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