Saw an article on Newsnight and Sangin is unsurprisingly the most violent area in Afghanistan. One tenth of British forces are deployed in that sector and yet half of all the total casualties, fatal and non-fatal, stem disproportionately from the region. 2 Rifles lost twenty-two men during their whole tour and 3 Rifles have lost twenty-seven already, and they still have a month to serve.
Mess, mess and more mess. Want the horribleness to go away.
Work good. Been in Construction all morning and the lads are great. Young, bouncy, and full of fun. Typical eighteen to twenty year old young men. Sharing information about building or more precisely dry bond plastering practices, and also shedding an insight into social preferences re girls. Quite a joy really.
Looked at them and couldn't help contrasting their daily lives with that of those so many miles away.
Then had my appraisal with my lovely line manager and she is so professional and supportive and looks like I'll start my teacher training in the Summer term and am going to do my higher maths too. Hope the brain up to it, algebraic formulae and sine and cosine horribly rusty these days.
Called in to see my dear friend on the way home and she had seen the simple message C had posted on his wall saying 'back in bandit country', and we just sat in silence for few moments and then broke it by talking in an artificially nonchalant way about making plans for when we all do normal again dv.
Heard from H and he's back calling me spam again, not heard from R and hope she's OK. Not heard from fellow soldier's Mum so hope everything ok for her and her boy.
No more news from or about C but I suppose on many levels that's the best we can hope for.
Keep an eye on him Lord, please.
Speak soon. A soldier's Mum x
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