032311 Happy Birthday Lucky!

032311  Happy Birthday Lucky!

 

Working as a contractor in Iraq doesn't leave much free time to do anything but the essentials (eat, sleep, laundry, clean the hooch and maybe get to the gym.)  So recently when a co-worker was having a birthday party (put together by his sister who also works here at the same camp) I was hesitant to go.  But we don't do these things very often and his sister really did a good job putting it together and it was sorta fun to do something different.  About a little over a dozen people showed up and there was plenty of pizza for twice that many.  There was cake and candles and non-alcoholic beer and there were the party poppers that toss a bit of confetti with a 'pop'!  Also in one of the pics you'll notice the silly string.  Silly String (popular in the US oh, 30 years ago) is VERY popular in the mideast.  In Kuwait after Ramadan (a ding dong) there is a the celebration of Eid (a night of celebration).  During Eid, silly string is everywhere! 

But ANYTHING you do in Iraq has to be planned well ahead.  There is no store for cheap party goods and a cake can be made to order but you'll have to give the PX a 3 day notice at a minimum. In short, if there is a will, there is a way.  The party started at 7:30 and I left at about 8:20 and rode my bike 'home.'  I then did some cleaning and watched an episode of Californication and was in bed by 9:30 PM.  Whadda life?!

Happy Birthday Lucky!

R/Chris