Comfy - despite movement restrictions

Well hello!

After a very very cold night, I have a new tank of fuel in my room!  Yeah :) 
How cold was it you ask??
-12 outside, and cold enough in my room that there was a layer of ice on my bedside bottle of water
Not now though...with a heaver sweater on it is positively tropical!  Oh the luxury of it!
 
Please ask those good folks at the jail to stop burning important literature.  It really is making things awkward for us here.  Our security adviser has restricted our movements, so I won't be going anywhere tomorrow.  If there is power intermittently  (fingers crossed), then it will be a good chance to catch up on some school work.

I spent some time on Afghan greeting today.  See, in most languages you have a simple straight forward "hello" or "bon jour", or "buenos dios".  You get the idea.  Not so in Afghanistan.  A standard greeting goes something like this:

Peace be upon you
Peace be upon you as well
Are you OK?
Yes, I am well thank you
And how is your health?
I am quite well thank you.
And how is your family?
They are doing well thankyou.... and how are you?
I am well thank you
And how is your health?
I am quite well thank you
And how is your family
They are doing well thank you

That is the greeting.... the conversation may then start.
It may take a day or two of concentrated effort to learn this in Dari.   :)
The nurses and doctors and patients are all good tutors, and are very eager to see a greeting accomplished.

Oops power is out again.....

OK, too much talking.
I will again disappoint you with a lack of pictures...
Here are a couple of pictures from just outside of the hospital.  See the mountains in the background?  I bet Kabul will be restored to stunning beauty one day

Peace be upon you  !!