Well all, I have arrived safely. I didn't sleep a wink on the plane. So I was ready to crash hard when I got to the hotel. Went to bed at 1030 pm and amazingly woke up and could not sleep at 4 am. So, with the International Dateline I figure I woke up Tuesday morning after maybe 5 hours sleep and didn't go to sleep until 1030 pm Wednsday and then could only sleep 6 hours. Hmmm..well will see how I do. It is 447 pm right now and I feel like I do about 1 am which is coincidentally what tiem it is in Washington so go figure.

Seoul is huge. I would say it feels even larger than New York just because the city never stops. Camp Casey is 40 miles NE of Seoul and on the bus trip here I was wondering when we would finally get out of the city and then all the sudden we were going into the Camp Casey gate. So there are still all the very large skyrise apartment buildings all around Casey. Not at all like I pictured it. And to think the enemy is only like 5 miles away...weird.

I will be inprocessing here for the next week and a half. Nice being a Captain because they put me up at the Camp Casey Lodging which actually has a nicer room than the hotel I stayed in at Seoul. And Brooke, it is only 39 bucks a night and is about 3 blocks from where I work. Nice, huh?! Weird to shut the blinds and watch FOX news, feels no different than the states. Downtown Seoul looked incredible, I cannot wait to check it out. I am amazed by how many dependent families I see here. On Casey they have a full commisary and PX just slightly smaller than the one at Benning. It is very nice from what I see so far and Yongsan Garrison in Seoul was over-the-top nice. Only thing really missing is my girls, all 4, and that is a huge MISS.

Anne, that is sweet, great job. Peter, I am glad you are working through HL2, go ahead and finish it and let me know when you get done. I can hold off replaying for a while. I will not be in my apartment for a couple of weeks and then it will be a bit before I get my PC and Internet set-up.

Brooke, I need to buy a cell phone here. I am going to wait and try to by a used one off someone leaving. It is the way you get a phone here, cheap as land lines. You don't sign up with a provider like in the US. You just by a Korea capable phone. You use pre-paid phone cards to use it, all incoming calls and text messages are free. So that will be cool. I will let you know.

I will let you all know what is up in the coming weeks. I had a great Summer with all of you. Thanks so much. Take care of my girls.

Love, Mike