Flu?

Looks like it's flu season and after numerous declines of "anna, you should get your flu shot" i think i got it. since two days ago i've been feeling like poop: sweaty, cold, sore throat, body aches.

I should've listened... but then again, if i could go back in time, i probably still wouldn't get the shot. i have a terrible fear or needles

well, i'm going back to bed and resting up

A few Minutes to myself

I just want to update everyone since I have a minute or two. Things
are fine, it is about a doldrums as you can get here. I lift, eat, go
to work get an hour to two hours to myself at night and then I go to
sleep and do it all over again.

As soon as I can I will contact more of you I just dont have time, we
are in transition phase and you cant ask the people here what to do
after they have left.

I miss Anna terribly, and I do everything possible to suppress the
sadness. I am a leader, and at times I show compassion but, I have to
be strong for the troops and it is hard to turn that on and off. The
pace here is so fast that I still have not unpacked all my crap.

To Anna I love you so much, and I did not need a deployment to help me
to know that. I always have and always will love you to death. I
would give anything to spoon with you on the couch, small beds are
lonely as well trust me. We will be together soon.

Hope everyone is well, if there is anything I can do please let me know.

New Mailing address

Old one should still work if anyone sent anything already. I am
fine, it is raining and getting colder, working out a lot doing my
first weigh in is sunday.

CPT Joaquin DeQuintanaRoo
25th STB 25th ID G1
COB Speicher
APO AE 09393

The land, of sand

I am in Iraq and all is well, hope everyone is doing well. If anyone needs rocks or sand let me know I will send them some. If anyone wants to send a card or care package my address is as follows:

CPT Joaquin DeQuintanaRoo
25th STB, INS ATTN: G1
Unit 72111 COB Spiecher
APO AE 09393

More to follow
Love,
Master of the Sand

it's sad when you see the person you love over a computer screen

i was on google talk with joaquin today and we tried out the video chat...

amazing... yes

creative...yes

depressing...more so than yes

as we tried to work the program for the first time we had issues. first it wasn't showing up that i had downloaded the tool. next when i tried calling to connect he didn't answer. last, we connected, well at least i saw joaquin through my computer but he could not see me.

while i visually watched the most handsome man in the world wave his hands around in the air to test the video, i typed "i see you" "i dont see you" he said.. and typed i watched him adorable yet dopey facial expressions on the screen. at one point we were so frustrated we both laid our faces on our hands at the same time. of course, i could see this and he couldnt. i paused and remembered how alike we were; i remember the perfectness. i watched him again and cried.

i knew at some point that i should close the window and re-try the program but i waited till i stopped crying and until my voice was "ready" to chat.

"i miss you so much" my voice cracked and i closed the window knowing that he didn't hear me and waited a minute. when i started the program again it worked and we began the casual chatting. nothing is worse than having the one you love see you so sad

... especially when their main purpose is to keep you happy.