As I grow tired with the wait, I head toward the flight deck with bad odds and a dust storm just waiting to be born. The time here in Iraq has been a long one and yet even though the light of the end of the tunnel is near I still grow tired with the flight schedual that the military has. It requires patience and it requires a lot of luck. Luckyly I ( Read more... )

On the brink of timing, the sands of time that hits my face tells me that my time here is coming to an end but not over. A huge sand storm hit us hard, and its the hardest I have ever seen it. I think it was the desert telling me that I wasn't meant to come back yet, or maybe it just that I have to think of what the future may hold. Today I hit my ( Read more... )

What is peace, Peace comes with the word that has no violence, but sometimes violence is necessary to keep things in order. Life as it seem and time keep slipping away. Days past and I don't try to look at the past but the past sometimes haunts you till the day you die. The summer days are just starting and the temperature of Iraq has led the ( Read more... )

It is the End of May and my contract is almost up with my time here in Iraq. Most of the goals that I plan on doing I did on a timely matter. I came here with the optimism of saving a good capital to the future and leaving here without the debt of credit cards or debt over my shoulders. My time here is coming to the end and even though I am almost ( Read more... )

Sometimes I ask myself this question. Its not a a matter of life, or reason, but I put myself in position that puts me to the test. A test among friends and family that brings myself to tears sometime. Sometimes I am happy and sometimes I am sad, but in reality I don't believe that I would do it any different if I had it any other way. The life I ( Read more... )

On the brink of baseball history the Dodgers seem to come in gun blazing, winning 13 games at home. A Major League Baseball all time modern record that sets the most wins in Baseball history. With Mannywood on our side there was nothing stopping us. Our pitching was lacking but the Dodgers supported the runs. Our force was to be reckon with as the ( Read more... )

As I embark my journey back to Iraq, I must say that this vacation was better than I expected. With a lot of careful planning I found my way back home a week early, hoped on a cruise for a week and still manage some time to see my friend. Sadly I didn't see all my friends but I saw most. I resolved most of the issues I had to take care of and ( Read more... )

My past entries were always about the past and as I grow older, I'm starting to realize that I'm looking forward to the future. I don't know if many people can say that but when I look at the future I look at the options that anyone of us can take ( Read more... )

The thought of the economy has hit us hard as we progress to the future with President Obama in office. The chance is for me to hit the stock market while I tend to see what going to happen to the future. As we sit here in Iraq, me and my co workers can't help think about home ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday Jesus. As a Christian I suppose I need to show more respect on this day but its hard when your not at home going to church. For the most part I found myself trying to find peace with myself with the time I am given. I can't say how lucky I am to land this job and on the same token how lucky I am to help people that are in need. I ( Read more... )