I think it'll be more of a beach Christmas this year, unless I decide to head to Ski Dubai! I spent the long weekend in Doha, Qatar for a work conference on the environment and service learning, you know, basically while you were all eating Turkey and watching College Football, I was saving the world. A few of us went to a Thanksgiving Buffet dinner at one of the hotels, where we all ate copious amounts of food and drank a number of bottles of wine. They had all the traditional Thanksgiving items, but I was really stuck on the amazing sushi options.
When I returned from the conference I decided it was time to decorate my apartment for Christmas. Oh, by the way, having someone finish painting the top of my walls was 100 dirhams (less than $30) and worth every cent. So, last Sunday after work, I went home, rearranged my furniture, picked up the mess and started decorating. I also listened to Christmas music and made some sugar cookies, it was great! As I was sitting back and admiring the state of things, I got to see a quick little light show. It was actually pretty funny. I strung up some Christmas lights near the windows and it seemed to be fine, then I was looking over at them and one by one they started sparking and flashing and going out, it wasn't just a small spark, more like a little flame. I calmly walked over to the outlet, turned the switch off and sat back on the couch. I continued to watch all the sparks and thought to myself, well, I hope those curtains are fireproof, if they aren't, at least the walls are cement, that doesn't burn, does it? Then I just started laughing, because at home, if anything was sparking I would be worried and rushing to do something about it, instead I just sat and watched.
It's a little harder to get into the holiday spirit over here with the weather so warm, time just seems to be flying by and it seems impossible that it would already be Christmas! In order to better facilitate the spirit of the season, a friend of mine is hosting a Love Actually part tonight, the ladies of Al Adiyat, the teacher compound or projects as I like to refer to it, are all getting together to watch the movie and do a Yankee swap, which I've never done before, but I'm imagining it's just that pick a gift, steal a gift thing. We have also been requested to bring our favorite holiday snack. I, of course, wanted to bring Hello Dollies, my most favorite holiday treat ever, but.... none of the stores carry the necessary items to make them.
I heard that it was freezing at home these days. I've been cold too; the weather has dipped down into the upper 70's at night and in the morning! What I'm really wondering about... Is it snowing on the mountain?
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