Another day, another phone call

I got to talk to Seth today. Normally he calls Jan in the middle of the day, so I always get the secondhand information. Today, I got the phone call. The big news is he has four more days in the tower before his shift changes and he goes on nights. He'll be in the tower from 6:30 PM to 6:30 AM. He's not sure how that will impact phone calls, plus the time change this weekend puts us 9 and 1/2 hours behind him. Which brings up an interesting question.....where does the 1/2 hour come from? I thought all time zones were in hour differences. No wonder they have problems in Afghanistan. Yesterday I put over 3,500 packs of gum and life savers in the mail to Seth. This represents a collection at our school for the soldiers. Seth said they will probably use this stash to hand out to kids when they are on patrol.
Seth experienced the open air market at Bagram yesterday. Once a week civilians set up a market at the airbase and according to Seth sell an amazing variety of things. He said there is a lot of Russian stuff from their invasion of the country. He bought two DVD's - a complete season of Law and Order and a complete season of Family Man. I've never heard of Family Man, but he assures me that it is very inappropriate humor, but just right for relaxing in the barracks. The dvd's cost Seth $18.....a good buy and the best news, is they actually seem to work.