The ice-jam is breaking.

Things are finally starting to move. The two weeks of pre-planning / training start today, and the company has bought my ticket to Dubai. The teams fly out on Monday, August 2nd for our six weeks of fun....

Still waiting, but hope.

Once again, plans changed. They didn't need me in Afghanistan immediately to help with their projects, so I've been helping to generate the background data and get the project oriented. The commute has been rough - 65 miles each way through Atlanta traffic. At least the office hours are flexible. If I leave by 6am I usually get to the office by 7am, and if I leave around 4pm I'm usually home by 5:30pm.

Our schedule is starting to get a bit more firm - it looks like our project will get the notice to proceed soon, training will start the week of the 19th, and I should be flying out around August 3. We'll see if it actually works that way.....