Sandstorm and a little disapointment

I woke up this morning late… walked outside for a moment and thought I was in a dream. It was flipping sprinkling!!!! That lasted for about 15 mins. Later this afternoon I got to experience my first sandstorm. It also included thunder and sprinkling!! Craziness… in the distance it looked like it was raining but it was sand. It was so windy that I thought that some branches might start coming off the trees!



I had a busy day today working with a couple units and learning more about our systems. Things were goin alright then I got a email from my boss here in Iraq requesting some information about a piece of hardware . It’s a piece of equipment that I know nothing about and they said before I left the states that we wouldn’t be using it. Apparently it’s still used for other purposes and that’s the info he needed. So I went to my point of contact within Army I.T. section (S6) that is in charge of our MC4 equipment. He knew what I was talking about so I forwarded him the email. While he was in the process of trying to get the information by sending an email he sent it to the person who maintains the system, some soldiers, and CC’d everyone who was in the original email that was sent to me. One of those people is my bosses boss… the big guy. I know that he meant no harm and he said he didn’t know that’s who he was CCing. Total honest mistake… however I got a email requesting I call our helpdesk person, who I work with a lot on solving system issues. I knew I was gonna get a talking to, but I thought my boss would have talked to me…. Not have someone else do it. Other words that means that someone’s pissed. The guy I talked to tried making it sound like not a big deal but said it should have stayed somewhat internal. The email said nothing to that fact anywhere on it. So when I got off the phone with him I called my boss back home at fort lewis and explained the situation. He said that because I’m new I didn’t know their procedures here overseas and that he didn’t see a problem with it. So what he said that I screwed up..so what.. if they yell at me then they do. He also said hey you weren’t drunk, didn’t call a commander a moron, and you show up for work. Did I mention my boss back home rocks? At least he got me laughing.

Oh then to top it off… today at lunch I got tomato sauce down my shirt and pants. So I get to do some hand washing tonight!

I hope I sleep better tonight, I think I’m gonna take one of my natural sleep aids. I’ve been dreaming so intensely that I start tossing and turning and wake myself up. Hope you all have a nice day… take care.