My mother hates that I like to chew on toothpicks. However, today would have been a good day to have an ample supply of them. My office hosted a conference today. Folks from all around the region came in to hear our spiel. The info was good, but after a full day of "Death by PowerPoint" and a high-carb lunch, my eyes were getting heavy. A couple of toothpicks might have allowed me to prop my eyelids up, but instead I had to stand up at the back of the room just to keep from going into a coma.
We held the conference in Al Faw Palace. I'm new here, so to me it was really cool. Seriously, it was cool. As in not warm. Desert or no, you could hang meat in there. On breaks, I'd go outside and do my best reptile imitation and soak up some heat from the sun. (Did you know there were some monster-sized carp in the pond next to Al Faw Palace? Don't fall in!)
After the day was done, we had a catered dinner on the veranda of one of the bungalows along the pond. We had a 6-man band of Army Soldiers playing guitars and singing songs during dinner (Jimmy Buffet, The Eagles, Johnny Cash...lots of familiar "sing-a-longs"). Afterward, I found out that they were all also deployed, and that their job was to entertain the troops throughout the AOR. What a gig!
Anyway, the day was a nice respite before I begin my duties in earnest tomorrow. Time to take the reins from Ric. We'll see how it goes.
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