Al Faw Fo Pa!

Chillin!
Originally uploaded by ErikHoltan.

Yeah, I don't know how to spell Fo Pa, nor can I confirm it's meaning off the top of my head, but it sounded good within the context of Al Faw!
Al Faw, of course is the palace that I work by and is on Victory! And with all the brass that cheeseballs up there they could outfit a symphony orchestra! But I will tell you a little bit about the palace itself, and I have pictures I have added from inside that might give you a feel of the elegance that Saddam used to live with everyday! First of all it is an island that sits in the middle of a pretty body of water, well it used to be til the heat came, and grew weeds!
But, in the spring it looks nice and blue like in the picture here!
So you go in and are greeted by the Saddam throne you might have seen in some earlier pics, but yo go into this beautiful rotunda that is really the highlight of the palace. It is huge and marble all over the place! The columns are just huge! It is 3 levels that you have to go up spirals staircases to access those floors. It looks like the elevators took some battering rams when we "invaded"!
But very little damage was done to the palace itself. They properly made the palace inoperable by blowing up the bridge I have in my pics archive that provided power and water and 2 bombs took care of that. Pretty effective, although that might have contributed the water pollution to the lake, in which the sewer pipes spilled into after the bombs! Oh well the carp love eating it! Other than that the hallways, and rooms are more of the same, and they pretty much look alike!
There you have a little picture of what it is like!
Aside from the palace, I got nothing today, other than I forgot to say Happy Birthday to my birth mom Anne, who I was going to mention before, but the date got away from me! Sorry Anne! For those who don't know, I am adopted and was when I was weeks old, and my adoptive parents were the greatest thing that could have happened, and I consider them my parents. Although, we met 4 years ago, Anne has become part of our family, and we part of hers, and I am blessed to have another family element of support to know! They all have been great, and Shirley(Mom) and Anne(Birthmom) are friends now, so yeah it is weird sometimes to me, and I can say I have 3 moms now with Shirley, Anne, and Barb(Missys mom)! I am blessed to have them, even though I get stressed about moms sometimes, I am lucky to have them! Happy Birthday Anne!
Other than that everyone have a great day and thanks for all the comments and support!
Later,
Erik

Update: If you emailed me in the past 12 hours before 3 hours ago our mail here was all lost, so just letting you all know! Mis, I got your email, so don't worry I am enjoying the pics ALL DAY LONG!