Just outside of Baghdad

The weather has been getting nice out here reaching up to about 80 degree's on some days. The skies have been pretty clear, except when they decide to burn trash then it turns black. At night, the weather has been perfect right around 55-60 degrees. And it seems like its been clear at night for the past few nights. The elections in Iraq have passed and they seem to have went alright. There was plenty of action going on during the day though. From morning till night you could hear all sorts of stuff going on everywhere. But as most of you probably have seen on T.V. it seems to have went well. So that's good news. Pretty soon I'll be getting ready to head out of here and head off to my next destination. I have been to so many different places since I left the U.S. there is barely any time to settle down, well not that I really want to settle down in a place like this. But living in close quarters, and living out of bags is not very appealing. But home will be a very different place when I arrive back on that home grown soil. Everything is different here, the smells, the air, the sun, the sky, the ground, the buildings, the streets, the people, culture, language, you name it, its different. Well, that's all I got for now, hope all is well back home with everyone. Keep in touch.

Baghdad, Iraq

Welcome to Baghdad. Well, Baghdad is exactly what its cracked up to be. A place that is underdeveloped. Trash along the street side. A whole new world. The world I came from seems as though its a far off distant dream. Have you ever seen the movie "Groundhog Day" with Bill Murray. This is kind of like that in a way. I'm stuck in the same place doing just about the same thing every day. The highlights of the day are talking to my family, Nora, and other friends and there families. It helps to pass the down time and remember who I am.

The weather here is much different than Kuwait. Cooler, rains pretty often. And when it rains it seems to poor. There is more green trees here, and palm trees. I definitely miss the good old Pine trees and evergreens though. I have seen some places that were taken over during OIF 1,2,and 3. This seems a bit more established than Kuwait.

Other than that theres not much to say. Soon I should be heading out to go to my unit. And then I will be setting up camp there. Once I get there, i should have an address and I will get that to everyone. If you here my address pass it along for me please. Alright well thats all I got for today. I miss everyone at home, hope everyone is doing well and healthy. Keep in touch.

-John