Short and Sweet

This is the end of Crazy In Iraq. If you are interested in seeing what is going on in my life now, you can find out by going to my blog and changing the "CrazyInIraq to "afutureofdreamscomingtrue"

I can't believe they blocked the actual site, but you should be able to get there by using the correct format!

Thank you all for following my life in Iraq. Someday I'm gonna write a book! LOL!!!

See you in my new life.

IT'S MY TURN!!

I have seen a miracle. We have elected a man to be our next president based on his promise of HOPE. A man of COLOR!!! Unheard of in the not so distant past, yet the majority of America believes in this man, because he believes in us! We have gotten past ethnicity and voted for the reality of becoming a great nation once again. I am so proud to be an American today! For maybe the first time in my kids lives they are proud, too! I've always been bothered that they didn't have much pride in America, that they have never seen what real patriotism was, that they have grown up in a very disturbing time in our country and wanted nothing to do with it. But for the first time they are proud to be here, proud that we are standing up and taking charge to bring about change! "What a great place, America".

But meanwhile... Let's look at Bahrain!

This picture is a small part of the area where I live, by night it is enchanting. By day, you see so much construction, and so much dirt, but they are building all the time. It is a very quaint little island.

So, I have moved from Iraq to Bahrain. I'm slowly settling in and making it my home. It's funny, it doesn't have the same flavor as when you say "I'm in Iraq!" Telling people "I'm in Bahrain" just doesn't carry the same weight. In fact I think there are many who have never heard of this little island off the coast of Saudi Arabia. But this little island is where I will have a new life with new opportunities in a career that will take me places.

I have left some things behind me, and have grasped hold of the gold ring that was dangled in front of me. Life has taken a turn for the good. I am no longer "CRAZY IN IRAQ". I am now Sane In Bahrain!!! I will be starting a new blog, and it will be all new! The past has been left behind me and I have moved on. Just like President Elect Barack Obama! Change and Hope are my themes! I have a life to live and it will be very fulfilling. It's truly MY turn! So please come visit me at my new blog site, I will be posting it soon, and will let you know when it is up and running. Watch for it!!!

I want to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving. We are celebrating here with our small group. It should be pretty nice, I miss everyone, but it is for the best that this is where I am. I'm Thankful for my family, my friends, my new job, my new life and my new President! Much love and peace to all.

The Good Just Keeps on Coming!

Wow! So much happens when you let go. I am finally free of the chains of loving someone whom I was always trying to make excuses for and trying to believe in. He made a huge blunder and it was the very last straw. I let him go. He no longer tugs at my heart. There are times I think about him, but it is with incredulity that I never realized before how much I was missing by not letting go of hope that he would prove everyone wrong. In fact, the funny thing is, he proved himself right! He told me he wasn't good enough for me and that I deserved better! Why I didn't listen to him before I'll never understand. I'm not one who gives up easily. But I did. And it has had a domino effect!!

A Navy man I met in 2005 worked in the Palace with me, a truly wonderful man who became a good friend. We have kept in touch and he is back in Iraq this week, so I'm going to get to see him and hopefully have time for coffee and a little catch up talk. He is so cool. I'm so glad our paths will cross again.

I got a new job!! I'll be leaving Iraq November 13th, and I'll be in Bahrain on the 15th to start my new job there on the 17th. I'll live in a nice apartment with maid service, high speed internet and satellite TV, to name a few things. We will be a group of 8 people, and one of them I used to work with here in Iraq, in fact he is the reason I got the job. I'm so excited! And one of the best things is that the manager here in Iraq is wishing me well and assuring me that I am welcome to return to ITT anytime, that everything is good between us, I am leaving on good terms.

I'm starting a new life in every possible way you can start a new life! Everything is brand new. Everything is the way it should be.

I'm very anxious to hear the results of the election tomorrow. Who will be our next president? This is an exciting time. Maybe I should wait to say that after the results are in. So Wednesday I'll update my blog with my feelings about the new president.

Until then....