Dec 31 2007
New Year’s Eve in MAO
As I’m writing this, it’s about 2320 on 31 December 2007. I’ve been trying to clean out my email inbox while waiting for the New Year to roll around. Earlier this evening, I celebrated by having a cheeseburger, cheese fries, and hot wings at the DFAC. I even had peanut butter cake and ice cream for dessert (thanks to Glenn for pointing out the peanut butter cake).
I started the day by visiting a project site in downtown Mosul. The project is a relatively small repair of a drinking water treatment plant in the Dandan neighborhood. Driving to the site was a little interesting this morning. The street we took leading away from the FOB was packed with pedestrians. I think they were mostly pilgrims returning from the Hajj to Mecca. There were some return flights last night to the passenger terminal on FOB Diamondback. The site visit itself was very quick; we just needed to verify that the contractor had completed the work as reported.
The rest of the day was devoted to planning future project visits. This means I got to play around in FalconView plotting project sites on the electronic map. I also washed my laundry today; I even remembered to get everything out of the dryer this time. However, I just remembered that I haven’t made my bed yet. I guess that’s the first thing I’ll be doing when the New Year rolls around shortly! While I was carrying my laundry back to my trailer, I saw this note posted on the outside of the laundry trailer.
In the move from Diamondback to Marez, I apparently lost one box. I remember packing my slinky in a box when I was cleaning off my desk. But when I unpacked in my new office, my slinky was nowhere to be found. I think Sarah and Glenn are tired of me whining about my missing slinky. Oh well, 6 minutes until midnight. I guess I’ll go make my bed now instead of waiting until next year!
Happy New Year!
Yes nothing like an Organizational...
Having to make your bed before you go to sleep on the day you wash sheets is a tradition in the Manry family.
Happy New Year Dale and Mugs
Happy New Year to all the Manry Family, we pray that God would continue to pour out grace on your family. We had a GREAT time with the cousins last week and really miss them and the temps in the 50’s!!!
The Meloch’s