A Tourist in Baghdad

"Just abit more than 24 hours left for us here...How do I feel??? I dunno...very mixed feelings, but Im kinda overwhelmed from what we did yesterday...Yesterday for the first time ever during the whole year I have spent here and almost 16 years from the last time I was here on vacation, I ventured out into the RED Zone....Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay...I didnt think we were gonna pull it off, but after nagging HUBBY for a long long time, he finally gave in...I guess he felt guilty that he's seen it and I havent...

Its an amazing feeling, gives you a different perspective...I have finally seen my country...I can now leave comfortably...I have finally seen Baghdad...Yesterday was one of those really hot days...We were given a vacation to mark memorial day, but I still went to the office to get some files and save my emails on a hard drive...you never know what might happen...HUBBY told me that there may be a chance of us going out with one of our colleagues..I didnt really believe him so I didnt have any expectations...When W called us and said he was waiting outside..my heart jumped...I grabbed one of my shawls incase I need to cover up...We walked until we reached the check point next to the planning ministry...HUBBY had to escort W in with his car...Then off we went from Mua'laq bridge out...out into the red zone..."
Neurotic Iraqi Wife