My Spare Time . . . .

This is a picture of the entrance to the Al Faw Palace. It's hard to show the whole thing, because it is so large. You walk into a big open area with a large Chandelier in the middle, I will post a picture of it next time.

I've been really busy the last week of so. I have been working 13 hour days. I have been going to the gym right after work, so by the time I'm done, it's later in the morning. After going to bed, I've been sleeping later, with just enough time to get up, shower, eat, and head off to work. Not much to log in and update the Blog. I need to re-arrange my time a bit. When you work such long hours, the spare time you have is precious. This working 7 days a week is different also. It's kind of like Groundhog Day!! You pick what you want to get done when you get off work, do you work out, go to the Post Office, to the PX, Check emails. You really have to prioritize what you want to get done that day.

It has been starting to get hot here during the day, highs have been up to 107, and the hot season is just beginning. The good thing is that I sleep through most of the day, and the Heat!! It's still pretty hot when I get up around 6:00 PM, will begin to cool off for the night.

I experienced a small sand storm the other morning as I was going to the Gym to work out. It was beginning to get really windy, and as I was crossing a dirt road and as I looked down the road, there was a Wall of Dirt coming at me !! I mean you could see the thing moving toward you, I couldn't believe it. I started running, but it caught up with me and started to pepper me with, dirt, small rocks, whatever else was blowing around, it actually start to sting a bit. I finally made it to the Gym, (really a big tent, that really blew around and flapped a lot when this thing came over it), where I was told that this was a small one, wait till the Big one comes through, oh yea, did I mention that I was in my PT gear, with exposed arms and legs!!! It did die down a bit as I made my way home. I'm glad they don't happen every day.

Well, I'm off to bed, as I've made the choice to get a bit more sleep today!!