Sunday, October 26th - Happy New Year, it's been a nice long weekend

The extra day off was very nice, thanks to the Islamic New Year which is celebrated today. We had a relaxing weekend, spending some time at The Wave, on Friday. It's a new subdivision with small restaurants and a nice marina; we signed up for sailing classes for next weekend. It should be fun! Saturday, we drove around to visit a few "tourist" spots; it was nice. No pictures as I will wait to have my camera as opposed to a phone to put them up on the blog. Sorry! We went to a movie at night; the movie started 25 minutes late. It felt like being in an airport when your plane is late: we couldn't get in the theater before hand. Sunday was part of a work day, doing marking and prep at home. We then skyped with friends and family after dinner, and watched TV a bit, before putting an end to this weekend. The next one is just around the corner; so is November. Time really goes by quickly. Next thing you'll know, we'll be back home for Christmas. In the meantime, Hallowe'en is coming, even though it is not a big thing on the Middle East, we did see a few things in a grocery store. We also saw a store that had a sign of Merry X-mas!!