I feel like I just wrote but need to get back on track so getting this blog up on time! Today marks 6 months since arriving in Abu Dhabi and I would have been heading home had I not extended. I’m mostly happy to still be here but there are some things I really miss from home and def. looking forward to returning in June. Funny I just remembered a dream I had last night in which I was home and searching for Baked Cheetos at home! I also realized I had been home for days without Chipotle and decided it was going to be my next meal.
Anyway…I am having a hard time typing this right now as my fingers are wrapped up. I had a slight incident on Thursday night and did something to my left pinky….the ring finger is okay….slightly bruised but functioning…the pinky one not so much. I can finally straighten it but can’t bend it and it’s pretty bruised. I’m guessing it’s not broken but whatever it is sucks. I didn’t realize how much I used it until it hurt to do anything with it. The worst is trying to put my hair up! Boot camp is likely going to suck as well since we do so many pushups and burpies. Today is leg day so I’m hoping it’s not too bad and I have 2 more days to heal before arm day.
So Thursday I did BC after work and we essentially ran for an hour. It was a good cardio workout but not what I expected and I was pretty tired. Smart Cristina was gonna go home and chill out but decided I only have 2 months left so should not be a loser and went out instead. It was a long night. It started out as a chill house party but then everyone decided to go out. Went to Rush…not sure if it’s new or just newly popular…but Thursday night is hip hop night and the music was fabulous. I rolled into my place at 6:30am and they were already serving buffet breakfast! I considered stopping for some but just wanted my bed at that point. The ride home was funny/obnoxious as one of the guys drove me and this other girl Stephanie home. Funny story about Stephanie…when I first met her I was thinking how much she looked like someone I knew…but I didn’t consider that I knew her since she was from Belgium and works for Etihad. Well it was driving me nuts trying to figure out who it was she reminded me of and we got talking and both decided that there is a very good chance she was a flight attendant on one of my flights to Bahrain in February! So turns out she doesn’t remind me of anyone..I just recognized her from the flight. So anyway…Ali drove us both home and she decided she wanted McDonalds breakfast which was not even close to on the way and I was half sleeping in the back listening to this discussion about whether to go or not and I was thinking please say no when he asks if you really want it. No such luck. I prob would have been home an hour earlier if I had taken a cab but oh well..was too late at that point. The food did smell fab but all I wanted was my bed!
I woke up Friday extremely exhausted but wanted to get to the pool since I was feeling pale…so dragged my butt down there and worked on my tan for a few hours. I really needed a manicure but didn’t want to deal with the pain in my fingers so skipped it and bought some wrap to wrap them up instead. It feels much better now because I’m not hitting it on things. I managed to squeeze in an hour nap before I had to get ready for Shakira which turned into my rocking messy curly hair because it was going to be far too painful to do! Oliver picked me up and we headed out to Yas which was a total cluster f***. I’ve always cabbed out to concerts so haven’t had to deal with the parking situation which was a disaster. We eventually find where the parking is and get out of the car and immediately sink in about 5 inches of sand. Thankfully I had flip flops with me although I was still a sandy mess! The opening act was some Egyptian dude who is supposed to be the Justin Timberlake of the Arab world and I had no interest in seeing…worked out perfectly as he finished right when we showed up! I got one of my favorite chicken schwarmas and we found a good spot to chill before Shakira came on. The place was packed..much more than others I’ve been to there. She was phenomenal. Such high energy and never stopped moving (which she does quite well!). I decided I was going to stop eating so I can look like her……she’s perfect. B*tch. Ha. She did songs in both English and Spanish and sang everything I hoped she would with one exception so can’t complain! Afterwards Oliver drove back to Dubai and I was getting a cab from Yas which is always a nightmare after concerts so I went and sat on a bench for about 45 minutes with my iPod waiting for the craziness to die down! Shakira was going to be at Allure and Sophie told me to come but I opted to head back towards AD and do Eight instead (where it was hip hop night!). Two nights of great music….a first since I’ve been in AD! I was wishing Liana had been here as she would have been just as happy as me! Met some cool new girls this weekend which was nice….gonna need them since Liana has abandoned me. Lol. (JK girl….I mean sort of!). Was home and in bed a bit earlier than Thursday night and got a good night of sleep.
Saturday was much like Friday..lazy day at pool so I’m back to being brown again. Went to try to get a manicure but they were full so my nails look like sh*t for the first time in a long time! Went home and took a nap instead and when my alarm was going off at 7:30, I considered just staying in bed and sleeping through the night but really wanted to hit the gym, needed to eat, etc so I dragged myself out of bed. Had a pretty good workout although it hurt to run/jump rope/anything that forced hand movement but I survived. Had a box of fabulous mac n cheese, did laundry, caught up on work emails and then called it a night. Of course I had a really hard time falling asleep so I’m a bit tired today.
Liana is home from Africa and leaving for London tomorrow so we have a much needed date tonight to catch up on all her crazy African adventures. I have BC first so hopefully the night isn’t too late since it’s gonna be a busy week. Meeting a local partner to catch up on my secondment tomorrow, BC again Tuesday, we have a team away day on Wednesday and then I have a date with Alice since I haven’t seen her in over a week as well, and then I hop on a plane at 2am Thursday morning to go meet Liana in London for Cinco de Mayo! We’re not really going for CdM….we’re going to see her man fight but it happens to be on that day and any reason to celebrate is a good one. Having a margarita is on the to-do list!
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