Today is the end of our first two months in Doha. Our house is coming together thanks to the help of my good friend Pattie. She was here during our visit to the US and she and Barry came last Wednesday to visit us as well. We worked them like dogs. But the house looks great! Plants, pictures, furniture. All looking good. The best part though was having good friends stay a few days with us.
As I write this a sand storm has blown in. The sky is brown and the cars have already changed color. I am glad we didn't plan to do much outside today. Course, also as I write this I am watching the News report the megastorm that is headed to the US East coast. No complaints from this desert dweller. That thing is huge!!
I can watch the news because we now have internet, and TV services to our villa. No more hanging out at the clubhouse while Robert does school. No more running over there to check our email and facebook. I kind of miss it. No, not really. We are glad to have most of moving issues settled. All that is left is for us to get our residents permits and for me to get my Qatari license. Not bad when I think of all that was happening last July, August and September.
As I finish unpacking the last boxes onto our bookshelves, there is one thing that makes me sad. My Christmas decorations have disappeared. We will call the movers this week to report it. Perhaps they are sitting somewhere between here and Abu Dhabi. That is what I am praying, anyway. It is only stuff but those boxes had stuff from my mom, and all the decorations I have collected for the kids over the years. Every time I think about it my stomach churns. No way to replace it. Maybe the movers will have good news. Again, it is all about perspective... I could be packing up and evacuating because of a huge hurricane heading our way....
Praying for friends and family on the East Coast,
Mattie
