Post-Break

Its been a while since I've posted, so I'd like to share with all of my dedicated blog followers what has been happening in my life. And Alison's life.

Some of you know that we had our spring break holiday last week. Alison and I decided to take three days and go to the United Arab Emirates. Most people know the UAE for Dubai, but we decided we'd had enough of the city. Instead we headed to the other side of the country to Fujairah. Our intention was to do a day of diving, sit on the beach, and maybe do some exploring of the rugged terrain.

The diving was horrible, unfortunately. A red tide has appeared along the whole eastern coast of the UAE and killed all the fish and coral. It was just rocks in the water. Teh red tide was so thick, in fact, that at some points, I could only see about a foot in front of me. I had to keep my hand on the dive guide so I wouldn't loose him!

But we found other things to do. We explored the area of Fujairah, which has mountains and wadis (valleys in the mountains) and other small places. At the end, we met some friends for lunch in Dubai before flying out. We even got to go to Ikea and alison was able to buy some great stuff for the house! We came back and celebrated easter weekend. We even went to the 5:30am sunrise service at another church on Easter morning!

Now we're back in school - AND LOVING IT! No, really, we do enjoy school and our students. But this is our last stretch. The seniors only have 5 weeks before they are finished for the year, and the rest of the students are done about 3 weeks after that. Only a few more tests to grade and lessons to plan.

It almost seems as if the year is going by faster than we can get things done! Not that we had a particular list, but there always seems to be that "Oh yeah, I meant to do that..." whenever we leave for the summer.

Anyways. I'm sure I'll have something more interesting to say at another time.