Delayed

We got word awhile back we might be coming home a week early, so one of the first things you do is calculate the cut off date for dropping off laundry. We all stopped at the appropriate time, but discovered a hitch in our plans when our replacement plane broke before hopping the pond. It was a minor break so no precautions were taken in clothing rationing or turning in another bag. Word of another more serious break took longer reaching us (apparently there are NO extras of this part, they stopped making them all together, so it had to be fabricated from scratch). In an attempt to get more people home on time they threw everyone on the first flight out, leaving one brave crew to fight the war on their own (slight exaggeration) Not an exaggeration: we are starting to run low on clean PTs and underwear!!! The first step of rationing comes in the form of having a “dirty set” of PTs to be worn for working out, and a “clean set” for lounging and eating, socks and underwear are a little more tricky. Serious discussions are taking place on when underwear is vitally necessary, and how many wears is acceptable. All this is in good spirits with the end in sight, tomorrow should be our last mission. It is supposed to be med-evac, which I always look forward to knowing the chances are high for a cute nurse, which might justify clean underwear. :)

TRICKED ME, turns out it wasn’t our last mission and it wasn’t med-evac. The possibility for cute nurses was crushed & replaced by smelly PUCs with long unkept beards, escorted by special ops dudes , thanks a lot Bin-Laden.