Friday, July 30th, 2010

Room with a View

One of the things about life in rural South Korea that you can count on is mosquitoes.
Especially when your backyard bumps right up against the rice paddies.

It makes trying to enjoy our rarity of a backyard near impossible.
I had hoped AAFES would ship in those little pop-up gazebos…and they did – at Osan.
[shocker]
But they were [...]

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

Scalped, Bushwhacked & Beheaded

Exhibit A: Our scalped backyard
While not a barefoot bastion of St Augustine glory, it was at least green & all the bare spots were beginning to fill in.
I was happy because it meant less mud to be tracked in by the Mooch the next time it rained.
But our custodian had other plans this morning.

Actually, I [...]

Monday, July 19th, 2010

Hanging Out

I’m still here. I’ve been hanging out with our backyard frog, Jeremiah, trying to relax.
The headaches are coming daily now & have been intensifying.
They knock me out leaving me with little motivation to do much of anything, I’m afraid.
I left a message for the new Neurologist only to discover he’s still in-processing.
In-processing:Paperwork, briefings, getting settled [...]