15 December 2006 

well well

so far qatar is boring ... but i'm taking full advantage of sleeping in and doing nothing ALL day ... its a much needed break though ... well email address was wanted ... randall.barletta@iraq.centcom.mil ... for anyone that would like to keep in touch ... i am going to look into hadji net when i get back to my FOB ... hopefully i will then be able to update this whenever i want again (and post my rants and raves ... ) ... but all in all so far so good ... i'm looking forward to christmas ... it wont be the same (obvisouly) .. but its the last day our detachment will have off together ... we are just gonna sit around open a couple presents and laugh ... its just gonna make next christmas that much better!!! but i am going to head back to the couch and watch whatever movie is playing ... but like i said hopefully when i get back i will have internet so that i can read and share some stories and pictures ...

12 December 2006 

sorry for being away for so long

i'm back ... well only for the day ... turns out that i cant access any "blog type" websites because they are "message/club boards" ... military is funny about somethings i guess ... but i am in liberty for the night ... i'm heading to Qatar for my 4 day pass tomorrow ... should be fun ... we can drink and they have different things we can do there ... hopefully on the way back to Taji i can hop on here to let you know how it goes ...

but all is well i guess ... they have me doing 800 different things everyday ... it drives me crazy sometimes ... they have me doing computer work, contracting, imputing, supply, mail (i like this one), messing with humvees ... i'm sure there is one or two things i'm over looking ... i'm pretty much the bitch of unit ... but its making the days fly by ... although days are flying by, it always feels like monday!!! which is not good ... but i do have my own office were i can run and hide for a couple minutes and make my own coffee ... that also helps get me through the days ...

its not really the work that drives me crazy ... its the no respect i get ... its the "oh he's a PFC so he can do it" ... when really its ... you dont trust anyone else to fly to baghdad and pick up 3.2 million dollars ... which by the way the movies have it all wrong ... ITS HEAVY!!!! ... its funny because people are starting to realize that i am smart and that i did start a business and that i really want to get back to maryland and continue it ... oh i got something good ... someone had sent us a forbes magazine in the mail ... well i was like oh cool i'll read this ... please believe me when i finish this story ... someone said "hey whats that magazine", "oh its forbes" i replied ... *confused look appears on the face of a fellow worker* ... someone else chimes in "oh thats a smart peoples magazine ... you wouldnt understand it" ... then they turn to me and ask "you really understand what they talk about in those magazines" ... i just had to walk away ...

but thats what i have to deal with on an everyday basis ... it just hurts sometimes to think that i'm stuck in the army and a great oppertunity is passing by ... i'm gonna do my best to PCS to maryland so that i can work on my business while still in the army ... so we will see about that ... i just talk to the CSM for a brief minute and she said that she would look into it for me ...

outside of work there isnt much going on ... we have started going to the gym after work and we have joined a flag football league ... we are undefeated!!!! there is a game tonight but i wasnt going to pass up my 4 day trip to qatar for a flag football game ... thanksgiving was ok ... we got out of work early ... and we get off for xmas so thats cool ... but anyway i added my anysoldier link to my links site ... if you would like i'll leave you with my email address ... well i hope all is well out there in blogger world ... i wish there was more for me to write but i didnt think i would get a chance to post ... so i dont even know what to say ...

again i will try to get back on here while passing through back to taji

 

sorry for being away for so long

i'm back ... well only for the day ... turns out that i cant access any "blog type" websites because they are "message/club boards" ... military is funny about somethings i guess ... but i am in liberty for the night ... i'm heading to Qatar for my 4 day pass tomorrow ... should be fun ... we can drink and they have different things we can do there ... hopefully on the way back to Taji i can hop on here to let you know how it goes ...

but all is well i guess ... they have me doing 800 different things everyday ... it drives me crazy sometimes ... they have me doing computer work, contracting, imputing, supply, mail (i like this one), messing with humvees ... i'm sure there is one or two things i'm over looking ... i'm pretty much the bitch of unit ... but its making the days fly by ... although days are flying by, it always feels like monday!!! which is not good ... but i do have my own office were i can run and hide for a couple minutes and make my own coffee ... that also helps get me through the days ...

its not really the work that drives me crazy ... its the no respect i get ... its the "oh he's a PFC so he can do it" ... when really its ... you dont trust anyone else to fly to baghdad and pick up 3.2 million dollars ... which by the way the movies have it all wrong ... ITS HEAVY!!!! ... its funny because people are starting to realize that i am smart and that i did start a business and that i really want to get back to maryland and continue it ... oh i got something good ... someone had sent us a forbes magazine in the mail ... well i was like oh cool i'll read this ... please believe me when i finish this story ... someone said "hey whats that magazine", "oh its forbes" i replied ... *confused look appears on the face of a fellow worker* ... someone else chimes in "oh thats a smart peoples magazine ... you wouldnt understand it" ... then they turn to me and ask "you really understand what they talk about in those magazines" ... i just had to walk away ...

but thats what i have to deal with on an everyday basis ... it just hurts sometimes to think that i'm stuck in the army and a great oppertunity is passing by ... i'm gonna do my best to PCS to maryland so that i can work on my business while still in the army ... so we will see about that ... i just talk to the CSM for a brief minute and she said that she would look into it for me ...

outside of work there isnt much going on ... we have started going to the gym after work and we have joined a flag football league ... we are undefeated!!!! there is a game tonight but i wasnt going to pass up my 4 day trip to qatar for a flag football game ... thanksgiving was ok ... we got out of work early ... and we get off for xmas so thats cool ... but anyway i added my anysoldier link to my links site ... if you would like i'll leave you with my email address ... well i hope all is well out there in blogger world ... i wish there was more for me to write but i didnt think i would get a chance to post ... so i dont even know what to say ...

again i will try to get back on here while passing through back to taji