August 21, 2007

They're back. The kamikazes flies are back. During the "Spring" and "Fall" of Baghdad, when the temperatures are pleasant in the mornings, these housefly-like flies come out and buzz at you relentlessly! They follow you into the buildings and while you're trying to eat your breakfast, hover around the moisture of your head. They try to buzz up your nose, in your ears, and get stuck in your hair. They are slower and more annoying than those I've experienced in the States and yet slightly too fast to catch/kill with a swing of the hand. I had been raising some carnivorous plants with these flies in mind but alas, my co-worker killed it while I was on R&R. :(

My cubby neighbor is back! :) It's really nice having him back. I guess mostly because I have someone to socialize throughout the day and bounce ideas off. He was the one with the back injury, and his doctors say he has two ruptured discs (not good!). I guess he's not too bad off since the doc thumbed up a return to Baghdad. Now he has an excuse not to weight lift...I'm trying to get him to go to yoga. ;) We'll see.

It seems the people I work with (not my immediate colleagues) have discovered I respond well to bribes. :) I received a bag of peanut M&Ms yesterday and today a Mocha Frappe in exchange for reporting assistance. :) C-H-O-C-O-L-A-T-E...I'm alright with that :)