Where did I leave off?...Oh yeah, it was still raining on Friday. It cleared up enough on Saturday that I was able to take a small ride on the bike. Kim has her up and down moments with the pain and I still think she is trying to do to much. We are planning to go out to dinner as a family tonight, most likely the "Texas Steak House" restaurant.
Sunday evening I will be leaving to head back to Kuwait. It is times like these that I hate being so far away. I wish I could find a job in Virginia, with Boeing, so I would not lose benefits.
The flight to DC was as quick as always, and the layover there was only about an hour and 10 minutes. Just enough time to get a Pretzel and cup of coffee and too find the departing gate. The flight to Kuwait was long, and to make matters worse, the in-flight movies sucked. I did watch the movie "Julie / Julia" between periods of sleep. I would like to see it again from start to finish.
Arrived back in Kuwait on Monday evening, was met by my co-worker Greg and arrived at my apartment a little after 7pm.
The weather in Kuwait since I have been back is cool and nice. It has actually rained a few times. Although the rain here has a lot of dust mixed in with it so I call it "Mudding" instead of raining. My car, after the last mud storm, looked as if I had been out four wheeling. My silver car was desert brown with only view ports where the window washers had cleaned.
Work has not been any more exciting than before, still no word on the contract except it is not looking good one day then it looks better the next on the renewal. I found a position in Hungary which would be in support of a NATO C17 unit but I am not sure if I want to live in Europe. Is that Europe? Not sure, but it is close to Austria, so day trips would not be out of the question. I have until the 23 to apply for it.
They finally opened the new Bairac Mall across the road from my neighbor hood and I did take a look at it. The best part is the food court, that's the only place in the mall I can afford to shop. The rest of the Mall is all High End Jewelery shops, Clothing stores, a sporting equipment / clothing outlet and mostly stores I have no interest in. They have not fully populated the mall so I am hoping that they may put in a grocery store at a later date. That would be really nice to have in the 'Hood".
I speak to Kim twice a day via "Skype" and she is doing better but still has a lot of pain and is still trying to do too much for her condition. I have told her to quit trying to be super mom and take it easy so she can heal. But who listens to me?
Saturday 21 November 2009: Today in Kuwait is overcast and rain. I had a Pigeon sitting on the window sill in the computer room this morning. It was sleeping and had no idea I was in the room until it woke up and freaked out and took flight.
Stay tuned, more to follow...
Ma'assalama
TTYL , Mike
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