I've been remiss in posting to the blog. A few things have happened since I last posted. They are:
1. The weather is now cooler. It's no longer ridiculously hot during the day and night. It's only low 100s in they day and very pleasant 70s at night.
2. I applied for a great job in Baghdad and then found out a few days later that the person was already selected and the posting was just a formality. So much for abiding by the rules.
3. Ramadan (or as I call it, Ramdan-a-ding-dong) has started and so far things have been fine. Typically this is a period of increased attacks as muslims are not supposed to eat nor drink during the daylight hours. And if you couldn't eat nor drink from sunlight to sunset you'd be pissed too and what better to relieve a little stress than lobing a few rockets at the local military base.
4. My boss and my boss's boss have been gone and that means it's been very quiet. At the end of the month there are a few projects going on and we'll be busy again.

The Dining Facility (DFAC) here is staffed by a subcontractor out of Kuwait and they do a fine job. All of their employees are Indian and they recently went for 200 days without an injury which is significant considering how many employees there are and the round the clock work schedules. Here's a pic of the Colonel congratulating them as well as a pic of a few of them
dancing afterward.