Well, Mike's busiest month is over...Mother's Day, our anniversary and my birthday! Poor guy. Every year he is swamped in celebrations in May(well, my birthday is June 1 but same difference). :) My birthday was very nice. Mike brought me flowers and we all went to eat at our new Tex Mex restaurant Cantina Laredo. Sallie and Robert picked out earrings for me and I also got a beautiful necklace from my friend Bushra and a leather camel from Ryan and Mike. I told Mike I wanted something local...:) We only have one holiday celebration left for our first year here...Father's Day. I'm so glad that we won't leave until after the 15th as I hated the thought of Mike being here without us.
Ryan is finished with school. He is now officially a senior. Wow.
It was a sad day here in the UAE. The Sheikh's younger brother was killed last nite in a helicopter accident. The flags are all at half mast and the radio stations are playing classical music. Apparently the country will be in mourning for 3 days. It came at an interesting time for Mike as well. The Sheikh had scheduled a visit to the jobsite today. This meant that a whole new road was paved so he wouldnt' be driving in sand....and it will then be torn out...and it also meant that no work was done today. The whole job site was closed for his visit. Never in Mike's 23 years in construction has he ever been told to shut a job down because of a visitor.....Never. :) Ah well.... We continue to learn new things and navigate unknown territory. :)
Hope everyone is having a great summer. See you soon.
