Life AFTER Egypt!

Here we are back in the United Arab Emirates trying hard to adjust to life off the Nile River!!

Les went back to work the day after we returned from Egypt and I went back to my job of...sun tanning, day dreaming on my cliff by the Gulf, e-mailing and msn-ing with family and friends, reading, x-stitching, planning new quilts...you know...all the hard things in life!!!

We have had fun though continuing this adventure of living together. It is all in preparation for our new life after April 13th when Les is finished his job here in the UAE with SNC Lavalin. They have been fabulous to him but a new employer and job await him in Alberta. He'll be working for Shell Canada at the new Up-grader Plant in Fort Saskatchewan. Yes...we will actually be living together, same time-zone, same province, same town, same house!!! Should be very interesting!!!

Our weekends (Thursday afternoon and Friday) have been spent exploring and enjoying the sun and sand. We've walked the gulf beaches finding incredible treasures of shells, had a great bar-b-que with some of Les' co-workers - fresh tuna (I've never had b-b-q'ed tuna before - in fact I've never had tuna except from a can!!), shrimp, kofta, and wine and lots of laughter, a lovely evening of French wine and French cheese brought back from France by a co-worker, and a weekend in the hustle and bustle of Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

I had a fabulous time writing the Egypt daily blog. It was like being there again and I remembered so much more as I was writing. I hope you all got a chance to read it and felt like you were there with us! I've started editing the pictures we took, I'd like them to be ready for printing when we get home. We've heard from some of our new friends (Hi Helen, Ian, Sandra and Brenda!!!! We miss you already!) I received a lovely gift from Afshan (the wife of Les' clerk - we had dinner with them before we went to Egypt). She made for me - and I still can't believe she did this - a most beautiful traditional Pakistani garment. Red pants, embroidered black shirt and red embroidered scarf. It is amazing! I will be a woman of the world when I return to Canada - an Egyptian galabea, a Pakistani outfit, and...a black embroidered robe and scarf as I've seen the Muslim women wear. The weather has been delightful for this Alberta girl - March and the sun shines daily and the temperature has been anywhere from high 20's to mid/high 30's - am I in heaven?????