An easy day today. I woke at 0600, shaved, showered then I came in to find SSGT R. asleep on the floor in the office for the second night in a row, waiting for the rockets that didn't come...at least not on schedule anyway. I woke him up then sipped coffee and surfed the net until LtCol V showed up in civvies. He said we had the day off. I still worked until 1100 then walked back to the trailer for a nap.
I spent the rest of the day reading a book about utopian communities in America prior to 1880 and swimming. Not seeing anyone else I planned on walking down to the chinese restaurant for a beer and some dinner but on the way down I noticed there was nobody around. I just about headed down the alley to the place, patted my Buck hunting knife, but decided not to chance it. I mean there was no one around...until this annoying Iraqi kid who held my hand, sometimes cried, sometimes got tough and said, Come on man, three (chewing gum) for a dollar. Unfortunately all I had was fives and higher so I couldn't buy any gum...which made him my constant companion (little thorn) until I made it thru the Marine checkpoint again.
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