Valentine's Day

I have not had internet for the past week, traveling and all. I am now at Ft. Benning, GA, and I hope to be on a flight home to Spokane tonight or tomorrow. We have had a very long week. We left our CHU's in Al Asad last Friday afternoon, spent hours and hours trying to get on a flight to Kuwait, but the AirForce kept telling us we had too many of us, and too many duffle bags. Finally got to Kuwait after midnight, and we had to be up at 5am to start customs for our flight back to the USA. Well, after minimal sleep, we got up and hauled our duffles out, only to be told our flight had been pushed back, and we had to report at 2100hrs instead (9pm). So that night, we actually had to start moving bags at 7pm, then stood around in lines, going through customs all night until we finally boarded a plane, which took off at 8am Sunday! Then we flew to various countries, finally arriving in Georgia after 24 hours. We arrived here around 2am, and had to be up at 5am, but also had to rearrange all of our equipment for turn-in before that time. Therefore, we didn't get to sleep at all that night either, so we were all going on several days of minimal sleep. We have spent the past few days getting processed out of here, and we all hope to go home soon. I can't wait. I will let you know when I make it. Thanks for your thoughts and concerns.