Two weeks from today I will be in Kuwait waiting on the plane home.
I need a break. Burn out is hitting me bad.
Some other things of note. I am back up to around 200 lbs. I was down to 194 but put on about 6 lbs of muscle. I normally skip lunch and go to the gym here. Bet that will change when I get home.
I have tentatively excepted a new job. I say tentative because it is all dependent on the security clearance being processed. I am told this can take quite sometime. I am really excited about the job. It is not only a promotion, but a different field of work in the IT industry. To be honest programming has lost its appeal to me; the challenge just isn't there anymore. On the down side, I will have a long commute for a while, at least until we can sell our house and find a new one.
There is a lot to do while I am at home this time. I have to take my polygraphs, visit people at the Bureau of Public Debt, see some friends, spend time with the wife and kids, and of course Christmas and New Years.
I took time in the evening to play a video game, F.E.A.R - First Encounter Assault Recon. Great game and great story line. I can't wait to be able to try the multiplayer out. I was a little disappointed with the ending though.
Big thanks to my friend, Rick, for the care package he sent. The cookies were great and the jerky was awesome. The cookies did put a dent in my meal plans. I guess I will have to put in an extra few miles this week.
Back to the job. The funny thing is I applied not thinking I would even get an interview. So next thing I knew I got an email asking to arrange a telephone interview. Now you have to understand this was for a networking postion, which is alot of my responsibility here in Iraq and includes the telephone system we use. It just happens that the day I had my interview the network was having problems due to satellite issues and coomunications with the teleport in VA. Not even halfway through I lost the connection to the states. I finally got things under control and was able to finish the interview. Later that day I was offered the job.
So when I am at home on vacation I will be doing alot of running around to finalize when I am going to come on board with my new agency and when to tell my old one goodbye. I don't know much at the moment over here beyond what I just told.
God bless,
Frank
