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200 miles or so from the front. So I could be in alot worse of a situation, but then it could be alot better (like at home in PA with my family).

When we have time off, they show movies in the day-room at 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9. There is a TV/VCR in there. As you can imagine, it’s a pretty popular place. Especially since it’s air-conditioned.

Last week, I was working the 2PM - 8PM shift. Starting tonight, I have the 2AM-8AM shift. I plan on taking a nap after dinner tonight. I work for the next 4 days, then I get one day off. It’s not too bad of a schedule.

So I hope that gives you some idea of what I am doing over here. Yes, it’s boring, but as Brian wrote, “I hope your stay in Saudi Arabia is one of the most dull, boring, and uneventful experiences of your entire life!” Amen to that!
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Thanks for your description of “Halloween at the Dandreas”. I wish I’d been there to see it. Let’s plan on it for next year, OK? We’ll even have a pumpkin carving party - remember those? Pumpkin guts everywhere - haha! (pumpkin drawing)

Thanksgiving here was pretty nice. They worked hard on it. The mess hall was all decorated, and we even had turkey napkins and turkey placemats! They served; turkey, roast beef, ham, sweet potatoes, dressing, gravy, succotash, macaroni and cheese, shrimp cocktail (really!), mixed nuts, eggnog, tossed salad, O’Doul’s Non-Alcoholic Beer (by Anheuser Busch), Pepsi, apple pie, cherry pie, and (my personal favorite) pumpkin pie with whipped topping!! They really outdid themselves. It still wasn’t the same as at home - I really missed Grandma Madden’s mincemeat pie - but it did in the pinch! I hope they can do as nice a job for Christmas. I hope there won’t be too many depressed