What happened to June?

I don't know why time seems to pass so quickly here. Work is hectic and both of us seem like either circus clowns juggling several ongoing projects or fire fighters trying to put out blazes at work. Then the weekends come and we collapse in a heap on the couch and catch up on our various RSS feeds, blogs and emails. Then there are the usual weekend chores and errands and then it's back to work on Sunday. I also managed to watch some George Carlin clips on You Tube this weekend.
The city feels a little emptier with many Western expats having departed for summer vacation. Darcy and I will have to wait another three weeks and change before we fly off to the cool confines of Western Canada.
The outside humidity continues to rise and the last weekend our apartment windows were crying. The cold a/c inside and the hot, humid weather outside cause the glass outside to form heavy condensation. We could hardly see out so we curled up on the couch and watched movies. No point in venturing out to face the harsh elements.
Below is the usual weekend wrap-up of exciting news from our area: I knew that this was going to happen and I doubt that the entire 2 km stretch of beach will be fully operational either. That's a common occurrence here. Delay hits opening of Corniche beach. But the beach sounds nice and it's about a 20 minute walk for us.
UAE sheikh in belt beating case. This story was not reported in any local newspapers here.
'Jewish settler attack' on film.
UAE's eco footprint highest in the world.
Arabic newspapers lash out at US, UK terror alerts.
US luring more students from UAE.
Afghan men make a name in the UAE as expert bakers. There's an old four story walk up building across the street from us. It has a bakery that looks just like the one in this story. We've always wanted to take a photo but we've been too reluctant to ask.
New buses on streets of Abu Dhabi
First Abu Dhabi F1 grand prix in autumn 2009Naturally this will have some negative spinoffs like hotels jacking their prices for the race.
Road signs to assist new drivers in capital
Where there’s a will...
It's late here now so we're off to bed. I'm getting my first medical check up in over two years Monday morning so hopefully everything will go well.