55 Degrees, and raining

I finaly managed to piss off the entire battalion (yes, battalion, approx 1,000 Marines) by building a really cool Flak jacket rack. The battalion CO (thats Commanding Officer) was touring our Hooch (kinda like a place to sleep, only crapier) and fell in love with it (the rack that is) you could practicly see little heart shaped birds flapping around his head. So now he mandated that everyone has one like this, and they have to build it themselves. Which sucks for us, because everyone is coming into our Hooch, and dragging dirt and sand onto the floors. Oh well.

The last few days have been dismal and dreary. Cold Tempratures, and rain. I've started another Martial arts class, so if i kinda 'disappear' and don't make to many posts/emails, don't be surprised. I'm already three days into this thing, and i feel like falling over. This course is tougher than the last 3 that i have been to. It's 21 days long, and i'll be a certified instructor at the end. This morning we spent crawling around the mud (actually, i kinda like that) doing a curcuit course designed to find your 'threshold' for physical fitness. Well, about 16 minutes into it my partner was puking, so i think we found his threshold. Never did find mine, probably because i drank a half pot of coffee before i went to the class, so i was hyped up for a good couple of hours. As a matter-of-fact, i'm drinking more coffee now, just to stay awake until lunch.

Speaking of coffee, the coffee out here sucks! all we have is Maxwell House brand. I'm used to the fancy organic stuff. I would sell my left foot for some organic coffee right about now.

I finally got a package that was sent back in July, it had a bunch of stuff that i needed while training in North Carolina. Like shorts, Shirts, and most importantly, my Rice Milk, and Organic cereal. I can't really use the shorts out here, but the cereal and rice milk was a pleasant surprise. believe it or not, rice milk is hard to come by out here. It's not somthing that an expiditionary PX stocks. Go figure. Now, all my guys have been giving me crap about it. Hey, that just means i'm saving the world twice, dammit.