Re-enlistment. Im in the Marine Corps until 2013!

28 Oct 08 - Me, after my re-enlistment ceremony...posing with the trashcan that was catching lots of the rain....there are other small buckets and pans all over the office too...you just can't see them in the picture.

28 Oct 08 - Me. Signing away my life for another four years.

28 Oct 08 - My Certificate of Re-Enlistment

28 Oct 08 - Capt Bauch and Me

28 Oct 08 - Me taking my oath

28 Oct 08 - All of us crammed in the office. The ceremony was supposed to be outside BUT of course the ONE day it rains in Iraq...just happens to be right when I want to re-enlist..so we were all smushed in there.

Doha City Tour - Day 4

2 Nov 08 - Me in Carrefour (the Qatari version of Walmart) I got parched !

2 Nov 08 - The City Center Mall in Doha. It is four stories AND has an ice skating rink!

2 Nov 08 - I dont know what this building is...but it looked pretty sweet!

2 Nov 08 - This was the largest restaurant in Qatar. We ate here. I don't remember the name...

2 Nov 08 - MA! I found you! In Qatar!

2 Nov 08 - me with the Camels!

2 Nov 08 - And I've spotted some Camels!

2 Nov 08 - The Old Souqs in Doha City Qatar

2 Nov 08 - This looked nice....so i took a picture

2 Nov 08 - standing in the hallway

2 Nov 08 - Kosnac, 2 of our Army friends and ME!

2 Nov 08 - Center for the Birdies. I call them...Hawks with hats!

2 Nov 08 - Birdie with a hat! I kind of felt bad for them,...but it just looked so funny!

2 Nov 08 - Birdie hats!

2 Nov 08 - A verse from the Quaran...i dont know what it says but it looked pretty...

2 Nov 08 - This cracked me up...i had to take a picture

2 Nov 08 - HEY! Im playing the guitar....in Qatar!!!

2 Nov 08 - I thought this phone was cool...

2 Nov 08 - Hardees!

Qatar Day 3

1 Nov 08 - We had dinner at the USO and I ordered a cheeseyburger with fries and ALAS it comes with a side of coleslaw...I didnt know that a side of coleslaw actually meant one spoonfull...

1 Nov 08 - Our group on the Watersports day! It was the best day of all I think!

1 Nov 08 - Me and Kosnac with our tour people. Fernando the Egyptian (the big guy) and Ram from Nepal!

1 Nov 08 - Me on the innertube. I stayed on the longest!!!

1 Nov 08- Trying to figure out which way would be the best...

1 Nov 08 - Getting lunch ready

1 Nov 08 - Me after the jet skiis...hangin out on the top of the boat

1 Nov 08 - Getting ready to go on the banana boat!!!

1 Nov 08 - Me and some of the people that I was going out on the Banana Boat with! P.S. those were the worst life vests EVER! It's a good thing I can swim.

1 Nov 08 - Another shot of the city. The pyramid shaped building is a Sheraton Hotel...the only 5 star hotel in Doha. I like the clouds.

1 Nov 08 - Of course you KNOW i had to get some flip flops. I bought these flip flops at the store with the Kangaroo Shoes and they are made out of yoga mat!!! They are the most comfortable things that I have ever stepped on!

1 Nov 08 - Out on the boat again...but instead of just a cruise we are doing WATERSPORTS! hooray! This is me on the boat with the city of Doha in the background. P.S. The water is REALLY REALLY salty...like a ridiculous amount of salty.

Halloween!

I thought it would be funny if I chomped on it..."hey Pumpkin...I like your pie!"

I don't know what date this was...it was before I left for Qatar...Momma, Lance and Andy made me this festive Holiday box thing...So I made sure I got a picture with it before I had to throw it out :O(

31 Oct 08 - row row row your boat
The USO had a costume party that night..but none of us had costumes (duh we're deployed!) haha but it was fun and I had Chili Cheese fries that were delicious.

31 Oct 08 - The front of the boat...don't mind the date on the picture... I lost my cameras battery while I was getting ready to go so we had to use my friends camera...thus...we are stuck in september of 2002.

31 Oct 08 - Dhow boats...the flag that is hlaf maroon half white is the flag of Qatar.

31 Oct 08 - This is the Museum of Islamic Art

31 Oct 08 - On Halloween I went on a Dhow Cruise. Dhow is the old style of Arabian boat...we went out..anchored...swam..ate lunch..and came back...it was nice. This is some of the buildings in Doha, Qatar. All of these buildings have been built within the past 3 years!!!

Part 2 Qatar Day 1

30 Oct 08 - I really liked the camels

30 Oct 08 - I had to try them on!

30 Oct 08 - I think these were kangaroo shoes or something...I had to test em out...They are the coolest things ever!

30 Oct 08 - Me at the Villagio Mall in Qatar. It is supposed to be like the Venetian in Vegas...or like actual venice...in italy!

30 Oct 08 - My shoes are really shiny...

30 Oct 08 - Me in Villagio Mall

30 Oct 08 - Funny thing is...they cover themselves up completely but they wear stuff like prada and gucci under it all...crazy

30 Oct 08 - Driving back from the Inland Sea Picnic...I feared for my life...they drive like crazay! Also, there are hardly any red lights just turnabout circle things...the vehicles pull out into traffic so that they can see whether it's safe to go or not..haha. YIELD TO CAMEL SIGN!