today was great day we went to Balad to go swiming and relax. man it felt good to swim for 2 1/2hrs. it cracks me up wen ppl complain about bein in iraq when they live on a base with a big ass pool severval PXs, and a full blown movie theater. and here i am stuck in a small FOB with a crappy chow hall(rated 2nd worst in Iraq)...here i am rantin... all in all i had a good day. hope urs was too.