There were plenty of meetings today with Director Generals and political figures from Dhi Qar showing up to talk about work with our contractors in transportation, electricity, schools, health care, water and justice sectors. Lots of promises made to cooperate and play nice with one another. I saw my Italian buddies Tenente Bob and the Major there. Our trip out with them tomorrow postponed. The task manager working with me on the hospital and 8 health care clinics brought more full sized drawings and promises of a 35% design submittal on "my" hospital next week. The roof submittal from their sub has finally been approved on the 4th try.
More packages came in from Boy Scout Troop 273 for the Iraqi school children. Calculators, pencils, notepads and other supplies are starting to fill a room where Val is separating it out into bags, one for each child. The 56th BCT will start handing them out when we reopen some of the finished schools next month. Thank you all, great job! (And someone accidentally dropped 4 pounds of Dunkin Donuts coffee into the school supply boxes and some Brierly Lombard paperweights from my Grange buddy Pete). Viola sent a package that arrived today with Tootsie Rolls, bandaids and lip balm. Included in that package were drawings from kids and letters of support from people she collected. Another box arrived from our Veteran's Agent at home filled with stuffed animals and school supplies. You guys are great, and I am the envy of my peers... they all think these daily boxes are just for me. I AM very grateful for all your thoughtfulness, THANK YOU!
Will packed his bags and we drove his stuff to the front to go on his way to the next assignment today. I had dibs on his chair, Rich grabbed his monitor, Rick got his paperclips and tape dispenser, Dave got the highlighter... It was a feeding frenzy for all of us supply starved sharks. A half hour later Will walked back in, his ride cancelled for the night. We sheepishly admitted we took all his stuff and as he sat in my old chair he said, "You even took my monitor????" OK, I admit, I felt mildly bad for a moment.
Two explosions back to back rocked our trailer today. Everyone headed for the door and their flack jackets. Turned out to be a controlled detonation of UXOs over at Camp Mittica. The plume of smoke billowed two miles away. Two in a row was probably not intentional. We went back to work.
More packages came in from Boy Scout Troop 273 for the Iraqi school children. Calculators, pencils, notepads and other supplies are starting to fill a room where Val is separating it out into bags, one for each child. The 56th BCT will start handing them out when we reopen some of the finished schools next month. Thank you all, great job! (And someone accidentally dropped 4 pounds of Dunkin Donuts coffee into the school supply boxes and some Brierly Lombard paperweights from my Grange buddy Pete). Viola sent a package that arrived today with Tootsie Rolls, bandaids and lip balm. Included in that package were drawings from kids and letters of support from people she collected. Another box arrived from our Veteran's Agent at home filled with stuffed animals and school supplies. You guys are great, and I am the envy of my peers... they all think these daily boxes are just for me. I AM very grateful for all your thoughtfulness, THANK YOU!
Will packed his bags and we drove his stuff to the front to go on his way to the next assignment today. I had dibs on his chair, Rich grabbed his monitor, Rick got his paperclips and tape dispenser, Dave got the highlighter... It was a feeding frenzy for all of us supply starved sharks. A half hour later Will walked back in, his ride cancelled for the night. We sheepishly admitted we took all his stuff and as he sat in my old chair he said, "You even took my monitor????" OK, I admit, I felt mildly bad for a moment.
Two explosions back to back rocked our trailer today. Everyone headed for the door and their flack jackets. Turned out to be a controlled detonation of UXOs over at Camp Mittica. The plume of smoke billowed two miles away. Two in a row was probably not intentional. We went back to work.
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