so we been here for like three months now.... still living in tents and still no days off. lemme talk about what happened last nite at work. actually it starts way before last nite. it start the nite before last nite when i fell out a storage connex and twisted my ankle really bad. i should have taken it as a sign of what kinda day it was gonna turn out... it turned out i couldn't walk and i cried when i was trying to get on th bus to go to the aid station. all they did was immerse my foot in ice water (very painful and traumatic experience), and to add insult they gave 325mg tylenol!!! i was in pain and that's all i got. oh yeah and an ankle brace. so last nite when i hobbled to work it was hurting bad :( . so like i said i should have taken it as a sign when i fell... so last nite at 2 am when the electricity went off in the warehouse and the entire post, i shouldn't have been suprised. i was scared out of my mind. did i mention that i'm really scared of the dark? when the lights started to off one by one i thought it was my co-worker trying to be funny.
when i found out it wasn't him, that's when i started to really freak out. we had no way of communicating anyone and no where to go. we haven't been briefed on what to do in that situation. after a while we decided he needed to tell someone since i was in no position to go. he left finally after bringing me my weapon (M16a4) and a big spotlight. i slowly hobbled my way to the middle of the yard armed with a flashlight, a spotlight, a radio tuned to the ecp channel...
i was so scared out of my mind! after a while, the lights came back on. my co-worker came back and told me that the commander had delayed him by asking him why he joined the army and something else about leadership literature!!! i was pissed! there i was in the dark terrified out of my mind and that loser wants to get deep! after while,it was okay but mind you, i still had the flashlight next to me the whole time until sunrise.....
