some bad news today. We have a computer tent for which we can use for personal use and e-mail and such. When we arrived the few headsets and video cameras they had were lousy. Therefore, most of us bought our own through Amazon or had family send them forward. Well now, we are told we can only use the few sets available at the tent. This means that you have to be lucky as to whether a set will be available to you should you want to Skype your family/friends. That is only half of it. You also can no longer use thumb drives or other plug and play devices into the computer. This has been the case for the government computers, but not for the ones for personal use. Unfortunately, many of the computers do not have DVD drives and if they do they often do not work. So now it will be nearly impossible to send pictures back home through the internet.

This is what I had to do to post today’s pictures on my blog. I first downloaded the pictures from my camera to my computer. I then burned them onto a CD. I took the CD to the computer in the BAS and downloaded the images. I then sent an e-mail from my military account to my gmail account with the pictures attached. I then walked to the computer tent, waited for a computer, opened my e-mail, downloaded the pictures and then attached them to my blog. Basically, you will be seeing fewer pictures in the future because this is a pain in the butt.

Yesterday was a nice clear day. The day before was rainy all day. The bad news was that there are big puddles everywhere because this ground does not absorb moisture at all. The good news is the dust is all matted down today and you can see a great distance. I could see more mountains behind the nearest and they were snow capped.

I finished reading 'The Men Who Stare at Goats' by Jon Ronson. He wrote about the use of psychics and other paranormal specialists in the government and the military. Is is surreal to think that any part of this could be true. Entertaining quick read if you want something different.






This is an actual Christmas tree that we procured.

This is an Afghan ambulance. They must have really short patients!