You don't look a day over 195...

We are the one place that doesn't want fourth of July fireworks. But who  knows. We area NATO base and for some reason the Brits aren't happy with the whole "celebrating independence" idea. Imagine that.
I am slowly getting back into this time zone. BAck to work, busy as usual. Lots of personnel changes taking place. Bill will be off to cover a couple of PA R and Rs, so he gets to see "the world" a little bit. Which also means that I cover the clinic more and teach and {enter whining here.}It does make it nice having he three of us here, but Dennis and I will manage I'm sure.
It is snake season. We have the lovely saw scaled viper here. So far I have not seen one. Which is fine by me. They are not afraid of humans and will move towards you. They are nocturnal and there was someone bitten on his way to the bathroom wearing flip flops. The patient, not the snake. They recommend boots or crocs if you go out at night. I'm using real crocodiles strapped to my feet. Might as well use the food chain to my advantage. The literature says that 20% of the bites are fatal. I don't have to pee that bad. Hope the Taliban knows to only attacks us during the day. Hmmmm die by rocket or "evil looking snake" bite? They are not paying me enough money...