Death by Satellite Dish. That is what my tombstone would have read had I walked a little slower earlier today. The winds were gusting from 30 to 40 mph all day today, no rain just wind; but just before lunch I had a near death experiences that I did not even see it coming. The pic above is of our satellite dish that is allowing me to update you on my adventure in Iraq. Anyway, I was walking behind the dish to go talk to some of the Army sergeants and about 3.5 seconds after I walked past the dish the top petal of the dish - the section with the black cord attached to it - blew off and land right where I had just walked. The flying metal shrapnel was about 4'x2.5' and it would have definitely left a mark had it hit me. And chances are I may have gotten an early ride back to the States - but you can rest assure that I would have made up some elaborate "tough-man" story to tell my friends and family 'cause if I had to come home early because I was wounded in a war zone - as far as you would know - it would not have been because of a loose "petal."
Other then the wind and a brush with death my only other events included 3 meetings that lasted a total of 5 hours. Have a good week.
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