Naples is stressful!

Day 1.5 is down and I'm still getting settled in with badges, desk, computer, bearings, and things like that, but it's interesting. Expectations are quite high for Rendon's ability to deliver quality analysis to impress the commander and help the staff, but I think we'll do good by them. The only real problem is that they might give us too much credit for being able to track internal Libyan media and social network activity when they themselves can't. I just don't think it's anything we have reliable access to, but we'll try. Yesterday was my first day in the office, and quite stressful given I had to keep absorbing requirements without much knowledge about whether we could do anything about them. Interesting crew on the PA staff, though, and generally very friendly. It's highly international, with lots of Canadians.

Naples itself is bizarre. Parts are beautiful, and from the base it's quite pretty, but the streets on the outside are trashed -- literally there are large piles of trash every couple hundred of yards. We're nearby Capri, Pompeii, and the Amalfi Coast, though, so nice stuff is within reach. And so far the food has been excellent.

0630 on Friday, 5/6. Time to start day 2.5!

Happy birthday, one day late, Katie!