Extension Blues

For those who do not know, I have been extended to spend a little more time in the glorious nation of Afghanistan. I was trying to serve an additional 4 months in country, but my request was done improperly. As a result, I'll only be here for an additional two months. It almost doesn't seem worth it. I will be earning quite a bit more cash, but not as much as if I had stayed for 4 months. I mainly wanted to have some time to do another job in country and earn a little more leave time. It's going to be tough because my best friend here is going home very soon, and the rest of our team will be leaving shortly after that. I'll basically be the last one from our team left here. I will be moving to either the East or the North of Afghanistan around August-September, so hopefully the change will get my mind off of going home. I am getting anxious to get back to the 21st century world and all it's luxuries (water that can be drank from the tap, grass and trees, options as to what to eat, women, etc). I'm tired of this "let's get back to the 7th Century, time of The Prophet" crap!