It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere you go; except in most of the Middle East! But there are some places that do have Christmas decorations and Christmas music. We had dinner on a patio on Thursday, sitting by a Christmas tree (no, it's not a natural tree!) and had lunch on Saturday at another place, again by the Christmas tree. We even hear a few (a few) Christmas tunes on the radio once in a while.
The last two weeks have been pretty quiet: I was marking exams while Jacqui was still teaching her grade 4 students. Exams were done on the 13th - we had a day off on the 12th for the prophet's Birthday - and have been keeping busy with marking and department stuff since. Jacqui's lost a few kids as of today; since the big kids don't come to school, the young ones are wondering why they should! Parents as well.
We went to the souq on Saturday to finish (I think) our Christmas shopping, There was a Royal Carribbean Cruise ship in the harbour, and many people at the souq! Seeing that, Jacqui's got the bug for another cruise! Eh, we'll see (sea?).
We are flying out on Tuesday night, Dec 20th, going to Dubai, with a sleepover and then flying home on Wednesday (10 am local time) to get to Toronto at 3:30 pm (again local time - 12:30 on Thursday morning in Muscat). We are so looking forward to it. Our two weeks will be crazy busy and super hectic, but so much fun to see as many people as we can. We are heading back here on Jan 2nd, to get "home" at about midnight on the 3rd and be at work at 7:30 am on the 4th, with a 9 hour time difference; we should be in fine shape! We'll deal with that next year!!
We hope to see as many of you as possible over the next few weeks. If our paths don't cross, have a very Merry Christmas, and all the best in the New Year! Stay in touch! And if our paths do cross, we still wish you a very Merry Christmas, and all the best in the New Year! We hope to see you soon!
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