Well, the polls are closed and all in all it seems that it was a reasonably good day. All I have to base that on though is the same CNN or FOX news that veryone else has. I felt I should post today because it was a pretty wierd day. Almost anticlimactic in a way. We had all this build up to the elections and I feel like I walked around base today and sat in my area just waiting for something big to happen. I felt like I wanted to express that feeling because you forget from day to day how you felt at certain times. We had no major events here that I know of. Trust me I know that this is a good thing. Like I said was a wierd feel to the air today and I wonder if I was the only one to feel it.

     So I am still fighting mostly boredome. I love the fact that everyone seems to be making a bit off of us. I am a fan of ATT and as a civilian they have always seemed to be a fair company. Today I called home which was great to hear Tracy's voice and to hear Ella count to ten for the first time, but to only get 33 talk minutes out of a 500 minute calling card is pretty frustrating. People are generous enough to send these and they are not cheap. I know that a lot of people here use these things but has anyone found a better way? I am lucky enough to have easy access to the internet but many soldiers don't and rely highly on those calls home. Just doesn't seem right. 

    The puerto rican experience is coming along OK and I am learning a little more spanish every day so I should be pretty fluent in the next 10 months or so. I am tired of wearing earplugs to bed because of the snoring next to me but at least I can sleep through the night that way. 

     To all the IRR coming in just getting those Western unions good luck I hope the mobilization system improves and is less frustrating than it was for me but remember that the job you are being called to do in some way is important no matter what your MOS is. No matter what job you perform someone else depends on it so keep on driving to get through those 545 days. I am trying to follow my own advise and it is tough trust me.  Lets hope these elections are the first step in geting us all home

Tracy I miss you and I loved hearing your voice today!!

BY the way as for the title of this post I would have written in spongebob for president because I think he would send us all home faster. I know pretty Lame.