Better Late then Never..

Relaxing the Panwayi District Centre on a stockpile of wheat. This photo would definetly make the cover of Counter Terrorism Quarterly if such a magazine exsisted.

Well it's been a while since my last rant so I guess I'm due for an update. We have been quite busy since my previous Michael Jackson rant, luckily we did a fair bit of travelling around the Province of Kandahar. I enjoy keeping busy as it makes time go by quickly, settling into a routine is often impossible but then again it keep us on our toes. When doing a lot of moving around I get the chance to bump into some of my best friends and just being able to shoot the shit with them for 5 minutes or 2 hours is always fun. Seeing them and hearing that they are okay takes a load off and makes whatever worries I may have had fade away.

For those not exactly current on your current affairs you may not know Afghanistan is having its Presidential Elections on the 21st of August. The bad guys have been doing there best to disrupt the prep for these elections and will no doubt have some kind of idea on how to try and ruin the vote. We on the other hand are completely prepared and ready for anything that they decided to bring our way.

Personally I've been motivated a lot of late to get into shape. I've been running intensely around 7 to 12 km daily and doing a couple crossfits a week. It's a great way to blow off steam and a good way to forget about the job. Unfortunately yesterday I came down with a cold. Its hard to belive that with temperatures constantly in the 50s and 60s that I could get a cold but apparently its just a run down imunne system. Either way its not fun and hopefully it won't last too long.

I have been spending my free time trying to get organized with Concordia University, I've been trying to get back into my program upon my return to Canada. If you thought dealing with a University was tough try doing it from half a world away with an 8.5 hour time difference. Its not pleasant to say the least. At most it's keeping me busy and I keep crossing off the days on the calendar.

I hope all of you are doing well and are profiting from whatever good weather mother nature out of pitty has decided to send your way.

Other News:
Aunt Adele I got your package, thank you very much for everything it is much appreciated, thanks for the cooler always having 12 bottles of cold water handy is priceless!

ThanksCongratulations Greg & Melissa! Brendan Biezing was born at 06:16 July 31st 2009, All the best!