THE STEELERS WENT AND BLEW THAT DAMN GAME!!!! Why??? I was so excited to finally get to watch my team for the first time this season here in the desert, and with 34 seconds left they just gave it away after playing fantastic defense all game long! GRRRRRRRR!!!!! It makes it 100 times worse that it happened against Baltimore!!!! The Ravens are the most hated team by the majority of Pittsburgh fans... with the Patriots I'm quite certain a very close 2nd. Yes... yes... I know... I do not control the outcome of the game. :) Still... being an avid fan of any sports team is somewhat of a personal "investment" in that team, and you can't help but have that sunken defeated feeling inside when they lose... especially in the last seconds of the game. :(
Being a native Pittsburgher... I think I was born with a Terrible Towel wrapped around me. The Steelers are like a religion in Pittsburgh. I truly believe more beer, wings, pizza, and Primanti Brothers sandwiches are sold on Steeler game days than any other time! They even have a Primanti Brothers in the stadium!!! I don't remember much about the Steelers of the 70s, except that as a very little child of maybe 4 or 5 years of age I met the great Jack Lambert at a local Eat 'n Park in my hometown of Greensburg. That's a pretty exciting thing for a little guy! Would I get quite as excited today as back then? I'm quite certain not... but there's still that little kid in me that would love to meet many of the famous people that I'm fans of be it in sports, music or otherwise.
This is now the beginning of my 5th week of my deployment... in just 3 days I will have been gone for 1 full month. I feel like I really haven't done much here yet other than the job day in and day out... now that doesn't speak for my daily/nightly Skype date with Anne Marie. Those are always very precious. :) We are doing quite well I would have to say for being so far apart. It's not an easy thing to do. Granted we still have a moment here and there, but overall we have adapted quite well after spending much of the summer together. :)
The weather is still hot, but it's starting to cool down ever so gradually. It is taking a little longer each day to get to 100, and the forecast high for Wednesday is only a chilly 97 degrees! YAY! Now that's exciting for me! :) I would love it if we could get rid of the dust in the air next. Perhaps I'm asking for a little too much all at once, huh? Seriously, though, I think you just get used to the heat after so long. Then, once you've adapted anything remotely normal starts to feel REALLY cool. I never thought 72 in the morning could feel so great! LOL
So with 4 weeks down... basically one month... and 5 to go... I'd say overall it's going very well here in Iraq. I do still owe this blog of mine some pictures... I just really haven't had the time yet to take any pictures. My camera is here... and I do have a roomie to help me out in the picture department, so I will get some soon... Plus I have PLENTY of pics in my laptop that I could post anytime as well. It's just a matter of taking the time to do it. Then maybe I'll actually make my blog more "cool". :)
Just think... in just 4 days... it will be poker night once again...
Peace, Love, and Poker
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