Time is starting to move.

Finally, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. We are now under 80 days remaining before we head back home. The morale in the office seems to fluctuate with each day; some good, some bad. One thing we have started is a "Things overheard today" board. We have placed a dry-erase board in the foyer and it has markers attached, so if you heard something funny today, you can write it on the board. So far, we have had several interesting phrases posted. My favorite today is, "I can't eat enough candy today to make me happy". How about that one?

In other areas, we have had some people from the separate brigades depart the area. One person I will miss is my photo buddy, Cynthia Roelle. We went out most weekends exploring bombed out buildings and palaces looking for the right picture to capture. Prior to her departure, we took some time to gather the best of our photographs and prepared them for a portfolio competition in B&W Magazine. Results will not be released until December.

Training, training, training. I have been increasing my running miles in an attempt to participate in a marathon in Baghdad. Now, if you are deciding to run your first marathon, why not make it a memorable place like Baghdad? We will see how it goes. The person I need to thank for that is Andie Goode, she also departed the area on Sunday. She kept prodding me to get out and run and it worked, we ran three different 10Ks and she helped me begin training for the marathon - thanks!

Below are some random pictures of cool people in our office.


Steve Hernandez - Always shares a smile.
(Another picture of Steve posted as a result of pressure applied by Belinda)


Rick McGuire and Chris Fredrikson - Ham it up for the camera.


Rina Shah - Very thankful for her new partition wall.


Sean Wilson - Wondering who took his workout supplements.


Brian Adams - Go Dawgs. A true Georgia football fan, rarely will he be seen without the football in his hands.