Heard from Lou Today! Original Post 20 July 2006

Derek called this a.m. Said all were doing fine. That they would be moving tomorrow or the next day. Couldn't say where of course, only that they would be safe.
He was excited! They now have working air conditioners in their trucks! Said the contractor there that runs a mechanic shop was from Ft. Bragg area. Was more than happy to get ALL 49 trucks in working order!
Said they were hot and he was tired of living out of his pack. Is anxious to get moved and settled. And now that we have addresses for our soldiers, we can start sending them mail! He said no cookies yet...told him I thought I would wait awhile before I start sending Pringles cans full of chocolate chip cookies. He laughed-he said yeah, what a gooey mess that would be with all that chocolate melting from the heat!
Said he had heard a couple of instances of gunfire from outside the perimeter. Hadn't heard of any casualities. Said from the short bursts he thought maybe it was just warning shots.
Said he misses us, he misses home, and he keeps trying to reassure good ol' mom that everything is ok. That they will be safe. I pray that they do.
We discussed the Lebanon/Israel conflict. Said he hadn't heard much about it, but rest assured they weren't going to Israel! that was one thing HE COULD tell me! My parents were here when he called. Derek and I usually agree on our views of the war and politics and we get into some pretty heated discussions. This was no exception-had my mom and dad laughing at us! I won't discuss our political views, do not feel this is the appropriate place to discuss them-and it could stir up some pretty heated debates! LOL!
For anyone that hasn't received the word-their address is as follows:
Soldiers Name
519th MP BN
118th MP CO (ABN)APO AE 09390
I am heading to Sam's Club this afternoon to buy him power strips to send over. He said all they could find were the European strips and of course none of his equipment-laptop, radio chargers, etc. ran off of that. He had purchased an inverter that would convert the 220v to 110v, but it only had 1 plug. He needed power strips! So, his first package from home will be-power strips, dvds, beef jerky, summer sausage and some butterscoth candies.
If any one is purchasing dvd's to send over, please email a list to tntdesigns@kc.rr.com I thought it would be a good idea to keep a running list on the blog of the dvd titles so that as we purchase dvds to send over that we can purchase different titles and they can then share. That way they don't all have the same thing. Derek thought that was a good idea. You can find the list in the "categories" section of the blog.
Well, that is it for me today. I keep telling him-eyes open-head down. (he is 6 foot 4). Figured it was appropriate in his case!