food

1. We actually had lettuce! In three weeks that has happened 4 times.  Very exciting.  

2. Vegetable soup.  I'm finding that soups are usually a good choice in the DFAC

3. Apple Sauce

4. An egg roll from the "oriental bar."  

airforce one

I found this picture on my phone from the day I left the states.  That's air force one landing at SFO.  I was a little scared I wasn't going to make my connecting flight but for President Obama I was ok with it.  If it had been one of our other presidents I would've been pissed!

poo ponds

I was at the gym this morning and the wind must have changed because the gym was suddenly down wind from the poo ponds.  I had to stop doing cardio because of it.  You can't run on the treadmill if you are trying to hold your breath.

I took these pictures of the poo ponds from the side of the gym.  My favorite is the top picture.  I want to know who decided to put in a bench that overlooks the poo ponds.  

driving

List of countries I've driven in:
USA
Germany
Austria
Italy
Czech
Iceland
san marino
Spain
AFGHANISTAN!

mythbusters

Not an Afghanistan post but when I was home I volunteered on an episode of mythbusters.  The preview for the season came out at comic con.  I'm a passenger on the airplane.  

Mythbusters 2012 preview

food

My sister told me to keep a food journal while I'm here because she finds military food fascinating.  Today there was pastrami sandwiches on the grill.  Fried chicken and cheesy garlic mashed potatoes on the hot bar as well as fish, onion rings, beans, and a few other things i don't remember right now.  We always have a salad bar that usually has a beet salad, potato salad, macaroni salad, and a full range of salad fixins except for actual lettuce.  I guess the lettuce always goes bad by the time it gets here but if you want a full plate of croutons, celery, olives, and salad dressing they've got you covered.  After all of those bars there is the themed bar.  Today it was "oriental bar" yesterday it was "afghan bar."  It might look like I take a lot of food but you never know what's going to be delicious and what's going to be inedible. Today I ate the potatoes, chicken, and chow mein.  The sandwich and the egg roll weren't very good. 

I miss...

I know its a little early to be missing things but the last two days I have been craving anything covered in mozzarella, not the crappy mozzarella but the delicious mozzarella from a cheese shop.  Grimaldi's pizza in Brooklyn and gnocchi covered in tomato sauce with chunks of mozzarella are coming to mind.  I guarantee that todays lunch at the DFAC (dining facility) is not going to satisfy this craving! only 5.5 more months till I can have some delicious mozzarella.  I wonder if I could use the milk in the DFAC to make my own. hmm...