Christmas Day got off to a slow start as Darcy's workplace did not allow their staff to go home until 2 pm. So I spent the day at home waiting for her to come home. But I had fun tracking Santa Claus's night journey online. We had a delicious turkey dinner that did not take nearly as long to cook as last year. Darcy and a friend baked cookies earlier in the week and we've pacing ourselves with eating them.
We got more books and dvds for Christmas which was great. I'm making progress with reading books that I've received as gifts over the last few years. But we've yet to make much of a dent with our watching tv shows and movies from our huge dvd collection. We've had a few foggy mornings over the Christmas break too which was a bit unusual for this time of year.
Today (Dec. 28 is Islamic New Year) is our last day off before heading back to work. It will be a short three day work week as Thursday is New Year's Day. After that it will be sparse for holidays until the summer. It will feel like working in North America! I guess we have become accustomed to working few days with living here. But we have carried over a lot of vacation days from last year so we we'd like to take a few short trips in the spring. Below is an assortment of interesting newspaper articles.
Firms race to restore service
Internet cut a ‘rare’ occurrence
Abu Dhabi airport gets busier
Traffic chaos as major road closed - luckily we live on the other side of the Abu Dhabi!
Wealth fund may be Madoff victim - we live just to the left side of that big blue building in the photo
‘Living on a boat makes sense’
The good life at risk - this is disturbing
UAE Folk Tales/ Narratives/ Legends
No sleigh bells, plenty of cheer
Jebel Ali's secret cavern is lost forever
Plans afoot to make Abu Dhabi souq permanent
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