Day 268

You know you’ve been in Iraq too long when;

You get up in the morning with the sun, you step outside your room wearing a t-shirt, shorts and flip-flops, and it feels cold.
You get ready to go to work in the morning, step outside your room, and that burnt desert smell doesn’t bother you any more.
You get to work at 7:30, check the outdoor thermometer, it reads 90 degrees, and it feels nice.
You stand in the shade at 4 in the afternoon, it’s 109 degrees, you’re not sweating and you say to yourself, “It’s not a bad day.”
One of those little lizards runs across your boot and you don’t flinch.
You ride in a civilian pickup with the air conditioner on, the radio off, and you notice the quiet.
More than 50% of the conversations revolve around food. Not just the food from the good restaurants, but it’s more the really good, home cooked favorites.
You volunteer to stay with another unit.
You walk into an outhouse, it’s clean, and you’re excited.
You can drink 7 2-liter bottles of water in a day, and not think anything of it.
You drink 7 2-liter bottles of water in a day, and only have to pee twice.