Bad to good in a matter of a box.....

Today was the day of our convoy and not much went in our favor.  The day started early and we actually left our base on time.  However, about half way to our first location all of my communication equipment in my truck stopped working and my vehicle started losing power and getting error light.  Luckly, we were able to make it to our first stop where, the captain and I attending a intel briefing.  When we got back out to our truck, our truck crews had fix most of the problems and so we decided to continue to our final destination.  The problem however, was that just as we had left the second base and turned onto the main road, my truck completely turned off.  That left me sitting on one of the busier roads in the country with no power.  After some troubleshooting, we got it started and running enough to pull our entire convoy off of the road and into an open field next to a cemetary to further diagnos the problem.  This was not one of the funner times as these locations are typically were you find IED's.  Lucky our vics made in fine and once stopped I assisted in removing our mine roller from the front of my truck so that we could tow it back to base.  While I was doing that, one of our mechs worked some magic and restored power to my truck.  After the mineroller was off my truck we hooked it back up to another truck, rearrange our convoy order so I was no longer the lead vehicle, and I decided it was best to to head back to our home base vice chancing going to our planned destination.  On the way home, I lost all comm again, but that was really the only problem.  The good news started after the trucks and weapons were cleaned and I got back to my room.  There I found 4 boxes on and near my bed.  The first and second boxes I opened where ones that I was expecting.  First was a guitar that I ordered from Amazon, and the second was a add on course to the one I am using to learn to play.  I then had a box from my step-mom and from my mother-in-law.  I decided to open my step-mom's box first in hopes that there might be some more peanut brittle.....there wasn't :-(  AFter sifting through that box of goodies, I moved onto my mother-in-laws box.  It was light weight and didn't have much movement when shaked, but what I found inside was wonderful. As I opened the box I was hit with a wave of christmas delight.  Something she makes every Christmas is homemade camel corn that I obsolutly love.  That was followed quickly by the smell of the homemade chocolate chip cookies found underneith the popcorn.  I was soon able to forgive all the heartache from earlier in the day.  I again appriciate all the package that all of you send, but getting the ones I got today made the world of diffence in the overall outcome of my day.  Thanks