Sunday, August 27, 2006
We are back
OK for the few lost souls who have asked for an update.
I know how bad I am at keeping this going, but some days it seems everything is the same, all over again, or what ever Yogi said.
We got back to Qatar in July because I had to come back early for my new job, I have left the classroom and become an administrator. The new job comes with some better housing and a little more money, and a lot more headaches. The new housing is a step up from our previous villa, nicer compound, better rec facilities, newer and larger, etc. What it really means is we have now moved at the start of every semester. My dear wife is a saint because she ends up with most of the moving and packing, but this time we are happier. Every move has been a real step up.
The new villa is PINK, you know, Barbie, Pepto, little girl pink. Does have white trim, more trees, a better back yard but it is a gated community with 100 pink villa and houses. It is hot and we are missing the green, green hills of home. This is a tough time in the desert, it is hot, almost too hot to play golf, we have to go at night but it is still hot and it gets humid. They have most of the roads torn up still but have reopened what is called C-ring which solves some of the problem of getting from one side of town to the other. It had been closed since before we arrived a year ago. Traffic and drivers are not getting any better but we are adjusting. Looks like we are getting another used car, 95 Ford Explorer, 4X4, it is old and cheap but it will do for a second car and allow us to go some places the Chrysler can’t go. It has been owned by two people, the US Embassy and a Canadian so it has not been too abused.
Our school has started and things are going fairly well, our fall break is the last of October, during Eid. We are trying to find a cheap place to visit (maybe Oman) for a 3 or 4 night deal. This is the time to see the world so we are trying to get as many places as we can.
Google Earth has new pictures of Doha so you can now see our villa from space, problem is they don’t have street addresses in Doha so you have to know what ypou are looking for to find it.
I know how bad I am at keeping this going, but some days it seems everything is the same, all over again, or what ever Yogi said.
We got back to Qatar in July because I had to come back early for my new job, I have left the classroom and become an administrator. The new job comes with some better housing and a little more money, and a lot more headaches. The new housing is a step up from our previous villa, nicer compound, better rec facilities, newer and larger, etc. What it really means is we have now moved at the start of every semester. My dear wife is a saint because she ends up with most of the moving and packing, but this time we are happier. Every move has been a real step up.
The new villa is PINK, you know, Barbie, Pepto, little girl pink. Does have white trim, more trees, a better back yard but it is a gated community with 100 pink villa and houses. It is hot and we are missing the green, green hills of home. This is a tough time in the desert, it is hot, almost too hot to play golf, we have to go at night but it is still hot and it gets humid. They have most of the roads torn up still but have reopened what is called C-ring which solves some of the problem of getting from one side of town to the other. It had been closed since before we arrived a year ago. Traffic and drivers are not getting any better but we are adjusting. Looks like we are getting another used car, 95 Ford Explorer, 4X4, it is old and cheap but it will do for a second car and allow us to go some places the Chrysler can’t go. It has been owned by two people, the US Embassy and a Canadian so it has not been too abused.
Our school has started and things are going fairly well, our fall break is the last of October, during Eid. We are trying to find a cheap place to visit (maybe Oman) for a 3 or 4 night deal. This is the time to see the world so we are trying to get as many places as we can.
Google Earth has new pictures of Doha so you can now see our villa from space, problem is they don’t have street addresses in Doha so you have to know what ypou are looking for to find it.
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