28 Dec

In the spirit of the "can do" attitude today was another successful day. I am not sure but I believe we broke a law or two today...at least we would have if we were in the US. The Logistics Manager that I "advise" drives the minivan pictured above; I would say it is about as long as a typical US minivan but not as wide. Do to a shortage of vehicles and the desire of the workers to start working we loaded the van and headed to the construction site. There are enough seat for 8 maybe 9 people in the van...well we had 19 people piled into the van. Despite the tight quarters the passengers, the local workers and Iraqi Soldiers, seemed as happy as could be. I know the Iraqis have a different definition of personal space then Americans but I think this invasion of space was a little too much even for them...I have no doubt the 8 miles walk to the construction site played a big part in the "closeness" factor. We had another productive day...the last two of the seven buildings are making great progress, and other then some repairs that need to be completed by the hired maintenance contractors the rooms within the buildings are looking good. That's all for tonight.