From Mom, Tue 9/14/10 11:20 PM

Hey Fav,

That would be sweet if you could come back that often. Yes, thankfully no one was seriously hurt. What happens to the guy shot in the foot? Who shot him? Where did the fire fight happen? Where you guys out on patrol? What is the name of the village your base is next to?

You know I could see you laughing? I mean what you guys are doing is kind of insane, right? That emotion needs to be released some how. There's videos on youtube of guys in the middle of fire fights and they are yelling and screaming and laughing and you can see tracers flying away and towards them.

I'm glad that you are okay and that you are sharing what's happening over there with me. It helps to talk about it. Do you know what surreal means? It means bizarre or dreamlike. You gotta feel like that sometimes.

Andy is doing good, he needs to pay more attention to detail. Like driving past trash on the ground instead of slowing down to grab it. But everyone likes him and he has been called a real go getter, what ever that means. I told you how Joseph and I set it up so that he has the pager all the time right? Please don't tell him that it is a recent developement for his position, please. We are still rotating it but only on his days off and if he needs to have some one else carry it for something. He needs the money now anyways, pages are over time. I going to pay him $20 bucks to take my turn.

Yeah, it's your friend Jimmy that you used to go fishing with and lived in MM203 when we first moved to the apartments. When I found out that is was Jimmy, Andy was with me. The redhead guy was standing there and Andy was saying that they should rent a garage so their band could be a real garage band. So I assumed he was the guy who took the bass. What was his name?

I'm watching King of the Hill again, its just about my favorite thing to watch. Cubby can say Teddy now. I was so glad to hear from you today. Keep yourself safe. I love and miss you. Mom, XOXOXOX