Gott’s Blog

So the last few days have been exciting to say the least. Probably the strangest was the other day when we were sitting outside the chow hall, enjoying the fine weather as we ate lunch, when we suddenly felt a blast. I didn’t remember EOD saying they were going to blow anything, but I figured that must have been what it was, because that’s just how it feels when EOD blows stuff up. I do say ‘feel’, because there was a definite shock wave, and we could see the windows on the building vibrate. We came to discover a few hours later that the blast was actually in Albania, some 90 miles away! I guess there was (past-tense intended) an old depot there that was responsible for disposing of communist-era munitions, as Albania works to become part of NATO. Not sure what went wrong, but that is the most impressive blast I’ve ever been near…and I wasn’t even close to it! If you check out youtube, you can probably find some rough clips of what happened.

In other news, things are getting a little tense up in Mitrovica, but you can Google the specific details on that stuff too. It’s just disappointing that some of the knuckleheads have resorted to violence. I get the impression they are trying to provoke UNMIK and/or KFOR to shoot one of their stupid asses, and escalate the situation into a real mess. Fortunately, all KFOR personnel are still accounted for.  The same is not true for one Ukranian police officer that lost his life due to injuries sustained from a grenade that detonated near him.  He was only 25, and although I never knew him (I don’t work with any of the police units), my heart goes out to his family.

To completely change the subject, we got a weather warning yesterday, saying we could receive some snow (I believe they called for two inches) in the middle of the night. Of course, that report was a little hard to believe, when the weather has been so good. In fact, I got a sunburn just a couple days ago when we ran the St. Patty’s half marathon (great success, by the way!). Anyway, when I racked out, it was raining like mad, so that made it easier to fall asleep. But when I looked out my door just now, I’d say there’s easily six inches of snow on the ground. Fortunately, I haven’t turned in any of my Gen III cool-guy gear, so I still have some snivel gear to wear out in the cold.

I’ll have to keep it short for now. I can’t believe it’s been a whole month since my last posting. I’ve been keeping busy, but with everything going on, it seemed like a good time to check in. Aside from it being just over a month since Kosovo declared independence, this is also the anniversary of the Iraq war. Sheriff Bush is of course saying how the war has been worth it. Since I’m on Title X orders right now (which means I’m an active duty soldier instead of a National Guard soldier at the moment), I’ll refrain from editorializing. I’ll just point out that he has only 307 days left in office, not that anybody’s counting or anything.

Ciao!

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