Hey guys!!
I hope that everyone is doing well. I decided after reading some of my friends blogs that I should do the same thing with my time in Iraq. So here we are. I want to start off by saying that I am the WORLD'S WORST SPELLER, please forgive my typos, and if you have any questions about things over here that I talk about vaguely...ask me when I get home ;-)
A couple of things to keep in mind. I cannot write about specifics. I cannot for obvious reasons give info regarding future things going on. I cannot give dates of travel for us. And if something terrible is on the news...check with me before you freak out. Chances are someones telling a white lie for ratings...so don't be a moron and get upset...call, send an e-mail, and check with us!!
To start this thing off I want to tell a little bit about what we do over here. We are working for the Department of State doing protective services--what that means is, we provide a wide range of protection to diplomats, celebrities, and "special people" that travel, visit, and live in our area- Baghdad, Iraq. My husband works as a paramedic/protective security specialist. He is there to provide care if someone is injured. My job is the hub of it all...not to sound full of myself, but it is. I am a paramedic/Operational Security specialist. I provide radio dispatching for every one that is conducting missions in the Green Zone and out in Red Zone. I have first hand knowledge that VERY few people know about. Its so cool!! It is such an interesting job. I never knew the preparation that goes into protecting someone. Its crazy, Yall! Oh yeah...I got introduced to the new ambassador as "the voice of Baghdad radio". Cool, no?
So that's a little run down of what we've got going on here.......but, back in the states we got operation Casa Del Maxwell going on!! We are so close to having our house finished!! YAY! We've been building our dream home while working over here for the past 1 year almost...its taken so long, but well, WELL worth it. We bought 15 acres of land outside of Vicksburg in Bovina and literally have handpicked everything we could EVER want and put it into our house. I am not going to post pics on here yet. I will after I get home and can take them. We should be coming home in about 3/4 weeks or so. Oh yeah...Chris and I are also going back to school. Another strange change of events I know. With all the free time on our hands, why not??
My latest Louis Vuitton Purchase should be en route to the Davis house for safe keeping until I get home. I am so excited. I got the Neo Cabby in pink mono denim (for those that care--its a limited edition color, no big deal!!) I just have to wait for the wallets to come out in the same color to complete that dream ;-)
And last but not least for today, Last night we finalized our menu for our BVI (British Virgin Island) trip. This trip is going to be SO awesome. It really is. One of our friends from the "man camp" and his girl friend captain and sail their own boat, and have decided to get Chris and I into. So we have a trip planned for sailing in the British Virgin Islands, how cool!! Got to get my white butt in the tanning bed as soon as I get home.
I hope yall are all doing well. I will be back soon!
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You totally rock!! Love ya!!
ReplyDeleteShannon B.
AshleyLane, What fun--although, I'm not sure you can be described as "simple" anything...have always had a love of sailing.
ReplyDeleteOnce I was able to sail off the coast of Athens for 10 days with Tania Aebi and a bunch of other women. That was pretty cool.
In fact, I was sitting on the sailboat chilling out in a port (whose name I can't remember, but which, maybe, used to be the capital of Greece long ago) when one of the other sailors reported that a "Category 4 Hurricane had hit Florida--some place called Ock A Loosa." Immediately, the work "Okaloosa" blurted out of my mouth and I was scrambling, looking for a phone--there were no lines available and it wasn't until the next evening after anchoring in another port that I was able to call home and find out that Hurricane Opal had indeed hit Okaloosa County, but almost everything in Niceville was fine, including the house and office--about a thousand or so sand pines were down on the golf course, but (eventually) that was a good thing.
Our now son-in-law Wyatt and his then high school buds used to sail a racing sailboat back to Panama City from Isla Mujeres after the biannual Pensacola-Isla Mueres race; so one year he let me tag along. That was nice.
Now, I'm just hoping to get back on a spinning bike without too much more delay!!
Things are still in good shape on the home front. See you when you get here!!
Roberta
. . . biennial Pensacola-Isla Mujeres race; [not biannual!!!]
ReplyDeleteHey AL,
ReplyDeleteGreat idea, and great blog. I love it! Hurry home, we cannot wait to see you guys. Keep the blog going, for sure. You are really great at it, and the stories from the sailing trip should be awesome! Love ya loads!