Just trying to keep my head up while I'm here in Iraq. While it's not as bad as I thought it would be, it still sucks being away from all my friends and family, especially my beautiful wife and daughter. I miss them with every ounce of my being. I stay in constant contact with them, so that helps keep me sane. Also the people that I am here with and work with are a great bunch of people. They're helping me through this without really knowing they are.