It’s been several months since my last entry. I find it hard to blog when I feel I have nothing interesting or positive to write about. Since my last update, several challenges have surfaced such as budget cutbacks and contract delays. I feel lucky that I’ve survived them, and hope I get to see some of my projects come to fruition. I guess time will tell. I have also been taking some engineering remotely from a university in the US. It’s amazing what can be done over the internet. I will still need to visit the campus a few weeks a year to complete curriculum goals.
With all this on my plate, I am relocating to Nili. I will embed with the military and manage projects from that location. This will help bolster our efforts there. Having an expat presence helps to make things run smoother. It is a much more austere environment than what I’ve grown accustomed to in Kandahar. Because it’s such a remote town, supplies sometimes have to be airdropped. This is due to harsh winter weather with snowfall up to 1.5 meters.
I’m headed there for only a few days to get get situated, and then come back to Kandahar for a wile to wrap up some other commitments. As it stands, I’m not all too excited about the change because I have my reservations about not having access to dependable transport, internet, and other amenities.
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