Letter 8

11/25

Hi everyone, just letting you know how I'm doing. We all got to go to the coalition side of Taji today to go to the PX. It was nice on that side of the base, we ate dinner in a huge dinning facility that had a taco bar, a pasta bar, a mongolian-style stir fry, a salad station, short order, a Baskin Robbins bar, and the main line. Lots of food to choose from and it was all good. Much better than the stuff they have been feeding us, like spinach stew. The PX was huge too, it was like going to a PX on post. For those who don't know PX is Post Exchange and it is just like a small version of Wal-mart, except tax free. They also had a Cinnabon and several other restaurants. Everything was going pretty good until I heard a couple of explosions. The base got hit with a few mortars some distance away from where we were. I think it blew up someone's roof but nobody was hurt. I'm doing fine and I will keep you guys up to date on what is going on around here. Hope your day of shopping isn't quite as exciting as mine.
love,
Billy