The World According to Leather Eye

My maiden name is McNeill and my husband calls me Mac. An ancestor was called Leather Eye. I think it is a cool name. Better yet, the McNeill family motto is "Conquer or Die", or "Victory or Death" depending on the interpretation.

Monday, February 05, 2007

Life up to now- Sarah is almost to Iraq



Sarah Joy deployed Sunday, February 4, for Iraq. She can't tell the specific place. At this moment I think she is in Kuwait. Last time, she went, she trained for a few days before convoying into Iraq. I think this will be the same.
For those that don't know, (I didn't until now), she few for 8 hours to Germany. Had a lay over and then 8 more hours to Iraq. She was crammed on a regular airplane, with every seat filled. they had all their gear to keep up with. I hope she gets some rest before heading north.
Joe, Melissa, and her twins, SArah and Aubrey age 2 1/2 drove 8 hours to Ft. Riley to spend a few days with her before she left. I have to mention that she has only been home from Kuwait for 6 months. She also spent all of 2004 in Iraq. We had a great time. We visted the wizard of OZ museum. It was great. We strolled arm in arm through the forest and said, "Lions and Tigers and Bears, OH MY". The babies did not like it. But they liked everything else.