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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

I know I know... Long time no write...

Okay so yeah it's been about six weeks since my last posting.  Work is picking up, days are getting longer, and all the snow is gone now!  Wooo Hooo!

The neighborhood seems to have kids appear out of no where.  They are EVERYWHERE!!!  So I'm watching TV this weekend and the doorbell rings.  I'm pretty engrossed in my show, but okay I'll go see who it is.  We're not expecting any company but you never know.  So I open the door and this little girl (8ish) is climbing the rock face by my front door and her foot accidentally rang the doorbell.  You should have seen the shocked and scared look on her face when I opened the door.  So priceless I didn't even have the heart to run her off... She left of her own accord apologizing profusely.

Lets see work is busy, lots of unexpected overtime.  That's good and bad but hey someone has to do the work right?  Crystal is trucking along in school, and Jolene is still love'n her job.  Let's see back to my job, in about a month I will get my bid list for my next post.  There should be about 35 postings on the list that I will have to rank and then justify my rankings.  Believe it or not, we're hoping for Cairo.  The school there is awesome and Crystal would have a chance to graduate on the Giza Plateau in front of the Pyramids and the Sphinx.  I've spoken to individuals currently posted there and things are not bad on the ground, for the most part.  Stay away from Tahrir Square on the weekends and apply some common sense when you are out and about and you'll be fine.  But that still a ways off and we are excited to see what possibilities are on the list.

We have a French exchange student coming to stay with us next month.  The same kid Crystal stayed with when she went to France.  Should be an experience for all of us.

Well I'll leave you with this picture.  Lots of cars have stickers for one reason or another, such as Student Driver, New Driver, Baby on Board, Studded Tires.... Well there is one for Women Drivers as well.  This was on a car at the mall.