Manas

We took off a day late from Bagram and got to Manas.  Manas is a holding station for us to pick up gear and drop it off.  It has changed so much in the last six months it's unbelievable.  I have decided the Air Force definitely takes better care of their people just based on the facilities here.

I am really disappointed however.  I lost my phone.  Six months on a deployment and I've lost my phone here.  It had the pictures of the helicopter ride, friends I've made.  I am so sad right now.  It's a whole part of my life just gone and now I can't replace it.

Annie is really being helpful, I know she has a lot of stress on her mind too.  It's funny, we have pretty much gone away from Kate and Beeland.  Neither of us can stand Beeland, he's so inept and Kate is just a know-it-all without the experience.  Tomorrow we'll get on our flight to see our families and this one bump in the road will be over. 

We did meet a Colonel and we're kind of riding on his wings.  We took him in at Bagram when our flight was cancelled and gave him a place to sleep so now he's just hanging out with us.  Very nice man (Col Bernier).  I have introduced him to Leverage but I don't think we'll get to watch the end of the show.