Normal

These pictures are from Camp Victory, there is a building there called the Flintsone House. I 'm not sure what it used to be, but it reminds me of some of the buildings in Barcelona. Now it sits empty and people have put graffiti all over it. It seems to me like it would be a great place to have a party.

If you are following the news, you know that the cease fire is now back in effect. We had a rough week, but things are getting back to what - from my experience seems - normal. It was very quiet up until Easter for me, so my experience has been that it's normally quiet. People who have been here for a couple years say that is really not the norm, that last week, with all the blasts (maybe not sooo many), is more the norm and the quiet is abnormal. So....we will see - I like it better when it's quiet though.

On the mosquitoe front, I have made progress. I have procured some spray for my room and for my body, so the double effect seems to be working. I am back to sleeping through the night.

I have been very very busy with our senior manager here the past two weeks as well as planning for many investor trips this month. Things are still busy, but many of the trips have been moved to May, so that spaces our my workload at bit.

I have been neglecting the gym the past two weeks. While there was a lot of activity, we couldn't really get to the gym and also I have been working so much, that it's been hard to get away now that things have settled. I have no excuse though really because we have a treadmill and rowing machine in the villa now. We've had it for two weeks probably and I haven't tried it out yet. Unsat!!

During all the bombings, we had to wear our flack jackets and helmets when we left the villa - I was complaining about wearing it for 1/2 hour or so, but then I think of the soldiers out there who wear it everyday all day long. They really do sacrifice in so many ways for our country. I appreciate them so much.