FOB Smart at 1700 - Tuesday
Mission outside the wire completed - check. We observed progress again today on the usual suspects, including a hospital, a ministerial offices project with civil and agricultural sitework, as well a radio station, and a perimeter wall project. I feel so very connected to these projects; mostly because of the war zone they are being constructed within, the people building them, the people who will benefit from them, and the reality of my being here to see them constructed. Nostalgia for certain, but also a sense of responsibility and teamwork. Anyway, it will also be good to say goodbye to them and others in less than 23 days!
I love this place - I hate this place; however, I will miss this place, its people, its desert environment, and of course the construction management. "What next?" many have been asking me. Seattle by way of vacation, with my son, through Arizona and New Mexico, then driving northwest to Seattle and stopping whenever and wherever along the way. Seattle for Fulcrum! Seattle for me! Seattle for freedom and the next chapter, yes - it is Seattle next. There are many days and several moons between now and the time I can say I have moved to Seattle, so for now I remain completely focused on the civil-military construction job at hand.
I have busy weeks planned on and off the FOB between now and my FOB departure date of 18 April 2012. I depart Afghanistan via Kandahar on 22 April 2012. The busy weeks ahead are very much appreciated - and anticipated. I will continue to knock the proverbial wood until the day I am free from this dangerous soil. It's all good in the neighborhood. Dinner starts soon. Life starts soon too!
143, Kaesen.
Good night and good day.
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