The times they are a'changing, at least the weather

Scattered rain forecast for today
Web posted at: 3/15/2007 4:6:43
Source ::: The Peninsula doha • The city and its outskirts are expected to witness scattered rains, along with dusty and hot south-easterly winds today, heralding the arrival of summer.

Yes the weather is changing, the last week has seen a real warm up during the day. We are still having cool breezes at night but that will quit soon, I am afraid.

Like lots of things, not much we can do about the weather except make sure the air cond is working.

One of our friends has just bought the entire 7 seasons of "West Wing" and they are having a "West Wing" party tonight. I will probably stay in the kitchen, near the "punch". Had another go at the Pub Quiz Night, still next to last. We are going to have to find some better questions, ones we know. At least we have now avoided the last place finish, twice in a row.

There will be St Patty Day parties this weekend, Irish singers, etc at most of the hotels and clubs. If we make one, it will be Gravey's Irish Pub, they have a Canadian singer who does Irish songs, yea I know but it is as close as we can get.

Doha now has a Virgin Superstore for books and music, been needed for a while, prices are not bad. Just takes a while for the world to get to Doha.

Dunestock07

Time between trips

We made it to Dunestock 07, got the t-shirt, etc. Really got a t-shirt for the Grand daughter, she will have to grow into it but only one size for children. I did get a double XX chubby for me. Music was OK, maybe a little less than OK, some were very amateur. Kind of American Idol with adult beverages in the crowd, which means most people didn't care. I will post a couple of pictures.

The yard sale, I mentioned last time had a few leftover plants so we got a pickup truck and brought home a load. We are now up to 15 large potted plants, not counting what is in the ground. Next chore is to find a dependable gardener for the summer while we are in the USofA. Next problem will come if we have to move into the new QF housing, that is a bunch to move. Hopefully we will not be moving next year, as most of the faculty has to move to the new housing to free up the present on-campus housing for students. Since we are off campus, maybe we will be left to the second round when the new housing is ready.

We have our spring break in 10 days and we are going to Greece for vacation and an Education Conference. Will be gone about 9-10 days. Our daughter and son-in-law are meeting us from the USA so we are looking forward to the visit.

Busy time

We have had the first dust storm of the season, makes for a very hazy, hard to breathe kind of day. You get a level of dust on everything that is outside. We have some friends that are moving to Dubai, they had their Yard Sale on Friday during the dust storm. Sale was not real successful but my dear wife got a bunch of new plants, and I got an outdoor bar to go with my charcoal grill.

What is a fairly normal weekend like in Doha, the dullest city on earth, well on Thursday we went to Garvey's Irish Family Club for supper, drinks and a going away party for the above mentioned Yard Sale? Friday morning we helped at the dusty yard sale and went to a Trivial Pursuit party in the evening. A couple of weeks ago, some of us entered a Pub Quiz night at the Rugby Club and got embarrassed, came in next to last, wrong end of the lineup. The Trivial Pursuit Party was to practice; problem was we used the Brit version so some of the questions were a little off the wall.

Sat was haircut day and time to arrange the travel for home this summer (more later), then we went to dinner with a couple of new people in town, (plus 5 old friends) to introduce them to Doha fine dining (Applebee’s). If that didn't give us time to relax, tonight we are going to a B'day party and then Comedy Night at the Ramada. Hope they are funny enough to keep me awake, at my age, all this running around is tough.

Next weekend, is Dunestock 07, (http://www.dunestock.net.qa/) a 12 hour music fest at the singing dunes on Friday and then I am going to the Superbikes Moto races on Sat.

Like I say, there is nothing to do, but I get more rest during the work week than the weekends.