Well, I finally made it to the desert! I realize it's been a long time and I have been lacking in attention to my blog, but I was so busy that I forgot all about the little things I've needed to do while the big things were taking up my attention. A lot has gone on in the past few months so let me explain...
Before leaving on my adventure, during February it became apparent that the relationship I have with Sterling just dived down to another level of seriousness. We are officially considering buying a large piece of land and setting up a stable while he goes further with plans to set up giant solar panels on the property as well. This scared me a little at first, but as I am in no place to put any money on such an endeavor other than towards the monthly bills, I think it scared him more. I was shocked to find out he`d be up for this since he knows nothing about horses, but he wants us both to have a guarantee of staying in the same place, and of course him being brought back to the area where his son is as the threat of him being posted for a time looms nearer.
The second was preparations to leave for up to two months. There were various courses and tests I had to complete in order to prove worthy of coming to Afghanistan. The worst one was the 13km ruck march we had to complete in under two and a half hours with approximately 55 lbs on our backs. My feet hurt so bad after that, you have no idea! It was aweful! But I survived needless to say, and completed it under the required time limit. But that wasn`t the only hurdle. There was also the complications with the herd at the stable having strangles and having to hand over my beasts to my friend Leslie making her responsible for their decontamination when the time comes because I am not there and it is still not time yet. Asl making sure both my babies get the exercise they need while I am away. The cats and snake I don`t worry about because DJ, my trusty neighbour and longtime friend, is there for me and I know my furry friends and legless companion are safe and sound and happy, though missing mommy endlessly as Belle will rip around the house everytime DJ comes in to feed them, and she goes crazy when Sterling visits the apartment on weekends. And Belle isn`t the affectionate one, Marvin is, so I can only imagine how he`s doing. But I know Shadow doesn`t even notice my absence. Oh well, I`ll find her exactly where I left her, sleeping on the end of the couch.
The last a final thing was the process of getting all the things I needed to come here in the first place. The packing was hectic, paperwork is never ending and even the flight here was chaotic as we got on and off the plane three times. Thank god we didn`t have to drag our stuff off the plane everytime too. The military is great for handling things like that. But in the end I am here safe and sound, we`ve had several rocket attacks already and I have experienced my first repatriation ceremony on the flight line. It`s not something I want to see again for obvious reasons. I am however having a blast otherwise, I`ve already gone on a flight, celebrated my brithday here in style, and the gym keeps me occupied since there are no horse in KAF. I`ll see everyone when I get home and hopefully this blog won`t go completely ingored during that time!
Stay out of the shit,
Lady S.
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