Mothers Day in Afghanistan
So apparently today is mothers day, which I found hard to believe since today is exactly like yesterday and the day before that, but the calendar did confirm the fact so I guess it’s legit. I didn’t even know that it was mothers day until I walked into the DFAC and they had little signs made up and a special menu to commemorate the day. I found the DFAC “celebration” highly ironic considering that our replacement unit had a half dozen women that got knocked up to avoid the deployment. Now, before I’m branded as a sexist I do understand that unplanned pregnancy happens and I can understand one or two. But seriously, six in one company?! Way to use the Army as another form of welfare. I’d rather do 24 months here than spend 18 years raising a kid that I didn’t even want and only produced as an excuse to get out of something.