Never went to Baghdad. Now it's too late anyway

Don't know where I'm heading really. Should feel content, should feel some kind of pride. Maybe I do, but if that's the case I can't spot it. The sheer determination I felt just a few days ago has now partly been replaced by a massive lump in my stomach, sometimes accompanied by a migraine lurking round the corner. But I know, that's my way of handling pressure and stressful situations (a.k.a not that good). However I'm not going to back down on this one. No way. I have promised myself to fulfil what I have decided to. If I don't do it now, will I ever do it?

Still, daily life pushes on. The Young Man is off tonight with his friends (and I suspect a certain young lady is included) ice skating, dinner out (probably something "exclusive" like MacD), then they're watching Sherlock Holmes 2 which I think recently premièred over here. I guess I'm well asleep before he's back home. The Kid has been home from school a good part of this week with a massive cold. He's been sneezing and coughing and his mood hasn't really been what we're used to. Luckily it's just a cold so we basically just have to wait it out. But on the other hand, The Gf will finally start working next week after being home with a knee issue for almost 3 months.

It's kind of funny, the last days she's been saying stuff to us all like (and I believe she's been dead serious in this) "...oh, will you miss me when I'm off to work again?" and "...will you be sad when I'm gone?".
Of course will we miss her, but no one of us have had the heart to tell her it's also a good thing (and we honestly have a little sense of relief but we really can't say THAT) to have her away from home now and then. Especially the boys has complained (to me) that she's started to go almost annoyingly nagging and over-protective the last weeks. And nosy beyond what's reasonable. I did my best to explain to them that she has probably just gone bored sitting home having noting in particular to do beside her physiotherapy, and I asked them to count to three, take a deep breath and show some patience with her instead of freaking out. And they did just that to a level making me really proud. So yeah, we're all happy. From different perspectives that is ;)

You can never guess what happened just now, outside my very window. Remember the street outside my house, the one I sometimes has referred to as "the backstreet of Baghdad"? A few years ago it was completely dug up and some pipes/drains/something got installed. For months my poor street looked like The battle of Somme with trenches and mud all over. Driving there and not going stuck or falling down a deep crater-sized hole was a true achievement. Then suddenly (and obviously quick and cheep) everything was bulldozed and covered with a layer of asphalt.
You're right. It didn't take long before the ground started to sink and the asphalt broke in pieces under the massive and ever increasing subsidence. And up until now nothing more has happened in this case. In fact nothing at all, beside the craters and potholes growing bigger and bigger and you realize you seriously can't hit them without risking your car. Seriously. You can't.

Today. Men working. Noisy machines. Smoke. New asphalt! Wooah!!

(Unfortunately the repair job seems just as "professional" as the original crappy filling so I guess it's just a matter of time till the craters are back. A month? Possibly two. Like that. Oh well, better enjoy while it lasts.) 

Much Love
Daniel