i wanted to apologize for not sharing as much lately as normal... things have been busy and we have both been working and trying to survive. unfortunately i am working most afternoons, and lorien is during the day, so we are not seeing each other as much as we would like. the good news is that tinsley always has someone around to keep him company!!
you find out lots of interesting things when you move to a new country for a short period of time. Like how everyone seems to want to move to canada! they keep asking me why we are here and not in canada when they want to move to toronto or vancouver. i tell them that of course i have the option of moving back whenever i want though!!
we have met a lot of great people that we will miss when we do leave. People from all over the world are living and trying to live in this country; we have met great people from england, ireland, india, nepal, phillipines, america, australia, syria, egypt, just to name a few... and just like when working back home, we will be sorry to leave them.
a couple of people at the hotel i have had great conversations, drinks and good times with, and i will hate to leave them... one pastry chef from Goa India, we have shared drinks and our love of Pink Floyd and Dave Matthews. Another is a friend from Englad who shares my love of dub ska/reggae... other great conversations with a colleague from syria... all cool people, and some cool teachers and husbands of teachers who lorien works with. nice guys from ireland, canada, and the U.S. we hang out a ton together...
work itself has been interesting to say the least. the uae labour laws leave much to be desired, and they are part of the reason why we are not travelling as much as we should, especially for me. but we are working around the issues and having fun in the city. we went to the fifa club team world cup last week, and we had a bunch of friends over for christmas dinner and the house was all decorated up for christmas, so that was a ton of fun!!!
we will make up for lost time over the next two years. our plan is to go to egypt in feb, and do some other stuff around uae in march when lorien's parents come to visit... oman is also on the list, as is thailand and nepal. and i am planning to come back to vancouver in october for my 20 yr high school reunion.
hope all is well with everyone back home, we miss everyone, and really enjoy the time we get to web cam with people...
