Magical May...

That last entry was a little bit of a downer...

A friend of mine just coined the term "Magical May" it's when we set goals and they will all come true because we believe they will, through the power of positive thinking our dreams will become reality. Before I get all positive, I would like to share my most recent transaction with one of the four accountants that are sitting in the accounting office at their computers looking very busy.

Me: No, the housing fee is only 338 dirhams, you’re giving me 388 dirhams.
Accountant: I give you 2 dirhams later. I bring to you. 388.
Me: No, the housing fee is only 338, you’re giving me too much money.
Accountant: Yes, I know, I bring to you 2 dirhams.
Me: You’re giving me too much money.
Accountant: Yes, 2 dirhams I bring.
Me: I give up you bring me whatever you want.

That is a typical conversation.

Ok, on to Magical May. Everyone sets different goals, we have all been analyzing them to be sure that they are both measurable and achievable. I have only come up with one so far, I want to figure out the process for getting my Professional Counseling License in Dubai. Notice I don't say actually "get" the license because that is definitely not something that is within my control. A couple different people chose the goal to find a "mutual romantic interest". We were in the car driving home from the mall (which we spent half the day looking for soccer shoes that I never did find) when a friend of mine got a text inviting him to join some other friends at Barasti (shocking, I know) to hang out and have a few drinks. We were commenting on how he should go because that's how he'll meet people, etc. and I think his comment was something like, well I should go, but I wasn't really planning on doing that, I'd like to watch Lost, eat chips and salsa and I need to go to the grocery store, it may surprise you, but I don't actually want to spend all my money out every evening drinking too much... He's not going to have much luck with finding a "mutual romantic interest" like that...

I had a very typical college dorm day on Saturday, I woke up, went out to lunch with one friend, stopped by another friend's place for about an hour, three of us went to the mall and drank some coffee at Starbucks before we did some group shopping, had planned on watching Lost at a friend's house at 6:00. As I was walking up the stairs to her room I saw another friend coming down and he was like, she's not home. So what was my solution? Let's go sit outside her door, I'm sure she'll be home soon. We sit down and just start talking, then she calls to say she's going to be late and we'll have to do it a different time. One would think that would be enough motivation to get us off the floor, but no, we're still sitting there talking when she gets home. We go in, eat chips and salsa and watch her try on clothes for the "champagne opening" of the Westin that she was just randomly invited to... only in Dubai!

You might be wondering about the weather... I'm sure there is not anything better to think about... but, this weekend after the baby shower brunch, I went down to my apartment to get a few things done before the birthday thing I was going to that night, and I thought, oh, I wonder how hot it's been lately, it seems to be warm during the days... so I get online to check. I could not believe how hot it had been! When I was at home, I was pretty convinced that by the time I got back from the states, it would be too hot to do anything outside. Well, I was totally wrong, April was great, the weather seemed perfect, a few days it seemed pretty hot, but nothing too bad. I was SHOCKED to find that the weather had been in the hundreds for much of the month of April, I honestly had no idea! I thought it was maybe in the mid 80's, possibly low 90's. Crazy. It seems like the humidity is heading in though, that should be fun, I've been missing foggy glasses.

6 weeks from Thursday... let the countdown begin...