Under 50 days and counting...

Hey Guys,
It's getting to be that time of year when just about everyone in our organization turns over and goes home. For some reason I can't quite explain, there is a huge turnover in the May/June time frame. This year, a lot of our relief will not be coming here, but will be doing their jobs from a slightly different location due to new leadership and reorganization, standard bureaucratic BS.(Don't even ask about those TPS reports...has anyone seen my stapler?) Because of this, a slow and depressing bleed of personnel is beginning. This picture was taken after our last volleyball game together before people start hitting the road.

We have plenty of access to the news, so of course I'm aware of what happened in Virginia yesterday. I'm very sorry that happened, I think a lot of people out here are surprised to see these kind of things. It's a good illustration of the differences between the U.S. and Iraq. In Iraq, this kind of madness happens almost daily, caused by some extremely hate full and intolerant people. When this kind of thing happens in the states, as terrible as it is, we can at least feel confident that it's an isolated incident caused by a single unstable individual.

Anyway, back to work.
Peace.