Work has kept me on my toes this past week. As I predicted before, Ginny wanted to dive straight into the work once I told her about the possibility of a new tomb but permits had to be obtained and forms had to be filled out with the local officials. There was also the small matter of convincing the Muggles that they didn’t want to be involved at that dig site any longer but finally, on Friday, we were able get in there and get our hands dirty. If only curse breaking was always this simple. As a seasoned veteran from years ago, I have a few connections here in Egypt and expediting the paperwork has become the rule, rather than the exception. Gringotts, of course, appreciates that about me. It was previously unheard of for us to get onsite in less than two months. But when one goes drinking with the sons of elected officials and saved the life of one of them, one will make a few friends, who introduce you to more important people. It got the point that I had to be careful or I would have ended up a paper pusher, instead of a curse breaker.
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Any time to write is the right time, or rather a rare occasion as I hardly ever have spare time here. It has always been this way, even when I was first starting out. I never have free time when I am on assignment in Egypt. I have it now though, as I am waiting for a contact of mine to meet me and I was a few minutes early for our meeting time.
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