Well the past eight days in Indy for Christmas went by so quickly that I cannot believe that it is 2011 already. True I was up for 48 hours traveling from on Dec. 22nd and 23rd from Benghazi to Tripoli to Rome to Chicago and finally to Indy. The good news is that I have another 12000 miles to add to my frequent flyer program. The bad news is, I do not know when I will be able to cash some of them in. I seem to get stuck flying different airlines all over the place.
Time home with the family was fantastic. Got to spend some time with family and friends. Charley and Jenny brought the grandbabies home for a few days from California. I had some good quality time with the whole gang. Got to spend a lot of time with Nicki and Brian too. I did not feel like I should make Carol cook at home, so we ate out a lot so that I can put some weight back on. I figured out that I have lost nearly 20 pounds in the three months that I have been in Libya. I think I put about 5 of that back on after going to Skyline Chili, Cracker Barrel and Outback Steakhouse. I needed to get my daily alottment of pork into my system before heading back to Benghazi. It is amazing what a wonderful animal the pig is. You can have pork nearly every meal and it comes in different forms (breaded tenderloins, pulled pork, bacon, spiral sliced ham and pork loin.) I was able to double up at Sahm's with a healthy chef salad that happened to have sliced ham and bacon. That hit the spot when you add in the cinnamon coffee cake on the side.
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