Happy New Year everyone! Tomorrow is the islamic New Year. We get a day off from school! On our school calendar, the holiday was scheduled for today, Monday. Two to three weeks ago, there were rumors that we might get the Sunday off as well to make it a 4 day weekend (that would have been really nice). But a few days later, the rumor was now that the holiday would be on Thursday the 7th, giving us a 3 day weekend. Then finally last week, the government decided that the holiday would be on Tuesday, dead smack in the middle of the work week. However, this wasn't really official until Sunday, at least that's when they guaranteed us that we wouldn't work on Tuesday. I find it amazing that they can change the date just like that. We are certainly not used to that! The arabic staff at school treated us to a nice lunch after school to celebrate the New Year. They brought something that looked a bit like pita bread stuffed with chicken and cheese, or veggies, or fish. It was really good. A few of our arabic staff members were saying that they use this day to gather with family and reminisce about the past year and talk about their faith. They supposedly eat a lot as well!
Meanwhile, back in Canada, it's only November 4th. Jacqui did supply teaching today at a school close to our old neighbourhood. She had gone to Chatham to see her mom on the weekend. She seems to feel a bit better (she's sleeping better) even though she finds it hard that we're apart from each other. We skype everyday. She's planning on going to Ottawa to see Julie this coming weekend. I'm sure they'll have a good weekend.
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