Not much going on these days...

I can't believe that its been almost 3 months here in Iraq.  It feels like 6.  The time was going by very quickly until the last couple of weeks.  Work has been hard to find.  The clinic has slowed down a great deal, and most of my day consists of exams and the occasional chipped tooth.  Still getting lots of requests for bleaching and cleanings.  Still telling them no.  The weather here has gotten crazy hot.  I usually get up around 6 and its already 100 degrees outside.  I don't even have to dry off in the shower, it evaporates off.  By 8 am its a toasty 110 and by noon, you don't want to know.  Its so unbearable that you just stay inside.  Thank God I'm a dentist, so most of my time is in the shade.  If it keeps up like this, I may have to abandon my bike riding and resort to riding in the HUMVEE.  I had an opportunity last week to go to visit Camp Victory for a dental meeting, but the weather here makes it impossible to fly out, so the blackhawks couldn't take us.  I'm hoping to go sometime in the next couple of weeks.   We will see.  Our base is in the middle of the desert, so flying in here is difficult.  We had a crazy sandstorm last week.  It was truly amazing.  One minute I could see a mile in each direction and then in no time I couldn't see five feet in front of me.  It was freaky, like out of the movies.  The sand got into everything.  Except my computer.....thanks to the ole Pelican case.....it was a good investment.   We spent three days putting the desert back where it belongs.... till next time.