Making this Home

I had another full weekend. Thursday evening after work, my school hosted a happy hour at a nearby bar called Cooper's. After staying there for a few hours getting to know some more of my co-workers, I then went and spent some time hanging out at a neighbor/co-worker's place.

Friday morning I went to church, then to an Abu Dhabi "Outdoors Exhibit" with a couple of friends, where I met a few falcons and tried archery for the first time. I later went to a more "westernized" grocery store called Spinney's hoping to find my favorite yogurt (Dannon Light N' Fit) but that was a bust. Afterwards, I had a great all-you-can-eat vegetarian Indian dinner and perused a few textile stores looking for a pattern/cloth for a new dress. I also bought some great shoes for only 45AED (that's about $12.50)! I came home with the plan to go straight to bed, but ended up doing laundry and cleaning until about 1:30am.

Falcons! I think they wear hats so they don't get startled.

Gotta love Obama!

Look Mom! I can shoot a bow and arrow!

You can find relaxers here, but no Dannon Light N' Fit yogurt?!

This is how you eat samosa!

Today, Saturday, I grocery shopped, walked through the blazing desert heat to a charity flee market, went into school to get some work done, walked around my neighborhood for about an hour looking for a good beauty supply, and bought what I thought would be an Egyptian pizza but turned out to be something else that was almost as delicious. Now, I am blogging, grading papers, Facebooking, and getting ready to start another week of teaching.

 

 

The workers must've taken a break for afternoon prayer at my neighborhood mosque.

As I was searching for a beauty supply, I saw a few neighborhood boys playing soccer in an alley. Love it!

Of everything that I did this weekend, I think my favorite moment was laundry and cleaning. There's something about scrubbing your tub and folding your clothes on the sofa that makes a place feel like home...seriously! I wouldn't necessarily clean and laundry on vacation, but it is something that I do everywhere I live. And since I LIVE HERE, house chores must be done and that makes me happy :-)