1st month in country.

Well I made it here to lovely Baghdad, Iraq. We got here at the start of the rainy season. That's great!!! We pretty much live in the middle of a lake. All the places they have made living areas, use to be farmland. So they were designed to hold water. Built in the low areas of the Palace grounds. We live in trailers, that aren't too bad. I could definately have it worse. And I kinda think I would rather have it that way, cause that would mean I was out doing the "fun" stuff. But the Lord decided to put me here. I work in a Palace. It's gigantic. Everything is made of marble. All different colors, everywhere. There are chandiliers everywhere too. The one in the main lobby is about 25' tall and about 15' across. It has marble colums that are about 5' thick 3 stories tall and go all around the main lobby. The palace in the middle of a lake, that Saddam use to fish in. There are smaller houses around the lake that are mabey 3 to 8000 sq'. And there's balconies all around the 3rd story you can look out over the lake on.
The Chow Hall's are amazing. There are 2, the Oasis, and the Coalition. They both serve the same stuff, ones just bigger than the other. We have steaks, lobster, crab legs, catfish, some local fish, and assorted veggies about once a week. There's a spagetti bar, taco bar, and salad bar everyday. There are fridges along the middle that have soft drinks, gatoraid, and neer beer everyday for free. There's a juice bar, that has REAL SWEET TEA everyday. There's a smoothie bar and even BASKIN ROBBINS in there that serves 3 times a day.
There is a Pizza Hut, Subway, and Green Bean Coffee house. The coffee place is open 24/7, wich is great for those coffee feins.
In about a month, I'll have internet in my room. Then I'll be able to start uploading pics. I'll have the before and after pics of my trailer. I live in Dodge City North, and it's pretty dreary there. If you know what Phoenix looks like, it's kinda like that. BROWN and gray. We have concrete bunkers between all the trailers, which gives it the brownish gray look. Not very upbeat. But I'm working to fix that in my little area. Pics to follow.
Well that's about it for now. Hope everybody has a great day.
For now, I'm out.
Glenn III

Hazardous Material School, "Haz 12"

We went to school from Nov 27 to Dec 09 2005 to learn how to ship hazardous material. Not as big a deal as it sounds like. I stepped on a guys bag accidently and broke his ruler. He got mad as hell, and we told him he should've bought a plastic one, gave him a hard time for gettin upset. I ended up giving him mine so he would stop crying. Anyway, when he went to the bathroom, I splinted his ruler and used it for the rest of the week. We all got a big kick out of it, except for him. We stayed at the Gasthauf Hammer. The Pic with the 3 ladies are the only staff. Wonderful people. Had a great time there. The building was originally a Post office, built about 1000 years ago.

http://www.streamload.com/glennestewart/School_Nov27-Dec_09_2005

Logans Kareoke Bar

This is the bar we go to most Friday nights. Kareoke night. We get a kick out of putting songs in for other people, then watching their face when they have to sing My Ding a Ling, or Like a Virgin. Anyway, these are some pics from there.

http://www.streamload.com/glennestewart/Logans

Berlin

My dad came to visit a few weeks ago. He got in, we hopped on a train and went to Berlin. Lot of fun, but he was only in town for 4 or 5 days. So it was kinda rushed. We stayed at a Holiday Inn in East Berlin. Got to see lots of neat things, the wall was the main thing. Great trip, but COLD AND WET, as you can see in the pics. It was great to see him.

http://www.streamload.com/glennestewart/Daddys_Visit

Gettin Ready

We leave today. Sat around last night with some friends and played cards for New Years. Feel like I'm getting old, not going out and bar hopping. But it was good ot be with friends and take it easy. Don't want a hangover on my way to the desert. I have lots of pics to update, just no time to do it. For some reason this internet hook up won't let me upload anything. So I'll put'em up later. We're all ready to go, and we'll all be coming back pretty soon.
Talk to ya'll later......