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I have to admit, it has been a long time since I’ve paid attention to what day of the week it is. I cannot tell you how many times I’ve turned on the TV at 6:30 pm and been disappointed to not find Jeopardy because it turned out to be a Saturday. This is what my life has been reduced to. Over the next few days, I’m going to upload some pictures to sort of give a ‘tour’ of my life here in Kuwait. My room. My office. My unnecessarily long walk to the office. And other points of interest. I think you guys would be surprised to how good we have it here:

-Taco Bell, Subway, Baskin Robbins, KFC, Pizza Hut, Burger King

-A pool, a day spa, indoor basketball courts better than my high school gym.

-Wireless internet. Pillowtop mattresses. 24-hour card rooms/pool and ping-pong tables and gyms.

So don’t go feelin’ too bad for us over here. We could be doing a lot worse than we are. Currently, the office is kind of frazzled, with guys who aren’t used to doing paperwork being forced to do it. Of course, I’m already looking forward to editing a ton of mistakes, and then getting them rejected for all the errors I miss because I’m going blind staring at the same stupid mistakes over and over and over again. It is probably the best prep I could hope for if I ever want to become a teacher.

Speaking of which, the applications will be in next week: Kelly has talked me into drinking the alumni Kool-Aid and I’ll be applying to UConn after deciding on UNLV, UCLA and PC at long last. UNLV was obviously my 1st choice, but a 1-year program close to home? Might not be such a bad gig…especially if I could take a run at a free tuition like I’m looking at in Nevada!

Last night was very interesting. Internet was out in my building, so I turned my attention to playing dominoes, chess and gin with the guys. As much as I love playing with those guys, they are starting to learn to be patient with me at times…as there are always a million questions that need to be answered. And they all know that work comes before play, so if a break is necessary, it is awesome knowing we’ve got guys that are willing to respect not so much me, but their boys who are looking for the help that they might one day be asking for. But once the questions were put the rest, the dominoes, trash talk and fun started flying. Nights like that really do make you feel like a big family. After the internet came back up, I went back thru my old boring routine, and continued to hash out plans for the future. All I’m gonna say is that I am now VERY excited for 2010 to start. :0)

And now playing:

1. Run to the Hills – Iron Maiden

2. Paris is Burning – Dokken

3. Every Rose Has Its Thorn – Poison

4. You Can’t Always Get What You Want – Rolling Stones

5. Start Me Up – Rolling Stones

6. Hold My Hand – New Found Glory

(Yeah, it was a classic rock kinda day, except for the last one, or course!)

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