Monday, August 26th

I woke up early again today (I've heard the 3:30 morning prayers everyday so far) and managed to take these pictures of a beautiful sunrise over Kuwait.

We spent our second day at school. We are slowly getting ready for the student's arrival. Jacqui will start with her students on Sept. 1st while Richard will start on the 8th. He's being pushed back one week as 9 of their 17 teachers have visa problems and are not here yet.

In the afternoon , we took a few pictures of our apartment. It's not big but does the job.

our living room

Our kitchen mat

We call it home for now. We're glad the AC is working; it's been running 24/4 (we've only been here 4 days so I can't really say 7, can I?). Kuwait doesn't seem to have a weather network; they don't need it as it is very hot during the day and hot at night. You step outside in the afternoon and it is very hot, but dry, ... but very hot (44 - 47 degrees) and it cools down to the low 30's at night.We found a bit of an advantage about starting to go to school; we have to get up early which means the water for the shower is not as hot as it is later in the day. By mid afternoon, you can't really shower because the water tanks are on the roof and the water gets so hot; there is nothing to cool it down!

 After dinner, we went out shopping again. This time, it's for school supplies and cheap stuff for the apartment (kind of a Dollorama store). We talked with all three children today; that was very nice!