And I wonder... Yes I wonder...

Who'll stop the rain...? Will you...? Will I...? I only know of one that can... Today is Sunday here... Octobre 30th... The day after... Day after what...? I don't feel this is the right place to tell you... So maybe when I am back (In Shallah) ... We will be at Cliff's or Leandro's together and I will let you know what has transpired... Why I feel the way I feel... and why I will look at you the way I do... Yes Yes... that is the appropriate setting... At church today... which by the way was conducted on a fold out table with no chairs (we are moving bases... mailing address the same...!) ... the message was of one that made yesterday that much more meaningful... I learned a lot yesterday... today's message at church told me how to use it... the message simplisticly was to be humble... know your place in the grand scheme of things... do not get caught up in your own glory to extent you forget what really matters... I was in Bayji/Beiji/Beyji (same place... arabs spell it any way they want too) ... had lots of important meetings... saw key sites that will lead the coalition to victory or doom it to another 10 years here... I felt important... We (M-Lo and I) had work to do that had very important people interested in it... The road to success was laden with exciting challanges... And over the course of the last few weeks I know realise I lost focus on what really matters to me... You... You see as we were gallivanting around Bayji that morning a soldier was killed not more than a few hours before hand... 4 others injured... another IED of course... If we would have known that before hand maybe I would have called you... woke you up... and said "just wanted to say Hi because I miss you..." not even a simple email or maybe just a little prayer for you... but I didn't... I didn't even say good luck to M-Lo (he was in a different HUMVEE) ... I went about my business as if I didn't have a care in the world... and things could have easily turned out different that day...

Hi...

-Me