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One step closer! (no, this isn't about what you think it is)
Today, I made an amazing discovery, one that gives me hope for the future of Iraq as we know it:
That's right; Iraqi Dew. Old school Dew, to be sure, but regardless: it's one step closer to finding Code Red here!! (And, I should add, one step closer to an unavoidable trip to the dentist here.)
Also, because I'm the biggest nerd ever, I've decided to translate "Do the Dew" into Kurdish for you (you lucky readers, you!): "Diweke bike."
Moments after the Dew discovery, I traipsed over to a nearby bakery on the main drag. Boy, did I luck out! I showed up moments after the bread had been taken out of the oven; the stuff was unbelievably good. I bought it at 4:20, so now I have a legitimate reason--albeit different than most others'--for remembering that time.
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Other things I'm thankful for this evening:
Due to the snow two weeks back, we've been getting 12-14 hours of electricity a day now (they run hydroelectric plants here, so more snow = more water = more power). Can I tell you just how happy that makes me? No, no I can't.
Also, tonight we finally got the router in our house completely set up, so internet speeds have been sooooo much faster today. (Why, it almost passes for "high speed access." Almost.) We used Skype tonight for our weekly teleconference with the home office in Nashville, and that worked like a charm (if you want my Skype name, just ask).
Tomorrow I take on yet another duty at the school, but one that I'm extremely excited about: teaching music classes. Extremely excited. I've got a box of recorders sitting next to me, and I'm pretty sure we can have some fun with those. Let's see if I can come up with a decent Kurdish version of the "Every Good Boy Does Fine" mnemonic, huh?
Oh, and yeah, tomorrow I hit that big quarter-century mark. I suppose I'll have something maudlin to say about it tomorrow...but truth be told, right now I feel like I'd just as soon let this particular 2/28 go quietly into the night. Maybe that's just the exhaustion talking. We'll see.
That's right; Iraqi Dew. Old school Dew, to be sure, but regardless: it's one step closer to finding Code Red here!! (And, I should add, one step closer to an unavoidable trip to the dentist here.)
Also, because I'm the biggest nerd ever, I've decided to translate "Do the Dew" into Kurdish for you (you lucky readers, you!): "Diweke bike."
Moments after the Dew discovery, I traipsed over to a nearby bakery on the main drag. Boy, did I luck out! I showed up moments after the bread had been taken out of the oven; the stuff was unbelievably good. I bought it at 4:20, so now I have a legitimate reason--albeit different than most others'--for remembering that time.
...
Other things I'm thankful for this evening:
Due to the snow two weeks back, we've been getting 12-14 hours of electricity a day now (they run hydroelectric plants here, so more snow = more water = more power). Can I tell you just how happy that makes me? No, no I can't.
Also, tonight we finally got the router in our house completely set up, so internet speeds have been sooooo much faster today. (Why, it almost passes for "high speed access." Almost.) We used Skype tonight for our weekly teleconference with the home office in Nashville, and that worked like a charm (if you want my Skype name, just ask).
Tomorrow I take on yet another duty at the school, but one that I'm extremely excited about: teaching music classes. Extremely excited. I've got a box of recorders sitting next to me, and I'm pretty sure we can have some fun with those. Let's see if I can come up with a decent Kurdish version of the "Every Good Boy Does Fine" mnemonic, huh?
Oh, and yeah, tomorrow I hit that big quarter-century mark. I suppose I'll have something maudlin to say about it tomorrow...but truth be told, right now I feel like I'd just as soon let this particular 2/28 go quietly into the night. Maybe that's just the exhaustion talking. We'll see.
