Status Update

Another few weeks have passed in a blur of activity hard to decode after the fact. One thing is for sure, the day to day mechanics of running a large project (reviewing and signing travel authorizations and bank reconciliations, signing checks, logging on and sending electronic payments, dealing with personnel issues, ad nauseum) take a lot of time, and when you add in the task of trying to lead the somewhat cumbersome project technically, and to change its structure and outputs in a pretty significant way, the days just flow by. Or, "the days are just packed", to quote Calvin.

We still do not have our car or our belongings, now sitting in Sianhoukville Port for the past 6 weeks. From what we can decipher post mortem, the company hired by the American shipper to clear the container here in Cambodia was simply incompetent. As in they had no idea what they were doing. So we have hired another, we'll see. As such we are only using a few rooms of the house. Our bedroom is pretty well furnished other than a few dressers we'll add when the shipment finally arrives. We have bought a teak patio set that now sits at the base of the stairs and is where we take our meals. The living room has one teak and rattan lounge chair, which will also eventually end up outside on the porch, where one person can read under the fan.

Considering how much furniture we shipped over, the change that will occur upon delivery of the container will be marked.