Blackberry holiday

Yesterday was Veteran's Day - which is why we were able to head up Um Qais on a weekend. Yesterday also turned out to be a Blackberry holiday. Nearly everyone in the Embassy has a Blackberry - which is good for productivity (especially on Fridays when Jordan celebrates the weekend and DC keeps working) - but is very poor for letting one actually have a weekend. But yesterday the Blackberry gods (or demons) were smiling and while the phone feature still worked no email came in (and hence no new work). Now when I go into the office this morning those email will be there but the break was welcome.