This is inside my CLU. It's small, but comfortable and close to the main part of base. It's simple, with a twin bed, desk, two lockers, and a sink. It's also hard wired for internet service and cable TV. The air conditioner actually keeps the room cold. I share a bathroom with another officer. On my bed, is my "Dang-It Doll" that the American Legion volunteers gave us at the airport. When your day is stressful and you want to scream and shout, this is a little "Dang-It Doll" that you can't live without. You grasp it firmly by the legs and find a place to bang it! As you whack it's stuffing out, yell "Dang-It, Dang-It, Dang-It".
The food in the Bob Hope Galley so far has been excellent. Last night I had grilled Halibut as the main entree and tonight I had T-Bone steak grilled outside on large charcoal grills. And it wasn't a small piece either. It looked and tasted every bit as good as Ruth Chris Steak House.
The weather these past few days has not been too hot and there has been a nice breeze most of the day. I'm told that in the summer, it's a drier heat and the air blows the smell from the trash burning in Djibouti City out to sea. After the rains come in November, the wind switches direction and blows the smell over the Camp. The air also becomes more humid. August is the hottest month - and Djibouti is the hottest place on earth with recorded temperatures reaching up to 147 degrees. Right now, it felt hotter when we were in South Carolina.
After a busy day meeting with both Japanese and French medical officers, our family practice doctor and I headed to the Boys Orphanage with the Chaplain to play basketball and soccer with the kids. Their kitchen and school was in the barn looking facility seen in the top picture while over 25 boys lived and slept in the orphanage seen immediately below. Our doc, an avid soccer player, kept the boys busy on the soccer field while I tried my best to keep up with the boys on the basketball court. The boys spoke some broken English. The boy in the orange kept wanting us to defend him yelling, "come on, come on". He was small in statue, but had a big heart. And like in the United States, the kids high fived us when we made our baskets and yelled, "Good Shot". Everyone had a good time.
This is inside my CLU. It's small, but comfortable and close to the main part of base. It's simple, with a twin bed, desk, two lockers, and a sink. It's also hard wired for internet service and cable TV. The air conditioner actually keeps the room cold. I share a bathroom with another officer. On my bed, is my "Dang-It Doll" that the American Legion volunteers gave us at the airport. When your day is stressful and you want to scream and shout, this is a little "Dang-It Doll" that you can't live without. You grasp it firmly by the legs and find a place to bang it! As you whack it's stuffing out, yell "Dang-It, Dang-It, Dang-It".
