Hey guys!
Sorry, it's been a while since I wrote! :)
Love was in the air on Valentines day! Heather, Jenna and I went to the Dubai Tennis Open! (haha! I love cory puns like that.) It was a completely wonderful day. When we got tickets the only ones available were for the first day of the woman's section, so we took them. We found out later that they must have been holding some back b/c now the semi-finals are on sale... I think. It was really just wonderful though. We got there around 11:30 and shopped in the Duty Free store there... and then watched tennis for about two hours, got sufficiently burnt, and then sat outside on big red bean bags by a man-made fountain. Blissful. We ended the time by eating at Costa (a coffee-shop chain, much like Starbucks) and then heading back home.
Something that I have realized is that most of my stress in the Middle East has been from traveling. Anywhere I go I have to allow almost an hour to get there. I'm not sure if that is just because I've never lived in a city before or if it is just Dubai.. but it seems like any activity has to be at least two hours long then to make up for the travel time.
This week has been very relaxing. I'm working from home this week which means that I have a lot of time on my hands, a ton of stuff to do, and no motivation. Always a great combination! :) I go through periods of frantic work because I don't think that I'll get done in time, mixed with very lazy activities where I feel like I have all the time in the world. It's strange, I'm usually a very motivated person, however, when it is warm all sense of reason goes out of my head.
I feel like I'm programmed to play and not work when it is warm... and it's always warm here! :)
well... that's a little window into my life!
Salaam,
ktb*
Sorry, it's been a while since I wrote! :)
Love was in the air on Valentines day! Heather, Jenna and I went to the Dubai Tennis Open! (haha! I love cory puns like that.) It was a completely wonderful day. When we got tickets the only ones available were for the first day of the woman's section, so we took them. We found out later that they must have been holding some back b/c now the semi-finals are on sale... I think. It was really just wonderful though. We got there around 11:30 and shopped in the Duty Free store there... and then watched tennis for about two hours, got sufficiently burnt, and then sat outside on big red bean bags by a man-made fountain. Blissful. We ended the time by eating at Costa (a coffee-shop chain, much like Starbucks) and then heading back home.
Something that I have realized is that most of my stress in the Middle East has been from traveling. Anywhere I go I have to allow almost an hour to get there. I'm not sure if that is just because I've never lived in a city before or if it is just Dubai.. but it seems like any activity has to be at least two hours long then to make up for the travel time.
This week has been very relaxing. I'm working from home this week which means that I have a lot of time on my hands, a ton of stuff to do, and no motivation. Always a great combination! :) I go through periods of frantic work because I don't think that I'll get done in time, mixed with very lazy activities where I feel like I have all the time in the world. It's strange, I'm usually a very motivated person, however, when it is warm all sense of reason goes out of my head.
I feel like I'm programmed to play and not work when it is warm... and it's always warm here! :)
well... that's a little window into my life!
Salaam,
ktb*
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