So we are looking at 4 months out now.  Well, maybe 4 1/2, even 5, but lets be optomistic.  With a little luck, Afghanistan can be in the rearview in less than a football season (Pro, not High School!).  Everyone on the firebase have been looking forward to this part of the year.  As messed up as our sleep schedules are, they are about to get a little more difficult to manage.  There will definitely be some competition now for early morning TOC duty.  Rivalries have moved over to the Western Afghanistan desert, as Philly, Dallas, Pittsburgh, Green Bay, Atlanta and Chicago fans are made known.  If you think the NFL has some fans, the college and high school ranks are probably favored with this group.  We even have a good group of Ring Knockers that will cheer for their Black Knights as ardently as any others.  As for me, I just love football and have my strange hierarchy that I cheer for.  Check them out on the new addition to my lists.  Anyway, while things are going well, it will be good to get home again.  I will have to watch out when I do get home, as I have lost a lot of weight out here.  All the chow back at the house might cause me to balloon up a bit.  Guess that means more PT.