Apologies and updates

Okay, okay...so I've totally failed in keeping up with this blog....however, I will attempt to add somethings now, while I have a moment to breathe; emphasis on moment. Life here is going quite well, even though i am quite busy, teaching 6 classes and 120 some studetns....writing that is....even so, I really enjoy my students, and I think they like me as well. At least they say they do! :) The above photos are of our new apartment, and I think Leo is in the last photo of the front door!

The first photo is of stickers....these stickers are all over the furniture, and are a bit annoying at first, but now I don't see them at all. they say "Made In China". The picture after this is our living room, but is now looking diffrent, as I've been here longer than 2 weeks! Then, you see the master bathroom, a lovely blue, with both toilet and bidet, and, finally, you'll find the entrance to our master bedroom.

I've now been here 3 months, and rarely get homesick though I do get husband/Sara sick : ( Thank goodness they are both coming to visit for all of Thanksgiving Week!!!! : ) Woohoo!!! Sara's very excited, and I'm excited to show her around Qatar. All of my students really want to meet her, and she's going to do interview them all for a project to present when she goes back to Seattle. We thought since she would be missing some school, and most people in the US don't even know where Qatar is, that she could educate some 4th graders! We're going to go to the singing sand dunes to listen to them sing, climb up them, and then slide down. Sounds like fun, no? We'll also take in the beaches, the malls (which are much more than your average mall...think European canals inside the mall. no joke!), the souks (markets), and whatever else strikes our fancy. I don't really care; I'll just be happy to see them. People at the airport will be talking for days about the weird American lady who ran crying across the airport! Well...there is much of an airport to run across, but if there was, that would be me. I get teary-eyed just thinking about seeing Sara for the first time in three months. I've been fortunate enough to see Rabah twice since I got here, and can only thank God that he is a pilot! He may be gone a lot, but we are certainly blessed with incredibly cheap travel opportunities, as long as their are seats on the plane I must say.