Customs and Courtesties

First this morning, I'm trying to write this post in the morning when I have a break in meetings. Seems I can't get much done during the time between meetings so I will write in my blog. 2nd is the new ability to add pictures. This picture is from the air traffic control tower and it overlooks some of the base and most of the living area for the Air Force.

Anywhere on this base you must be in uniform. No one wears civilian clothes, in fact they are put away in storage. We have contractors in civilian clothes but most of them are non-US people and they're in a different location than the US forces. But, with so many military people, I am always saluting. It's no big deal, but my arm is getting really buff from the saluting. I need to work out the other side so I don't have chicken legs and one buff arm. I'll show you want I mean. Please put yourself in this frame of mind. Hungry, sweaty, hungry, hungry...must have food frame of mind like Homer Simpson. As I park my pick-up truck at the DFAC, that's Dining Facility, I'm thinking food, while trying to walk thru river rock?? (why that is here I don't know), food, trying not to fall due to river rock, food... food, Army guy saluting, AF guy saluting, saluting, saluting. Whew! But it's good to see that everyone is paying attention, unlike me. Finally get inside and everyone must wash their hands before they go in. Finally I get food. Back to saluting, when I walk around the base, I will watch people ducking out of the way, or crossing the street or just turn around so that they don't have to salute. Kinda cracks me up. It also cracks me up when people junior to me stand up when I enter the room. I don't mean just casually stand up, I mean come to attention. And I have to to say something to get them out of this crazy attention stance. I'll say something like..."oh no please no need for that" but they keep doing it. Then when that whole process is over, I forget what I actually came in their office for. So I leave shaking my head trying to remember, only to return 15 minutes later having remembered the issue, then nearly forgeting again because we go through that whole popping to attention thing again. Fun and games.

The young girl from last week has been improving and responding to simple tasks. Thanks be to God for her recovery. Also a mortar hit a building yesterday, went inside an office and bounced around and never exploded. This happens alot. So keep the prayers coming. Thanks. And that is that