Email from RAMADI follows. For those who have asked, I am double checking the APO for Ramadi is still operational (buddies of contact opening while he is on leave) and that our contact will be back during the last week of October.
I've been out of email contact for the last couple weeks while visiting Mother in Texas. Many, many thanks to kattracks for helping out in my absence.
Because my mother's health is winding down, I will be away again for several weeks at end of October, first half of November as I go back to coordinate her moving here to live with me and my husband (who has racked up a huge number of brownie points in heaven for welcoming my mother to our home for the last years of her life.)
EMAIL from RAMADI (Sept 16):
Hello Patty!
I got the box of goodies and movies today. Thank you very much!. I watched Flight 93 already right when I opened the box. I was on the edge of my seat and I swear I could feel my heart racing like I was there.
The dried fruit are AWESOME! That is a very good bag. It had a nice selection. Keep those in mind. So how are things? I head back to the base in 3 days. Then I fly to another base to catch a floght to Kuwait and then to [father's home].
The wedding plans are going real smooth. My last hurdle is to finish paying for the flowers and the food. I willl have lots of pictures taken and a couple family ones of my kids and [fiancee's] kids together and with us in a family portrait.
Things here ahve been quiet. With Ramadan starting soon we expect activity to pick up. They know we will be giving them more room to do things since it is their holy month. But we expect radicalist to try to exploit the situation. I wish I was going to be here with my guys during the heightened activities but oh well. I guess 1 RPG close call is sufficeint.
Hot to run for now. Thank you very much for everything Patty and take care.