It's Thursday night and I have just spent the last 4 days doing a whole lot of nothing!!!! It was a much needed break after the first 2 weeks of craziness. Lets see....
Monday I slept in (til like 2) after Sunday's night out. Hit the pool for a bit and then did some work and went to bed. Tuesday I decided it was time I get some groceries so I set out on a mission. I finally hit the bank (since I owe everyone and their mom money right now!) and then found a supermarket very close. Its not one of the really nice ones but its like 2 blocks away and was good for what I needed. Got a lot of the staples, as well as some candles, hangers, etc. Nice to know I can grab 12 sodas for 12 dhs....better than 1 for 12 from room service. Gotta start saving money! Came back with enough time to hit the pool and then got a great work out in before spending 3 hours on calls with the US (bad thing about being here is that I could prob work 15 hours a day with the time change). I wasn't complaining though since I did nothing all day.
Wednesday was a great day. I went over to the Beach Club at the Beach Rotana for the day and its fab (I get way discounted rates since I'm staying at a Rotana property). Layed out for a few hours, had a pina colada, used the gym, sauana, jacuzzi, got an hour long massage and then finished off with dinner at the pool bar. Perfect day. Oh and then I did movie marathon when I got home...Ended up watching 3 movies when I meant to only watch one. The bad part....the last 5 minutes of movie 3, the volume on that channel stopped working so I have no idea what they were saying, could only guess from looking what was going on. So annoying! Today I slept in a bit, went to the pool for a few hours and then went for a great run along the Corniche. It really was beautiful to run along the water and feel the breeze. The odd part was being one of about 10 females out (compared to the 5000 men..they seem to walk in packs of like 10) and the only female running and therefore the only female not wearing full clothing. I try to ignore it (thank god for my iPod but its a bit uncomfortable at times). Oh...and I saw at least 4 male couples holding hands. Not sure what this is about....is this a normal local custom I am not aware of or is it exactly what I think it is? Thought their was a no PDA rule overall....who knows. There were a ton of ppl out jet skiing which is on my to do list for while I'm here. I'd also like to do a boat tour at some point.
I just made myself dinner for the first time and it didn't go so well! The one pot I have is tiny and I was making penne pasta....and then I couldn't get the heat to a point where it wasn't just boiling over the whole time. A bit frustrating but at the end, I had a decent dinner of penne pasta, sauce and melted cheese that did not come from room service. Today I also had cereal for breakfast so I went a full day with no room service....victory! On the list of things to buy is a bigger pot. On the plus side, I am on load 2 of laundry for the evening and I am doing a MUCH better job at that!!!! I no longer have to look at the instructions for 15 minutes before starting and nothing has been ruined yet (knock on woood..or as they say over here...touch wood).
Speaking of picking up local sayings....there are a few things that I find myself using now since I hear it so much....keen, fancy and que. Maybe I'll get lucky and come home with a cool accent since I'm like the only one without one. Sad.
I just finished off my last twist off bottle of wine and do not have a wine opener...guess there is item 2 on the list of things to buy.
So tomorrow I am headed to Dubai to help Oliver apartment hunt since he's completely indecisive and needs assistance. Will be cool to finally see the city and hit a night on the town in a different locale. Then everyone that went away for the holidays is finally coming back so I have friends again and can get back to my constant going out...ha!
Oh..and in case anyone was counting, out of the last 7 days I have spent 6 of them at the pool (and plan to add tomorrow and Saturday to the list as well). I am back to the color I was when I left Cancun and couldn't be happier seeing that its the middle of November.
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