Tomorrow, Tomorrow, I love ya, Tomorrow... You're always just one day away!
Then I will be on board a flight to the U.S of A. I can't wait. This trip seems different than previous one's for some reason. I am really excited. I guess it may be that I have two new grand children I want to get to know.. and of course my other kids as well.. and my motorcycle... and American TV without Arabic subtitles, although I have learned to filter them out of my view. Just to see some fresh TV will be nice. Most (about 90%) of the shows here are last season or older, but a lot of them are some shows I have never seen, and then there are British shows available that are entertaining.
Still no absolute word on the contract yet, but we are still hoping. Kim and I are bringing a lot of stuff home this trip, stuff that we don't need here anymore. That will lighten the load on my exit strategy.
The next post will most likely be from the US.
TTYL
Mike
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Sunday, March 21, 2010
21 March 2010
It's not "Official" yet but we have been told by a source that our contract will be extended until the end of the year. That's actually great. It falls into my "BIG" plan for retirement. Now if we can get the 5 yr follow on ( highly doubtful) I will ride this all the way to the finish line, until age 66. Alternatively, I may have to just retire at 62.
TTYL - Mike
TTYL - Mike
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
St. Patricks Day 2010
Just the thought of corned beef and cabbage makes my mouth water, and then to top it off with a Guinness would be GREAT!. But , That won't happen here in Kuwait. I have looked for corned beef brisket but all I can find is canned corned beef, so maybe it will do, in the spirit of things and I will have a NA beer with it.
Had a meeting with our program manager the other day and things have not changed much, I did in fact receive my 60 day notice of layoff, but he is of the impression that the contract will be extended, and the layoff notice will be rescinded. That would be nice, but as it is we are still in limbo. I will hold off until the very last moments before selling my household stuff, but I still have a bunch of stuff that I plan to take back to the states and need to find out about shipping that back.
Tomorrow is Kim and my 32nd anniversary! Life has been GOOD!
The count down begins.. 2 weeks until I leave for R&R and about 8 weeks until lay off. YaHOO!
I will keep you posted.
TTYL
Mike
Had a meeting with our program manager the other day and things have not changed much, I did in fact receive my 60 day notice of layoff, but he is of the impression that the contract will be extended, and the layoff notice will be rescinded. That would be nice, but as it is we are still in limbo. I will hold off until the very last moments before selling my household stuff, but I still have a bunch of stuff that I plan to take back to the states and need to find out about shipping that back.
Tomorrow is Kim and my 32nd anniversary! Life has been GOOD!
The count down begins.. 2 weeks until I leave for R&R and about 8 weeks until lay off. YaHOO!
I will keep you posted.
TTYL
Mike
Friday, March 12, 2010
12 March 2010
Well I guess it's about time I write another post. I have had so much on my mind of late that I just didn't really want to take time and do an update, but here goes...
Still in limbo about the contract status, though it does not look good at this time. So if nothing comes about next week, I guess I will start advert's for selling my household goods and get ready to pack and leave. I am still hopeful we will get a last minute reprieve, but who knows.
I am still going home for a R&R at the end of March for 2 weeks, then I will have another two weeks or so on my return, to pack and leave. On the other hand, if we get the extension then all that changes.
All I want is to stay in Kuwait until the end of 2010, and I will be fine. I have a plan that if push comes to shove I will cash in my 401k and pay off the mortgage. Apart from only one credit card that's the only bill I have. So I will see what transpires.
It is Friday morning, the start of the weekend here, so Kim and I usually go to lunch somewhere and then go to a movie. The Pickings are slim this week, Universal Soldier, Regeneration (?) and that's about it. We have seen everything else that is worth watching, so I hope this one is good also. A lot of the movies here have "EXTREME" violence and gore, and I just don't go in for that stuff anymore, there seems to be enough of that on the news, so why pay to see it? I do want to see "HURT LOCKER" if it ever comes here, but I will probably get it on DVD before then. Another one I want to see is "Green Zone" with Matt Damon. I have seen a few promo's for it and it looks OK. I like war movies because they usually say THE END when the credits roll.
It is Friday afternoon now. We have gone to lunch (Hardee's) and saw the movie "Universal Soldier: Regeneration" ...WOW, talk about violence and gore. I will say it was overdone, Dolph Lundgren and Jean Claude Van Dam are sure looking much older in this movie, but the story was straight out of the headlines, terrorist and kidnapping, murder and mayhem, blood and guts all over the place. The soundtrack was so loud I even plugged my ears at times... Kim and I both give it 2 thumbs down. I hope the other movie I want to see is better. I will take ear plugs next time.
Talk to you Later,
Mike
Still in limbo about the contract status, though it does not look good at this time. So if nothing comes about next week, I guess I will start advert's for selling my household goods and get ready to pack and leave. I am still hopeful we will get a last minute reprieve, but who knows.
I am still going home for a R&R at the end of March for 2 weeks, then I will have another two weeks or so on my return, to pack and leave. On the other hand, if we get the extension then all that changes.
All I want is to stay in Kuwait until the end of 2010, and I will be fine. I have a plan that if push comes to shove I will cash in my 401k and pay off the mortgage. Apart from only one credit card that's the only bill I have. So I will see what transpires.
It is Friday morning, the start of the weekend here, so Kim and I usually go to lunch somewhere and then go to a movie. The Pickings are slim this week, Universal Soldier, Regeneration (?) and that's about it. We have seen everything else that is worth watching, so I hope this one is good also. A lot of the movies here have "EXTREME" violence and gore, and I just don't go in for that stuff anymore, there seems to be enough of that on the news, so why pay to see it? I do want to see "HURT LOCKER" if it ever comes here, but I will probably get it on DVD before then. Another one I want to see is "Green Zone" with Matt Damon. I have seen a few promo's for it and it looks OK. I like war movies because they usually say THE END when the credits roll.
It is Friday afternoon now. We have gone to lunch (Hardee's) and saw the movie "Universal Soldier: Regeneration" ...WOW, talk about violence and gore. I will say it was overdone, Dolph Lundgren and Jean Claude Van Dam are sure looking much older in this movie, but the story was straight out of the headlines, terrorist and kidnapping, murder and mayhem, blood and guts all over the place. The soundtrack was so loud I even plugged my ears at times... Kim and I both give it 2 thumbs down. I hope the other movie I want to see is better. I will take ear plugs next time.
Talk to you Later,
Mike
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