Marhaba ! Hello / Welcome
It's Dec 30 , not quite New Year 2009, but yesterday was the new year of the Islamic calendar, which follows the lunar cycle of 28 days (I think). Finally went back to work today and of course, no one received the "MEMO" that there was going to be a base wide power outage. So, after getting the simulator all powered up and running and in the process of flying around to test the systems, the power outage happens and so there we sit for 3 hours til it comes back on. So Much fun! I work again tomorrow and then have the real new years day off, then the week end. Maybe next week things will get back to "Normal" pace. I sure hope so.
Received some Christmas cards today at work , one from Mom and the other from my Aunt Dot. Was nice to get real mail, but I get e-mail all the time, so it's not like I am not in touch. Kim sends me care packages every now and then, stuffed with things I can't find locally.
Kim will be arriving here next week to spend 3 months with me. This will actually be the first time in 31 years of marriage that we will be away from the girls and spending time together alone. Sort of empty nesting. I am sure we will talk to "them" daily via internet and Skype (voip) telephone, But then we can just hang up! ha ha! Maybe if I get a long week end we can fly to Dubai or somewhere close for a sight see visit. I still want to get to Australia some day, but we will see.
Tonight I am having a baked potato for dinner. Did not feel like fixing anything else. Added some Mrs. Dash, butter, and sour cream. Yummy..!
Well, take it easy. TTYL
Ma'asalama
Mike
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Dec 7
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my sister Barbara. I would tell you her age but then she would kill me. Also, today is Pearl Harbor Day.
I have been back from R&R for over a week now and I am getting back into the swing of things. Like before, when I first got here, I came down with a cold and have had a stuffy head and cough for about a week, but it is subsiding now and although I feel great, I still have that nagging tickle in my throat which cause a cough.
The weather here is now SO pleasant, with daytime temps in the 70's and night time lows in the low 60's or maybe high 50's. No Dust, just crystal clear sky's and gentle breezes. (Sounds like an advertisement for tourism).
This is the week of the Hajj and will be followed by Eid al-Adha or Eid. (click the links)
Update on the heater situation. Before R&R, every time I turned on the space heaters I bought the main circuit breaker would open up, which seemed odd to me since the mains breaker is 40 amp and the circuit that the heater was plugged into was 15 amp. When I arrived back , I was told that the A/C technicians would be making some changes to the Air conditioning system to convert it to heat for the winter season. I had loaned a heater to Greg for him to check it out, and he reported back that it worked fine for an entire day. The central system does not work yet but on a whim I plugged one of the heaters back in and it now works fine. Go Figure that out. I suspect that the Technician that was working on the A/C found a problem with the electrical and fixed it. I will never know.
So now I am sitting in my entertainment room with a space heater on and am watching CNN. All is well (fingers crossed).
Well, time to go for now.
I wish all "Happy Holidays" and "Eid Mubarak"
Ma'assalama (go in peace)
Mike
I have been back from R&R for over a week now and I am getting back into the swing of things. Like before, when I first got here, I came down with a cold and have had a stuffy head and cough for about a week, but it is subsiding now and although I feel great, I still have that nagging tickle in my throat which cause a cough.
The weather here is now SO pleasant, with daytime temps in the 70's and night time lows in the low 60's or maybe high 50's. No Dust, just crystal clear sky's and gentle breezes. (Sounds like an advertisement for tourism).
This is the week of the Hajj and will be followed by Eid al-Adha or Eid. (click the links)
Update on the heater situation. Before R&R, every time I turned on the space heaters I bought the main circuit breaker would open up, which seemed odd to me since the mains breaker is 40 amp and the circuit that the heater was plugged into was 15 amp. When I arrived back , I was told that the A/C technicians would be making some changes to the Air conditioning system to convert it to heat for the winter season. I had loaned a heater to Greg for him to check it out, and he reported back that it worked fine for an entire day. The central system does not work yet but on a whim I plugged one of the heaters back in and it now works fine. Go Figure that out. I suspect that the Technician that was working on the A/C found a problem with the electrical and fixed it. I will never know.
So now I am sitting in my entertainment room with a space heater on and am watching CNN. All is well (fingers crossed).
Well, time to go for now.
I wish all "Happy Holidays" and "Eid Mubarak"
Ma'assalama (go in peace)
Mike
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