So I'm sitting in the new office, making what will be my final entry from Iraq, and my last entry to this journal. Tomorrow, early in the morning, I will head to Jordan, starting my 40+ hour journey back home. Wish me luck. :)

G'night everyone. You've been a lovely audience. Please remember to tip your fabulous wait staff, they work very hard

Okay, ticket bought, flight plan decided upon, barring major disaster.

Depart Amman, 2:15 AM, 3/20/04
Arrive San Francisco (SFO), 1:50 PM 3/20/04

See you in 5 days, boys and girls.

Mm, flight plans may still be changing.  I guess they want me to stay another day so I can coordinate with people coming in from London.  It's a good thing I'm so ecstatic about going home, or this would be REALLY stressful.  As it stands, I'm a lean, mean, rollin' with the punches and gettin' shit done machine.  Geh.  So much to do!

I'll leave Baghdad in the early morning on March 18th, expected travel time to Amman : 12 hours ( Read more... )

So it looks like I'll be headed back to the U.S. on Thursday or Friday.  I still don't have my ticket, but if things go according to plan, I should be getting back some time late Friday night ( Read more... )

I arrived back in Baghdad today.  The trip was uneventful.  As we were leaving Arbil, I saw a sign that made me laugh out loud ( Read more... )

It's another beautiful day in Mosul, I'm looking forward to spending the day on rooftops doing site surveys.  I should be able to finish up and get back to Baghdad tomorrow, and then we'll finish this up once and for all starting next week when the last of the equipment arrives ( Read more... )

The power has gone out and the UPS equipment is out of charge, so I'm pretty well stuck doing nothing for a moment ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I got an anonymous comment in my LiveJournal ( Read more... )

Yesterday, at around 1 AM, I was awakened by gunfire.  It came from the side of the house opposite the gate, and it didn't sound terribly close.  Still, I spent an hour or two of wakefulness - first wondering "Am I going to get shot tonight?", then just trying to unwind.  It's not the first time I've heard gunfire here, not the closest I've heard ( Read more... )