The troops have arrived...

I have such great hope for this school year. Not only are the incoming LTs to my school great but there are going to be more than 8 other English speaking people in my sleepy little town! Yay! I'm so excited! I've met most of the group coming out here and I'm looking forward to karaoke nights lol since one of the girls coming out has a machine. Oh yea...tons of loud, words missing, off pitch singing will be happening. It's also nice that most of the folks coming out to Ghayathi seem pretty laid back...well as laid back as one can be moving to a place such as this. I'm no longer hoping to move to Ruwais with the incoming company. Well that and I do so hate moving and with the opening of the new road to Ruwais I won't have to fight the semis as often....so all in all things are looking up over here.

I had a few visitors today, completely unexpected but at least they were able to tour the apartment. I think they were surprised by the size of the place. We have tons of space over here but it's the country. We have nothing but sand, camels and space.

I'm so excited about what is ahead on this UAE adventure. It's never boring that's for sure. I've learned though that I have a great ability to ignore most of the unpleasant things that happen while hounding ADEC or whomever till I get what I need. This combo along with an ability to be amused and pleased by the simplest things have made me very happy in my little desert home.