First snowy story...

This is outside my office door in our compound after the snow....
Last week in snowed. A lot. It was ankle deep and beautiful. The roads filled with people bundled and hiding from the snow. At home we started the day throwing snowballs at each other, at lunch time the guards joined in, but slowly, at first the just made a stash of snowballs for us to use, or threw them at each other. As we arrived at the office after lunch, we continued… the staff laughing with us or at us, but not really throwing.

The logistician was leaving so we got everyone together outside for a photo with him… and then it began. Someone slammed snow into someone else head. Snowballs started to fly. The head of mission is a great shot and hit almost everyone straight in the face.

Hierarchy here is well respected. The local staff did not at first want to hit the boss with snowballs, or especially the women bosses… but by the end everyone was laughing and hitting each other. Sneaking around behind the car and ambushing people. It was great. Everyone let their guard down and just laughed and laughed and laughed and got cold.