Smittie

Day 149 I didn’t go swimming yesterday. Never managed to get the motivation together to go. Going today though provided that work doesn’t get in the way which it is threatening to do. Watched X-Men 1.5 last night. Great movie. Really fun. I’m looking forward to watching X-Men: United tonight. Then I’ll be out of … Read more

Day 148 Trying to get motivated to go swimming. I’m almost there. Busy watch yesterday. The day went fast. Sleeping in CCP isn’t something I’ll miss much. Slept a lot today. Probably why I’m struggling to get in the pool and swim. I finished Charles Knief’s excellent book, Silversword. I really enjoyed it. I hope … Read more

Day 147 I ran across Sgt. Ray Reynolds email and also read the dissection of it on Orwellian Times. I read most of the comments to the Orwellian Times article. It is amazing to me the number of people who seem to believe that the Iraqi people would be better off under Saddam’s regime. I … Read more

Day 144 Wow! I haven’t blogged in three days. My apologies to the regulars who have been disappointed at not finding some new bit of wit here. No new missions or anything. The real issue is that for the most part everything here has become very routine. There are a few interesting things going on … Read more

Day 141 I’m pretty proud of me. Yesterday, after I blogged, I managed to get motivated and go swimming. I also went swimming today. It’s a nice workout. Right now I’m swimming 500 meters. Pretty soon I’ll probably need to increase it to 600 or maybe even 750. So I began the process today. I … Read more

Day 140 Those of you who want to see a picture of me, go here and scroll down to the guy named smith on the page. Another long watch done. It was hot and humid today which is to say the weather was normal. Standing watch all day makes it hard to go swimming. I’ll … Read more

Day 139 I’ve been up since I woke up yesterday morning, more or less. I got off watch this morning and had the opportunity to go into town to the airport. It was a lot of fun. Had Starbucks coffee. Ate lunch at an Italian restaurant that was quite good and fairly cheap. The big … Read more

Day 138 Yesterday I had the day watch. Came back to camp and couldn’t get motivated to go swim. It is also hard to settle down and focus enough to do a blog entry. I find that most of the days I miss are days when I have the day watch. It’s hot this morning. … Read more

Day 136 I went and swam 500 meters today. This evening I tried to go running. I ran a mile and quit. I ran 5 miles a day when I came out here. I’m weak again. Yuck! Read an interesting article today (haven’t found it on the web yet) about an Iraqi National Guard officer … Read more