Since I am no longer a Navy Dentist in Iraq and will not be a Navy Dentist in 6 months, I felt it was time to get a new blog. I hope that you have enjoyed reading this blog, but most of all the looking at pictures of my time in Iraq.
Today was our last official day with medical battalion. We are now "officially" going back to work in our clinic. On the drive up I caught this storm passing through San Diego. I guess this is a good end to my Blog. Maybe I will post a video if I ever get it finished or start another blog. So much to do, so little time.
I thought this was funny when I saw the pigeons sitting in the tree next to the clinic. If you take a closer look you will see the man is on the right. How do I know this? He is checking out the other bird flying bye. Yeah, I've been out here too long!
After we moved the tires we had to start taking down the sand bags.
At first glance you would thing there was some sort of incoming that hit Camp Fallujah, but fortunately it is just the burn pit.
After dinner I was going in to my room when CDR was at her door with a bucket in her hand. She said "John, do you see that?" Down the hall was the snake slithering away from CDR's room. It proceeded to go into another door which was locked. About 20 minutes later and 3 rooms the snake hid in, we had Norm the Navy seal turned Ortho Physicians Asst. charm the snake. It was a catch and release program. Needless to say everyone in here was sealing off the bottom of their doors that night.
The night photos are mine, but I included some other pics (http://www.richard-seaman.com) since most of you might not know what the Osprey looks like. I have some of my own pics of the Osprey from the Miramar air show, but they are on the computer back home. I set my camera up on the tripod about 1 foot off the ground and it got blown over from the thrust of the propellers as I took shelter behind the SUV. It is still alive! I almost had my first casualty, but I brought it back to life. The yellow light is the crew chief walking by the camera as the shutter was open. They have a little light they wear on there vest. I was chewing sand for about 30 minutes after takeoff. Next time I don't think I will get so close.
I'm a little preoccupied getting my applications completed for Ortho residency, so I have not posted anything in a while. Between all the application forms I jump from photoshop to MS Word until my head spins. My Excel sheet is daunting and packed full of info. I have to email everything to Secretary Sarah to print and mail (sometimes Secretary Sandi fills in). Administrative Ass. Alan is always too busy to help. I'll remember that when he comes to me for his kids treatment hahaha Double the cost! Transcripts, recommendation letters, and writing checks $$$ is keeping me busy. I will get back to taking pics when I am finished with the application process.
In case you haven't figured it out...this is a countdown to when we come home. There is an excel file that counts it down from months, weeks, days, and even second until we return. The group here like to go by paydays remaining instead. 6 if you are wondering.
