Daily Living and Afghan Paving Contractor

I was beginning to think I wouldn't have anything to write about today or any pictures to put in the blog. But then at the end of the work day, our asphalt contractor started to apply the prime coat on the road in preparation of paving tomorrow. Nothing should surprise us anymore, but they were applying it with sprinkling cans like we would use to water the garden or flowers. They had a tractor and tank trailer with a distributor on it, but it must have been broke. One of the workers was taking a bucket and dipping into the tank, then pouring it into the sprinkling cans, then they would spread it on the road. Good thing they were only covering less than a quarter mile of road. I'm looking forward to seeing the paving operation tomorrow.

Then when I got back to my room after going to the gym, I could not find my soap or shampoo (my roommate already asked me why I was still using shampoo). I must have left them in the shower yesterday, guess I'll be buying a new soap dish and shampoo. I included pictures of the outside of our housing (the building with 4 doors) and the latrines/showers. The latrines are the conex storage containers and the showers are in the building in the middle. We have to go outside and walk across the gravel road/path between the buildings to use the facilities. This has taken some getting used to and I'm not there yet. Besides losing my soap and shampoo, I've dropped my key in the dark (the room door locks behind you) and did not realize until I got back and could not get in. It's not too easy to find your key in the dark with a little green flashlight (no white lights as the base is under black out conditions). I did find the key after giving up and using my white light. The biggest adjustment has been those early morning/middle of the night trips to the bathroom. By the time you walk outside in the chilly night air and return to your bed, you are pretty much awake.