Thanksgiving holiday in the US
Preparation for National Day in the UAE
Hate Week for me!!!!!! I love my Yellow Jackets, and this is the time of year that I love them the most. THWG!!!!!
Anyway, I digress. This past weekend, the Formula 1 race was held in Abu Dhabi. This meant Formula 1 events. On Friday morning I went to the city to meet with a savings group. We are joining together to set personal goals for monthly saving, and holding each other accountable. After the meeting, I met up with a friend and went to a FREE car show (I'm already on the right track with saving, lol). The car show was held in yet another mall. This mall was like Phipps on steroids. I don't even think I could afford to browse. The cheapest store might have been Prada.....Geesh. Nevertheless, the cars, which I also could not afford, were nice.
Before I came to this country, one of the students from my old school told me I would have to trade in my Honda because people out here only have nice cars. He learned about the country from his video game. I uploaded some pics to Instagram and tagged him in them so that he could see the cars. He was amazed.
Friday night we went to the Corniche to the FREE concerts. The only acts I was familiar with was Miguel and Jason Derulo. They put on a pretty good show. Saturday was a kickball scrimmage. I didn't play because I was sick but I did have a good time meeting some new people from the other team.
That sums up the weekend and leads us to this work week. So far, it has been a joke. We have been delayed each day by fog, gotten to work late only to babysit kids that are not participating in the National Day program. National Day is a huge deal here. The patriotism in this country is unreal!!!!!!! Buildings are decorated in lights, cars are wrapped in red and green, the Sheiks' pics appear on cars and buildings, etc. I can't wait to tell the stories of the 43rd National Day. Dang this country is only turning 43 years old. SMH.
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