R & R

Sorry for such a delay in updating the blog. It has gotten a little busy here. Of course I bring a lot of it on myself but I dont really mind. Currently I am trying to get ahead on all of my duties so that I can go on leave. I am very excited that I will get to come home and see family and friends. It is bittersweet to know that I will come home then leave everyone again. Also its a little tough to leave here........I know crazy RIGHT! I have tried to make it a point in my life to enjoy everyday! Sometimes we spend so much time looking forward to something rather then enjoying the present. Then time flies when the good stuff is happening. I want to be just as excited for tomorrow as I am for the day that I arrive in NY. Ok, that is not exactly going to happen but I am going to make the best of the situation! I have found things here in Iraq that I do enjoy. I have met people, Americans and Iraqi's that I truly just enjoy spending time with. I also enjoy my job as an advisor. It has been a little tough the past few days because the regiment has 31 people who have not been paid in over 7 months! I cant imagine not getting paid for 7 MONTHS. Anyway I am trying to help them resolve these problems. There in not much that I can do but help them use there system to track and follow up on where the paperwork is. Needless to say, my company commander is one of the ones who has not been paid and he is pretty down about it!
Other then that things are going well here. I have been able to really stay on a good running schedule with the awesome running partners that I have here. I am just really looking forward to coming home. I hope everyone is well!
SEE you soon!
LOVE Mickey