Heading out tomorrow

It's 11:15 the night before I take off for Iraq and I'm still not ready. Deciding what to pack wasn't too difficult since we have to be covered when we are not doing a signing or performance. We will be in jeans and long sleeve shirts the majority of the trip. The weather is mild right now, jeans and t-shirt weather.
Friends and family have been asking me all kinds of questions regarding our daily activities while we are over there. I actually don't know many details myself. They keep the schedule quiet until 10pm each night for security purposes. Below are some things I do know about the trip that I'm able to share:
-We will be traveling for almost 24 hours to get there.
-The flight from the US to Kuwait will take approximately 12.5 hours.
-When we arrive we will be given our body armour that we are responsible for throughout our trip. We will wear this armour while traveling from base to base and it weighs 30 lbs.
-Once we are there we will be traveling by black hawk and C-17.
-We will have phone access at each base and be able to call home via calling card.
-Some Internet access will be available but it depends on the base.
-Our sleeping arrangements will vary from base to base. It can be as nice as a single room with my own bathroom to as rough as one big room with 100 other women and an outdoor bathroom 100 yards away. We will not know these arrangements until we arrive at each base.
-The dining facilities are supposed to have really good food so we were told to be prepared to gain some weight. We are scheduled to eat four times a day!
-We will be staying on the American bases and will not be off base for appearances.
-There will be an escort with us at all times from Lone Wolf Entertainment and the Military
-We will be doing signings and taking pictures at each stop and occasionally dance depending on specific requests.

I will be keeping a daily journal and I will post my journal entries a day behind on here.

Say a prayer for us tomorrow and keep on eye on the blog for my first entry from Iraq! I will also do my best to post videos and pictures as well. Feel free to email me as I will be checking my email if I have the opportunity.

Time to attempt to get some sleep!

Meg