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i am woefully behind in my posting... i apologize to my loyal 5 readers... :)

so... what to talk about???

as most of you know from facebook, we got a new puppy named LeaLou, another chihuahua, a little sister for Tinsley... she has been fun, and a handful, and at least Tinsley is not bored now LOL...


Lorien and I had some days of hanging at the pool and going for drinks before she went home for the summer... She is spending some time in Vancouver before visiting some Irish Teacher friends over in Ireland... i am still planning on heading back in October, so I will visit with people then...

work is okay, and i have been hanging with the kids mainly... i found a friend who plays guitar and we have been playing a little here and there, me on the harp and him on guitar... it is something to do and not go crazy, being inside all the time because of the heat...

it has actually been cool the last 4 days, and by cool i mean under 40 degrees... i can actually enjoy mid 30's after a few days of 47...

i have also got back running and working out, and trying to spend time at the pool...

i have a few friends who will also be here all summer, so i will have company on my off days... they are also members of the pool, so we can hang out there and have a drink or two...

you might see more posts over the summer if i have time, i will try to do some from work while i am bored...

i might head to dubai this weekend, will take pics!!!

I know, I know... it has been awhile...

so i have been getting grief from a couple people for not updating my blog in the last, oh month or two... cough*travis*cough... :)

when you last left me, lorien's parents had been here and hanging out...

since then, what has been new???

i went to the UFC on yas island with some friends, got to meet a few fighters back at the hotel, generally a great weekend all around...

two pics are from lorien's birthday weekend, hanging out with our regular group of friends... canadian, american, english, and irish... almost all of them are teachers or neighbours or teachers' spouses...



so other than that, most of the rest of our time has been hanging out at our health club and pool... you have to realize that this pool is the best thing ever!!! hahaha... when it is 45 degrees out, and you don't want to sit in your A/C apt all the time, we hang out at the pool, get some sun, and have a corona or two... we have also been trying to hit the gym a bit more than before...

last week we had a pool party for a friend's birthday, tons of fun!!!

most of our entertainment has been hanging with our friends and going to birthday parties or having people over...

unfortunately, my work schedule has sucked, so we try to do the simple things when lorien and i are together... go for dinner, go to the mall, etc...

we are looking forward to in the future when we can get some time off together and actually do some longer trips, looks like lorien's school year next year will have a couple solid 2 week breaks, and we will know ahead of time, so we can do some significant travel... right now we are having fun just relaxing when we are not busy working... the daily work grind exists over here as well!!! i won't jinx anything by saying where we are going, i will wait until the plane tickets are booked...

speaking of which, lorien will be home this summer, and i am coming home in october... i have my high school reunion in october, so i have decided to wait until then... lorien and i are going to do some local trips this summer while she is here (ie Dubai, or Oman or Liwa or Fujairah) but then she will be gone and hanging in canada... tinsley and i will be hanging out together, and some of the other spouses of teachers who don't have time off this summer, so i know of at least 2-3 people i will be hanging with...

plus i have been talking about finally taking my open water scuba diving course, looks like i will do it this summer... i did some scuba diving while we vacationed in Fujairah, and rekindled my desire to get it done!!!

lazy weekend...

taking it easy this weekend after lorien's parents were here last weekend... whirlwind week trying to pack everything in!!

went to dubai, al ain, and showed them around abu dhabi...

dubai involved going to the ski hill in the mall, checking out the palm island, burj khalifa, fountain light show, burj al arb, jumeirah beach, the list goes on!!

showing them around abu dhabi involved going on a desert safari as well which was tons of fun, riding camels and dune bashing!!

definitely will do that again...