4 days later....

finally! it's been fairly frustrating when you want to keep on going and the internet slows you down, but here i am back again. imagine going back to dial up again...ugh! anyway, quite a bit has happened in the past few days. but before that, i just wanted to thank you all for coming to visit and leaving comments and emails...it's so cheesy but it really is impossible to imagine what it means to hear from home when you're stuck in a place like this.

anyway, the past few days....the people we replaced are gone and my squadron has fully taken over ops. it was a little sad to see them off and let go of the other doc who was a security of blanket of sorts....but you should have seen the looks on their faces as they boarded the bus knowing they were on their way. i was there last summer when my squadron returned home and met their families and that is the only comparison. i've started a new sick call schedule and my corpsman and i are getting the clinic set up the way we want. lots of cleaning and getting rid of old junk. we had our first dust storm which shut down everything and blinded everyone for the better part of a day. i hear the sandstorms are even worse...just like in the mummy! scary! we had our first code red (thankfully, it was just a drill). i had my first late night sick patient. just a little exhaustion and dehydration (taken care of by my corpsman). and i finally got to move into my room where my shipmate, bull, and i are gonna get to know one another quite well.