24 Hours: Journal 7/17/06

Posted by Ms. Babble

July 17, 2006

A Day in the Life:

2300: return to trailer from west side. Hinojosa dragged me out to have coffee with some of her friends. I have a headache. migrain seems imminent. while driving along the fence line, saw a rocket/flare/”fireworks” streak across the sky.

0030: take an ambien and 2 tylenol PM’s. watch an episode of Seinfeld.

0100: sleep consumes me.

0900: awake from my slumber and stumble to the bathroom. feel like crap. head is still pounding and stomach hurts. bake momentarily in the plastic oven of the port-o-john.

0930: take shower. cautious of cockroaches that seem to have found a home in our shower stalls.

1000: drink coffee.

1030: picked up laundry. put laundry away. drank more coffee.

1045: have a conversation with my roomate about how male horse genitalia needs to be cleaned every so often. (A fact I learned from my mother. Thanks mom!) i gross myself out. she skillfully changes the subject by pointing out her new Poison Greatest Hits CD.

1100: bring coffee to TOC and check e-mail. For the first time in my life I have no e-mails. Nothing on AOL, gmail, myspace…. not even any spam. i suspect that there is simultaneously something wrong with every e-mail account i use.

1115: the reality that I really didn’t get any e-mails sinks in. obsessively read every CNN.com article about the current Israeli/Lebanese/Palestinian conflict. instantly start worrying about E.

1130: see that I got a box in the mail, but refuse to pick it up. decide to get it later that night when no one is around so that I can avoid having it searched.

1145: go back to my trailer and watch more Seinfeld.

1300: take 2 Tylenol PM’s and an ephedrine. headache finally begins to subside.

1315: begin to get very groggy. roomate goes to bed and I decide to nap as well.

1430: Hinojosa knocks on my door to tell me to go check in at the TOC. There was a red alarm and I should have been in the bunkers.

1435: show up at the TOC. sign the acountability roster. get questioned as to why I wasn’t in a bunker. advised i didn’t hear the sirens. slept thru the alarm.

1440: back in bed.

1530: loud thud wakes me up.

1535: bed shakes from another explosion

1545: another thud…bed shakes slightly.

1730: after lying in bed for 2 hours going in and out of consciousness, finally decide to get up.

1735: use bathroom, brush teeth, happy that my headache is completely gone.

1745: go to PX (post exchange). purchase Wheat Thins, canned chicken/cracker combo packs, jumbo pack of Twix, and a Mr. Goodbar. return back to trailer.

1800: watch 2 Seinfeld episodes.

1900: walk to the DFAC (dining facility). make a salad and sandwich to bring to work tonight.

1920: walk back to trailer. listen to ipod. absentmindedly flip through 47 songs without listening to more than 3 seconds of each track. wrap self in blanket as air conditioner is making me shiver. roomate still asleep.

1945: attempt to get a burned copy of the L Word season 3 to play on my computer. nothing happens. i am bummed.

1955: return to Seinfeld.

2030: change into uniform in the dark. (roomate still sleeping)

2045: sort thru ipod music and remove all the songs I never listen to. irritated that the shuffle feature only wants to play crap. vow to write apple about it but then realize that half the tunes I have are crap. vow to get better music.

2145: shut down computer. tip toe around the room to get stuff together for work. (roomate still sleeping, lights still out).

2200: arrive at work. first day back on graveyard shift after working mornings for the last 2 months.

2300: consumed sandwich i got earlier. checked e-mail.

another 24 hours down the tube.

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