Shit. It has been quite some time. On vacation now, currently in Barcelona about to get my 2nd tattoo in 2 days. Also on the agenda are Berlin and Stockholm.
Big changes coming though. I fast forwarded plans because I can't deal with Afghanistan anymore. I got accepted into grad school at the University of Pittsburgh starting in the fall. My contract ends Mid-May. I...
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Damn I miss this site. I can't get on it in Afghanistan for some reason. Probably the fact that it is partially blocked because it is "porn" in the Islamic world.
So this will be my only check in for about 3 months, maybe more. Boo.
Just got done with vacation, Kiev, Krakow and Stockholm. Great trip. Heavy stuff.
Back to Afghanistan and the turned...
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So I have been in Afghanistan for about a month now. This is the first time in that month that I have been able to get on SG. Typically my internet is so bad that I can't pull it up, which really sucks. I have very limited internet or time as a whole.
There is a lot I could say about this all but the...
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Leave for Afghanistan tomorrow. I will be there on Wednesday at some point. It is a long trip. 13 hours to Dubai, then the next day the flight to Afghanistan. Time to turn the brain off and just grind. 3 months on, 3 weeks off. Focus on that and redefine the space around me. All will be well. Grind.

Slight change of plans. Got stuck in Kosovo an extra 45 days due to some contractual problems. It is a bunch of BS and made things very difficult, but they gave us a very nice bonus for our troubles. It still blows because I had many plans. We are now supposed to be leaving Kosovo around April 17th or so. Once I get a hard...
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Things are in motion.

I leave Kosovo on 2 March, fly to Stockholm. I leave Stockholm and head back to Pittsburgh on 7 March. I then should leave for my training and then to Afghanistan sometime around March 26th. What date I leave for Afghanistan depends on things working out with my medical and stuff like that. It should be fine. I am fairly excited...
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Company lost the contract, I am going back to the states for some period of time. I was in shock at first, but now I am calm and at peace with it all. I am actually kind of excited. It is a chance to move onto to something different. The bottom line is I will be OK.
I am only worrying about the shit I...
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Happy fucking new year.

My company lost its contract. In about 45 days I will be out of a job and headed back to states. I am hoping to find another gig soon, preferably Afghanistan.

I have a lot of shit to do. Not fucking good news.

I suck at updating. Night shift is killing me which is part of the problem. Ugh.

Long time between posts is becoming a common thing. Not that many people really read what I say.

My head is kind of a mess right now. Adjusting to night shift, going back to the states for 2 weeks on the 1st. That will be a rough trip.

Not much else happening. Lots of running and yoga lately. I am not really able to ride...
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Getting my head in a better place. Hammering the bike and doing some good yoga practices, both of which help my head a lot. Listening to the living shit out of Tombs "Path of Totality". One of the best albums I have heard in a long time.

It is just such a fucking struggling getting by day to day knowing that the major decisions that...
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5 months and no posts.

In Stockholm now, 2 weeks here. Decompression and getting my head straight. Lots of ink as well.