Get to work MOOSE

Nice African sunset. It was good to sleep in a real bed although at least 4 guys were sawing some serious logs last night and some jets took off after midnite - thank goodness for earplugs... Now, if I could only do something about the time zone change - that is really kickin' my butt! Somehow I managed to get to bed at 9pm (noon, Texas time) and got more or less 7 hours sleep. There's not much to do around here at 4am except go the gym - it's open 24/7. So I went and had a great workout (I will lose that weight); granted, the chow hall has great food - 3 squares a day from a buffet line is gonna be tough to overcome. Today I had an omelet for breakfast and crab legs / fried shrimp for dinner - they've gotta keep up the morale somehow, although they do have some good MWR (Morale Welfare and Recreation) events here occasionally... for the Superbowl we have some celebrities visiting: Matthew Lillard and Robert Patrick (a couple actors) and Randy Johnston (MLB pitcher) along with a dozen NFL cheerleaders - they must be outta their minds coming here; God bless 'em though! On Facebook check out the Camp Lemonnier Djibouti page. As for the job, right away the guys that I am going to be working with got me in-processed and put me in on-the-job training. Surprisingly overworked and undermanned. The AFRICOM (Africa Command) staff here is not the monster like it was at CENTCOM (Central Command - they control ops in Iraq and Afghanistan and therefore have had all the attention the past 20 years). The guys can't wait for me to be spun up so they can get a little reprieve. Needless to say I'll be busy at work - my job for now is 7am - 7pm shift work on the Operations Floor monitoring and reporting on all the air operations in theater. There is a lot going on here now - much of it you can decipher from the news, but in support of US interests we are more involved here that you could imagine. Anyway, it's past my bedtime - I'm gonna try to Skype Kerry one more time. She has been really busy getting the boys the help they need in school, I really wish I could be there to help... If you have a Skype account look me up: KevDydyk is my username and I'd be glad to chat most anytime you see me online.