I've been in the middle east now for over 188 days now and I've only got two more days until I get to head back to the United States again. It'll be nice to see the family and the girlfriend as well. What's going to really irk me though is that I'll have to wait an extra couple of days to see them all for in-processing back into the base and some medical stuff. Then I have to figure out a way to head over to them. I guess I could catch a flight since none of them are coming down to me to greet me back from my deployment. It's kind of depressing really but what the hell, I'll be back and surrounded by trees and other green things. It sucks seeing nothing but desert everyday out here.