...But they won't let me go. I have been waiting three days to fly from Bagram Airfield to Kuwait. Flights were backed up for four days prior to me needing a flight on Tuesday. That means that 5 gazillion people needed a fligt to Kuwait. I've been so far down the list that I might as well not even go to the terminal. All R&R soldiers (people going on leave) have priority over me, an individual re-deployer. Today over 100 new R&R people showed up that were not here yesterday, so of course I did not get on. I was three names away when all seats were filled. Two nights ago, I got on the list, loaded my bags, and waited in the terminal for over an hour only to have the flight cancelled. I'm hoping to get on a plane tomorrow. If I don't I'll be stuck over here for at least another week because I can only fly out of Kuwait on Saturdays because I have weapons. If I can't get to Kuwait before Saturday morning, I will not get to fly to the U.S. until the 10th.
Life is not too pleasant right now. I haven't had clean clothes in a week because there is no self-service laundry and the laundry service takes three days. Because of the uncertainty of flights, I don't dare turn in my laundry. I've had to double and tripple wear my underclothes and socks. I went to the px today to buy some more socks, and they didn't have my size. I can't even buy clean clothes!
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