Plus' and Minus'

Because very little is going on before our push, I thought I would make a list of perks about Kuwait, only because there’s always a little positive to that that is sucky.
No Mortars falling out of the sky. (that’s a big one)
You don’t have you wear body armor.
No whiney patients to take care of. (I don’t mind the one’s that actually need care)
Gourmet coffee shop (although I hear we have one on our FOB in Iraq)
No mortars falling out of the sky. (yeah, it’s that important)
We got here after the really hot weather. It only gets up to about 90-95 deg during the day.
Pallets of bottled water every 200 yards.
Power Point presentations – The stuff they talk about can save your life.
Things that are not positive about Kuwait
Being away from home.
Having less than 18 ft/sq of personal space (I’ll post a picture at some point)
The sand. It’s like confectioner’s sugar and covers EVERYTHING!!!
"15 Gallons of water per soldier per day for hygiene" – how they track that, I don’t know, but I know I do my share to conserve.
Power Point presentations – blah, it’s still power point.
No communication with your friends in another tent (mostly female, and don’t know what tent it is) of when you want to go to chow, so you end up eating w/o them, thinking they are thinking the same as you.
7 hour delay from home so no-one answers their phone when you call because it’s in the middle of the day for them.
Sleeping on a cot.
Knowing that the deployment hasn’t even really begun yet (except that the days are ticking down… Thank Goodness)
Ft. Knox’s DSN (Free military phone system) won’t connect me to my wife’s office b/c it’s stupid so I can’t talk to her after waiting an hour and a half to use the phone