Jetlag sucks

Hello everyone! I am probably gonna keep this post fairly short as I'm still suffering from jetlag. It's been six days since I've been here and I still feel extremely sleepy. I'm hoping my body catches up soon to the new time zone. In other news...I finally finished all my in-processing and newcomer's briefings. I wouldn't wish newcomer's briefings on anyone. WOW! Apparently they like to give you as much useless information in a two day event, and with my body not yet adjusted it was a brutal two days of trying to stay awake. After today's half day of "mind blowing" briefings I went into work and found that even though I have some downtime there it was much better than watching death by powerpoint briefings.

So tomorrow I begin my full day of work. All I can tell you is the work is pretty fascinating and that's probably as much as I can talk about it. The people I work with are extremely easy to work for and with. My superior officer is a LtCol in the German Army and has a vast knowledge in my career field and has great humor.

To give you all a little more about the area...the air is not a pleasant smell. It reeks of burned feeces and anything else they can find to keep them warm in the winter. It definitely makes you appreciate the good clean air we have back in the states. The mountains are beautiful to look at in the morning as their tops are covered in snow. Oh did I mention the air smells like the back end of an ox? So needless to say when I come home I will most likely have a bad odor.

So I have been receiving a lot of requests to send care packages here, but unfortunately I cannot post my address on here. So if you would like to help send items please email me at jwdesigntx@yahoo.com and I will forward you my physical address. Some items I have found that might make my stay somewhat more enjoyable are below. Of course if you would just like to send a note or card that will be just as appreciated. Please don't feel like you have to purchase any of these items.

Care package ideas:

• 3-prong European plug converters
• Toilet paper (weird request but yes a nice roll of Charmin soft goes a long ways)
• Breakfast foods (oatmeal packages, cream of wheat, strawberry or blueberry nutrigrain bars, Kashi bars (anything peanut butter), little packages of cereals, and anything else you can think of...I'm not that picky, plus I know someone here will love it.)
• Snacks (chocolate chip granola bars, Powerbars, Twizzlers, Red Vines, candy, etc.)
• Febreeze
• plastic bowls and silverware
• travel size hand sanitizer
• Mio drink flavorings (except tea flavor)
• Pens and mechanical pencils
• swiffer pads
• Anything you can think of...

I know this list might be small but really I know myself and the rest of my coworkers will appreciate anything you can provide.

Thank you all for all your prayers and thoughts. Until next time Khuda Hafez.

Josh