Yes, occasionally it sucks here

Happy August. Happy Ramadan. After 7 attacks in 2 days the rocket attacks have stopped, which is nice. We figured that they were trying to get it all out of their system. Other bases were attacked, some by folks blowing themselves up outside the gate. Or lobbing stuff over the wall. This is a war zone and bad people occasionally so bad things. We are pretty insulated here. The mayor gets killed and we read about it in Stars and Stripes. Just another day in Afghanistan.
Because of the Ramadan fast, there are soldiers at the Boardwalk telling you that you have to take your food to go. No eating in public. No shorts. Long sleeve shirts are preferred. All this for a month. This is a Muslim country. Debate raged at the clinic whether we are on US soil. I reminded them we are on "NATO" soil. Speaking of which, the Canadians have started to pack up to leave, which means they are throwing stuff out. This (Bob) is dumpster diving heaven. Hmmm  what's the Ramadan rule about that?
We came home last night to find that the generators had died. No electricity and no water. Quite warm in the rom with no a/c. So we went to dinner instead as they said it would be fixed in an hour. Wrong! So I set up my MAC outside my room  and put in a bad movie, Bounty Hunter. Hey it has Jennifer Aniston in it. Which I believe, by definition, makes it a bad movie. Everyone was impressed with the clear picture. The power came on, and, no longer starved for entertainment, I shut off the movie. Don't know how it ends. Don't care. No one is THAT starved for entertainment.
I put on my Crocs and my feet hurt. On examination I realized my feet were dry and cracked. Ouch. "Take care of your feet and they'll take care of you" they say. God. "they " are so bossy. But right in this case. I put powder on them and Lamisil on them every day, but now we are moisturizing. I have cracks on my toes. Don't worry, no pics. Even my flip flops hurt. Going barefoot is not an option. Steel grates between me and the shower. Plus snakes. OK, no snakes on the grates, but still, can't be too careful. So walking with toes curled or on the sides of my foot. They are fine with socks on and in my boots. I guess my feet sweat and it's causing trench foot. Charming. Time for some sock research. We get down to the basics here. Hope you're not eating...