Ok, Here We Go

On Friday, February 25th, 2005, I accepted an offer from ITT to be a Network Administrator in Iraq, at an (as yet) undisclosed "tent city".

This blog will chronicle my "adventure". Once I am actually in Iraq I have no idea how often I will be able to post, what I will be able to post about and how easy it will be to post.

Right now I'm wading through a mound of paper work. I have no clearance: I have to get a secret clearance. I let my passport expire: I have to go to Houston and fast-track a new one. And then all of the ITT forms, proof of identity, etc. Fun.

But wait! Why in the $%&@@!$ am I doing this? In short, because I was laid off at the end of January, I'm not exactly flush with cash, other than some irregular stuff, short-term contracting isn't cutting it and Shelly and I prayed about it. Maybe sometime down the road I'll post the long story.

[gotta go put the skillet on warm. back in a sec...]

I gotta help my wife prepare some kind of egg caserole thing for a baby shower. I'll check back in later.