Kabul

Mario has been at Manas Air Base in Kyrgyzstan for the last couple days. But today he left for Kabul and should be arriving shortly. We have been very fortunate with communication so far. He has been able to use the morale phone or call on Skype a couple times a day. Our times are exact opposite so when he is getting ready for bed, we are getting up. Hopefully Skype will work well in his new "apartment." He was told that he could pay a fee to have internet in his room. I am excited because Verizon just announced yesterday that they will start allowing Skype on some of their cell phones next month. Mario is excited to start his new job and do his 180 days and get home.

We are all doing well here at home. The kids seem to be in good spirits and Eric doesn't seem to be as worried now. I looked up statistics to share with him. Less than 100 airmen have died in the whole Iraq/Afghanistan conflict. Out of the 100, only a handful were officers and most of them seemed to be pilots who crashed. So that seemed to ease Eric's (and my) worries. I am glad Mario is not a pilot. I think the worry from him flying would shorten my life by a few decades.

Life is good and I have no complaints. Wait till tomorrow and then maybe it will be different. But for now, I have been sleeping well and I am still feeling at peace. I am grateful to have 4 great kids to keep me busy and keep me company.