Jeff and Lyndsie's wedding.
Holiday World.
Anastasia and her twin cousin Reed.
In Scotland on the way home.BACK IN ABU DHABI. Some interesting events...Upon our return, we made a few startling discoveries. First, our car was missing. Three days later, we still can't find it. The police appear to have towed it, but they've lost it and have no record of ever towing it. A neighbor says he saw a yellow piece of official-looking paper (in Arabic) on the car this summer, and the next day the car was gone. He had assumed that we had moved it. Thus, it would seem that the car was towed, not stolen; the police have just misplaced the car. We're opening a case, meaning in a few days or weeks, the car might show up. Or not.
The second discovery occurred when we walked into our living room. The school had, without our knowledge, replaced our curtains, our sofa, and our chairs. The sofa and chairs are now a chocolate brown (clashing terribly with our dark red carpet), and the curtains are a yellowish beige, like butter. It's just not a good look. We're thankful for the new stuff, of course. It's just not something expected.
Happily, the house was neat and clean, thanks to Misrak, who was very happy to see her baby after two long months. They have been playing well together.
School starts soon for us: Teachers return this Sunday, and students return the following Sunday. We'll be on a shortened schedule for Ramadan, though, so it's a slow start. We'll be eased into teaching. Then we'll have a week off for Eid in mid-September (we're planning on going to Jordan to see Petra and the Dead Sea).
