FOB Smart at 1630 - Friday
Fridays are the holy day where most Muslims are most prayerful, attend worship services, and spend time away from working and with their families. Fridays are thus slower than any of the other six days in each week and are naturally more relaxed here at FOB Smart. Today began with more rain and later finished with warming and drying sunshine. The wind has a distinct chill attached thereupon and the fragrant smells of nearby dinners cooking cause me to think of home, to think of Thanksgiving even though it is still quite far off, and to appreciate fall a little more.
I suspect that some of the workers on some of my projects that I manage will return to their laboring tomorrow. Although recent rains will have surely made their worksites muddy and slow their pace a bit. I look forward to visiting my jobs regularly again, especially now that there may only be another 30 to 45 days remaining before principal construction is forced to a stop during our winter months. Concrete construction will certainly stop before the first freeze. Concrete must cure well before being subjected to a freeze, as the remaining water will expand, then contract, and cause premature deterioration in the concrete and weaken whatever structure it supports.
I am still counting the days until I see my son again, until the following R&R thereafter, and even until I return permanently next May or June. Life is definitely moving at the speed of this deployment for me right now. I look forward to the bright future ahead of me.
143, Kaesen.
Good night and good day.
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