stalker?

Um, yeah, so I saw this today at the sign in sheet at the gym.

Not really sure who wrote my name and drew little hearts around it, but I'm a bit freaked out....

in-country travel

is seriously a pain in the butt. especially from our location where there isn't a military airfield anywhere close. And I get cranky cranky when I'm tired. And boy was I tired.

I did get down to Baghdad for the C6 conference. Ran into some old faces, people I worked with way way back when. I seem to forget that I've been in the army for over 8 years and have been around, working with all kinds of people. It was nice to grab a coffee and watch rocket attacks in the distance (I'm only sort of kidding). It was nice to grab dinner or lunch with old friends and catch up.

Oh yeah, we had a conference! I've been so out of the commo stuff that I didn't really know what was going on. My superstar staff sergeant has been handling all that stuff while I was the LNO/Team Leader. Everyone was excited to meet him and the Koreans - put a face on these headless voices from online conferences and whatnot.

I don't seem to have much to write about; I used to try to make these posts anecdotal, but I've hit a wall of sorts. Nothing exciting is happening up here, and I don't have much to write about, at least nothing appropriate - my annoyance with people, Turkey and the whatnots between them and the Kurdish Regional Government, my opinion on this war and what's going on back home...yeah, inappropriate.

I can't wait to get home and see everyone. Thanks for the love and prayers and packages and letters and emails.

bbbrrrrr.

It got cold last night.

Definitely not complaining. Much better than the 120+ we had a few months ago.

*sigh* and that's all I really have!

Signal Battalion

We met with the Signal Battalion commander and some of his staff about some issues and projects we're working on. I now have the time (and energy) to go to things...like meetings and conferences.

{Snapped this with my camera phone and added a filter in photoshop.}

I'm back...

I've been back to Camp for about 5 days now, and wow, things are different.

1. People left! Friends left! Two I was prepared for, and we said our goodbyes before I went on leave, but the one was a complete surprise! My Navy girl left to head back to the states. We were able to meet up at the airbase in Kuwait before she shipped out.

2. I have a boss. Well, I've always had a boss, but he was in Baghdad. I'm no longer the team leader and I couldn't be happier! They finally found a major to take the senior LNO position, so I now find myself with zero responsibility and about 1/3 the workload I had before. This is fantastic. (of course I have responsibility, just not nearly as much as before)

3. Half the Koreans rotated about 3 days before I went on vacation. I know about 3 Koreans. That's it. And now that I have a boss, I don't have to go to the daily Korean meetings.

I really don't know what to do with myself. I finished up my final classes for my masters. So, no more school. I'll finish my resume and look for jobs...read...run...go to the gym...learn spanish...play violin...

Anyway. It is good to be back, only because I'm that much closer to finishing up my time here.

Amsterdam

Heineken, originally uploaded by ~*nma*~.

We didn't just drink beer the entire two days... I wasn't allowed to take pictures in the Van Gogh museum, but was allowed during the Heineken Experience!

I thoroughly enjoyed Amsterdam, though 2 days is probably enough time to spend there. I liked the bicycles, the diversity of people, culture, food, canals, leaning canal buildings, flower market... um, didn't experience too much of the other, ahem, fun parts of the city. Stayed away from the smoking establishments. Had some drinks in the Red Light District.

I'm still sorting through the pictures, while trying to pack up boxes to send back....

Wall @ Vatican

Wall @ Vatican, originally uploaded by ~*nma*~.

Can't sleep.
Thought I'd upload some pictures.

More are here.