Easy Like Friday Morning

Summer is here in the UAE. It was 51 this weekend which is 123 degrees and we only have about 4 more degrees to go. The hottest it really gets is about 55 on really bad days. The hot weather sort of keeps you trapped inside. If you want to know how we feel then wait until it's July or August in New England, then get in your car, roll up the windows and turn your heater on. The wind blows here and it's as if a heater has been turned on and put right in your face.

This Friday we went to our friend Ahlam's house for breakfast with her family. It's nice to visit people in their homes because doing anything outside feels like a chore.

Happy International Nurses Day

Yesterday was Florence Nightingale's birthday, she opened the first formal training school for nurses. It is also the day the whole world celebrates Nurses.

As Hallmark would put it "Some superheroes just don't wear capes".

Happy Cinco de Mayo

It was a Cinco de Mayo party so we had to have Mexican Mustaches

Today is Cinco de Mayo. I live on the Arabian Peninsula so we threw a Mexican Bunco Party for all our Mexican friends. Since that number is zero we invited people we work with instead.

There were winners

There were losers

There were party goers

There were prizes

There were many people having a lot of fun

Al Ain FC

A few weekends ago Trey, Jessie and I went to an Al Ain vs Bani Yas football game. By football I mean European football not American football. There aren't really people here who play American football. We sat in the "family section" because Jessie and I were there. If Trey had been alone or with other men he could have sat in the main stadium seating.
It was cool because the televised half time show commentary happened right in front of us. At half time we went up to see a friend that Trey and Jessie know and he just happens to help manage the Bani Yas team. We got to up into the VVIP, no this is not a typo. This is the Very Very Important Person section. There was also a VIP section but we passed right by that to go where we belonged.

some people say "don't wish your life away" but, i am just getting the countdown started:

And Jessie's an Athletics Announcer

Jessie's moment of stardom!

This past week the Al Ain Club for the Disabled hosted the 6th International Athletics Competition. Oasis Hospital served again as the medical sponsor for the event by providing staff and an ambulance.

After a small injury Oasis Hospital staff provide support to a UAE National athlete.

We went to support our medical staff and some of the athletes that Trey and the guys from the hospital compete against in wheelchair basketball. When we arrived our friend Percy who runs Oasis Living Magazine was the announcer for the event. She quickly pulled us all in! I ended up being "interviewed" over the loud speakers and Jessie subbed in for Percy's partner when he stepped away! Jessie was a pro, announcing names from all over the world in track and field events she was unfamiliar with!

And I added this one because I like that you can see the field behind Trey. They are throwing the javelin in the distance.

Something for Everyone

1. I have not forgotten about my blog
2. I went to a horse show a few weeks ago and one of the jumps was decorated as a mosque. I bet, in all the horse shows you have attended that you have never seen a jump decorated as a mosque.

3. We went out to eat around that horse show time and Jessie got a steak (she did not attend the horse show- if you were wondering). Back to the steak- they cooked it on this stone grill thing. They heat this big slab of stone in the oven and then bring it out and bring out the raw steak and you cook your own steak. I had never seen that before, although I am sure it exists in America. Essentially Jessie went out to dinner and still cooked dinner. Weird.

4. I ran a race 2 weeks ago in Dubai. It was with 3 other ladies from the hospital and we had a blast despite getting lost on the running route. The route went along the Dubai Creek and through the Old Souq where people now sell lots of things for tourists.

5. Lastly, in an effort to keep people from disturbing the many church services that meet at all different times throughout the day in our church hall someone has posted this sign:

It makes me feel like I am still in Springfield with that spelling... home sweet home.