Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Day 15 - Monday






Did something unusual today - like escort $100K cash to the compound. Yea everything is paid in cash here, payroll,supplies, vendors, all but us of course. It was strange actually counting out the $ 100K....
Remember the baby I talked about well she is much bettter - her story is terrible. Her parents were asassinated by the terriosts, and she was tossed into a dumpster to die. Luckily our troops found her and brought her in...she is adorable and gaining weight-even smiles alittle now.
Temperature continues to be milder -realitively speaking 111-112, it was actually 86 at 6am this morning. We started putting in more bunkers and barriers at the compound. Even started building a permanent structure for sleeping quarters (not for us, the army).
I have added some pictures on this page and a second posting......
Some of the hospital and compound and staff. Enjoy. More to follow
Short story tonight - hi to all, miss all

4 comments:

J- said...

Nice picture of you dad. Love all the pictures. Keep up the posting. It's always a good read while I'm at work. Keep your head down and don't run off that 100Gs of cash!

Dori & Adam said...

It's too bad the picture of you is far away! You look good though ;) WOW a $100K in cash huh. What is it like to even be around that much money, I can't imagine. Is part of your job to escort money around, or did you manage to get lucky this time around? They must have pretty tight security around that kind of money, with multiple checking and rechecking the amount to make sure the money doesn't "walk" out.

Glad to hear that the little baby girl is doing well and gaining weight! Nice to have good news, so much death over there. At least she is young enough to not remember anything. Any idea what will happen to her?

I'm guessing the pictures of boxes were the sleeping structures? Don't look very comfortable. The poor army boys having to rough it (although its probably better then sleeping on top of your vehicle like Adam when they were out on missions). Take care dad! love the blog and the pics!!

Dad said...

The cement things/boxes are the Bunkers - Duck and Cover is what they call them.....that's where we run when it rains....and I dont mean water. Not sure will happen with the little girl...

J- said...

i think i'm the first...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!!!!