My 14th annual 21st B-day

So my 35th Birthday is spent in Iraq. It's not that big of a deal, I hate missing those other important days like the kids Birthdays and anniversaries, my own and my parents. What I miss most is just getting together with family and visiting and catching up on whatever.

Today has been like most other days. I went into work and found my door decorated with ballons and and a sign saying happy birthday. A little later that day all of the polish officers that live work in the building, its about 10 or 11 crowded into my office and sang happy birthday to me in Polish. They gave me a book as well which is written in Polish and English that talks about all of the things the Polish military has been involved in. It was really kind of neat. The Polish are very hospitable and go out of there way to help us celebrate our holidays such as Memorial Day and our Independence day. It is really a neat place to be when you think about it.

My fellow Illinoisans gave me a card which I will post a picture of if I can get it to upload. On the front it has puppies eating a cake which is kind of an inside joke. We tend to use puppies a lot when we are emphasizing things. For example "man my stomach is messsed up I left a bowl full of puppy S*&t, or another one that seems to be common when we are talking about detainees we often say he was as soft as puppy S&@t.

So not much else to say. I had some ice cream from the Dining Facility for my Birthday but then again I have that almost every night. I was hoping for a taco salad from the taco bar but instead I ended up with a crushed taco mess for dinner. Much to my dismay I realized to late we were out of lettuce once again.

Thank You for all of your emails wishing me a Happy Birthday it's nice to know that people still remember who I am, LOL!

Later and good night from Iraq

Brent