We are at the end of Ramazan, the month of fasting. It is not an easy thing to forego food and
water during the day. I watch as my counterparts
slowly drift off from protein deprivation as I try to dazzle them with my
musings and advice. Our meetings have to
end before noon to keep their focus. Eid,
the celebratory end to Ramazan, is a day or two away and we work hard to get
through all the talking points, but their minds are somewhere else. I gave my principal a pricy box of Italian
chocolates to celebrate Eid. He was
surprised and grateful. My Brit Deputy
gave him a tin of British biscuits.
Score one for team USA!!!
The advisors met in
the garden for game night, after a long day out and about. Four of us were busy
talking smack in a fast paced game of dominos.
We talked about the progress we did and didn’t make, our families, and
paystubs. We wont be going outside the
castle for at least three days. Funny
things happen in the days leading up to Eid, and leadership wants us to be
safe. We were having a great time,
listening to my collection of 80’s tunes, when we heard a somewhat muffled Boom….maybe
a few kilometers away. Some folks just
lost their lives, settling old scores I guess, since the coalition guys are in
their camps. Everyone stopped and stared
at each other, then on with dominos. It’s
a strange dichotomy how folks prepare to celebrate while others execute mayhem.
Twenty minutes later Boom!!!, Another
one went off, this time much further away.
Overall, there were six that night.
Sobering………does anyone have a double three?
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