Its been a little while since my last update.  Not much new to report.  Kuwait is still hot, and still one gigantic desert.  I am really looking forward to getting back to the states and seeing some grass and trees.  I have less than 2 weeks left here, but the days are moving ultra slow.  We are having some issues at work that are slowing the whole operation down.  Also, even though we are inside, it still gets to 95 deg in the afternoon.  Not the makings of an enjoyable 12 hour day.

I don’t have a flight home yet, but I should know in the next couple days exactly when I am coming back.  First stop will be in Madison, and then it is out to California for my cousin Cade’s wedding.

Looking forward to feeling some cool wind off the bay.  Anyone know someone I can go sailing with out in California?

Today, I had my second day off since I got here.  The first day, I was still out of it from jet lag. This is the first chance I have had to really do some exploring.  The city I live in is called Mahboula, which I just found out is Arabic for “mad woman”.  Its roughly 10 miles south of Kuwait City.

I spent the morning up in Kuwait City, going to several malls and trying to find some good fake stuff.  Sadly, I was kind of dissapointed.  The fake stuff in SE Asia is way better quality and cheaper.  I did go to some nicer malls as well.  They have lots of big name brands just like in the US, but almost everything is twice to three times as expensive.  In the afternoon I hit the beach.  The water is very salty here.  I feel like it is saltier than normal ocean water.

Next day off, I am going to try and take a ferry off the coast to Failaka Island.  There are supposed to be some cool ruins there and also remnants of the Iraqi invasion like tanks and jeeps.

Also, a lot of people have heard already, but I will be leaving much sooner than expected.  I was supposed to be out here for 8 months, but I just quit my job.  It was a hard thing for me to do, and there are a lot of reasons behind it, but its the right decision.