Been out of touch for a few days - that's because we've now left Iraq and are back home - I tried to be clever and send a message via my cell phone from the border as we left, praising the great glory of such technology... Unfortunately the message seems suspended in cyberspace somewhere - so much for technology!
I didn't realise - until my brother emailed in a panic saying where are you as you haven't written for days - that I'd omitted to tell anyone that we are safe and home... and once I fish my exhausted brain out the bucket in the corner I left it in, I'll let you know what's happening now. (Gin and tonic tastes really good by the way.)