Off to School!

We are well into Robert's first week of 10th grade at ACS Doha. A homeschooler no more. He is up at 5:45 and we are on the road by 6:25. His life has changed!  There are 16 kids in his section of 10th grade and there are 3 sections. His teachers are from Russia, England, Canada and the Middle East.

First Day!

School has meant several changes for me too.  One of them being I am on the Doha roads a lot more than I used to be. Although I was pretty confident and comfortable driving in Abu Dhabi, I am not comfortable driving here in Doha. I may have mentioned in other posts that Doha is  about 15-20 years behind the Emirates in development and logic. (driving being one of these issues) :)  Everyday I get in the car and pray for protection on the road through the 5 roundabouts and several lights. So far so good.  Just dropped Robert off for day 3. 

On the way home this morning, I glanced in my rearview mirror(over here one drives with eyes in the rear view mirror as much as looking out the front windshield so you aren't surprised by someone blowing past you to cut you off) and I noticed a laborer transport bus pull up behind me at the light. The driver's assistant or coworker was pulling his seat belt out.  "Wow." I thought to myself. 'He is buckling up. Unusual!" Oops. Nope. Spoke too soon. Using the belt as a head rest to take a nap. silly me. 

Safe travels, everyone!  

On the Hunt

 Mike celebrated his birthday in August. It was just Robert, Mike and me. Yep. We are still missing Sallie around here. 

We did finally find a place we have been hunting for since we moved to Doha. We were told it is the place to find unique items that aren't the common items found in most of the stores. This was our 3rd attempt to track this place down.  All we knew..the name: The Green Door. We passed this green gate several times before I finally poked my head in, wondering if I was about to walk in on some family having tea.  Unique it is. The owner came out after we browesed the maze of rooms and we all had tea while we discussed the sad happenings in this part of the world. 

No. We didn't buy anything. Not this time. But we know where it is now. Right behind the green door. .