The weather here in Kuwait is absolutely beautiful! It's kind of like a really nice, hot sunny day in Rochester. It's warm, but not unbearably so; maybe the 90's if I were to take a guess. I was expecting "oh-my-god-I-can't-breath" kind of hot, but it's turned out to be quite pleasant, all in all. Certainly better than winter in Rochester, I can tell you that.

Anyway, you'll never guess what I found. A Starbucks!! I swear to god, an honest to goodness Starbucks here in Kuwait. Even when I get called up, I still can't get away from work! *lol* I had to laugh when I saw it because some of my co-workers and I had joked prior to my mobilization that I could become the manager of the first Starbucks in Baghdad. Camp Doha isn't quite Baghdad, but it's a lot closer than I think any of us realized!!

I still haven't gone to bed from the night before. Wait, I take that back; I slept for about an hour this morning, then had to go shave and such for a briefing from the general. Otherwise, I've been busy all day getting ready for the flight out of Kuwait this evening. I've been getting my IBA (Interceptor Body Armor) all set up, putting the finishing touches on my kevlar helmet, trying to find something I need in my bag and repacking, realizing I need something else from a bag and then repacking, emptying the bag again to get to another item in the bottom of the bag I need then repacking . . .

Now I think I'm pretty much done though. Just a matter of leaving the laptop and the Ipod plugged in until just before we go so they get all charged up. Perhaps I'll try to sneak in a short cat nap as well.