Sunny Weather

Hi everyone. 

We are doing well here in Dubai. Finally getting our internal clocks adjusted to 10hrs ahead. We took it easy for the first couple of days, as everything seemed a little overwhelming. The driving is the funniest part. Everyone races everywhere as fast as they can (I'm talking 100km/h on side streets). The other day our cab driver tried to race and out maneuver a Ferrari.

"Yes buddy, you almost have him in your crappy toyota cab that is governed at 120km/h"

We are staying in a hotel apartment near the marina. It is quite a beautiful place, it just opened a month ago. They are not running at full occupancy so the workers are trying to stay busy and the service is a little much. One day we were asked if we wanted our place cleaned 3 times (one at 11pm). Thank goodness for Do Not Disturb signs. 

We have a beautiful kitchen but no pots or pans etc. Knives and forks fine, but anything to prepare food with is missing. The hotel seemed genuinely surprised when we asked for a pot and pan. "you want to cook in your kitchen?" 

We are thinking of you all. 

Andrea and Bruce

This is where we ate lunch the other day. It is a place called Madinat Jumeira with lots of restaurants and souks (market).  

The food available at the local grocery store. The shrimp on the lower right are the same size as Bruce's foot. 
Just an image of the seafood area.

Bruce's spanky new office. 
View from Bruce's office. 

We made it!

 Just a quick post to let you all know that we made it safe and sound. The flights were good...seats were awesome, got some sleep when I wasn't barfing. Who knows what was up with that.

I'm sure tadpole had good time :)

Dubai is sunny and 30.  Will post more later (yes with pictures) when I figure out this "internet" thing at our apartment works. 

THANKS

Thanks for a great party everyone. We have so many great friends (yes this includes those of you that couldn't make it). :)

I would have a picture to post but we spiked Vivian's camera on the ground...whoopsie.  Instead you will have to settle for this awesome picture I took with my new Mac laptop. 

Worst EVER

Bruce and I went to have some pictures taken for our visas (stupid visas, see next post). I can honestly say that those are the worst images of my face ever captured. Picture a mid-pubescent overweight boy with a really bad haircut. Add in some red blotchy patches around the eyes and cheeks and VOILA there you have it. Good thing we had to make 15 copies. My self-esteem is at all time high. Of course there will not be a picture to go with this post. I’m all good to make fun of myself but don’t want that stunning image immortalized on the webber net.

Living with the Folks

The movers packed up our house and we are left with duffle bags of clothing and boxes of crap to organize and bring with us. It is so weird to walk through our empty house. It is also astonishing to see all of those sneaky dust bunnies that have evaded my vacuum. Grrr.

We will be staying with my folks for the next little while. Bruce has to go to blah blah stan and then blah blah other place later this month. When he returns we will have the “See Ya” party on March 7th and final departure afterwards. I'll keep you posted.

p.s. The dust bunny picture is a random one found on the internet.

Tadpole

This was a great Valentine's gift for Bruce and me.

Hockey Pants

I thought I would update my blog as I have learned that at least 3 people look at this thing. By the way, one of those people who said that I couldn't get much worse hasn’t changed her blog since the New Year :)

So I tried on my Hockey pants the other day to see if I could still play on our awesome ladies team called Nellie.
http://www.nchl-calgary.com/sites/9978/page.asp?Site=9978&page=Teams&LeagueID=9978&SeasonID=34&DivisionID=62&TeamID=440&Section=Schedule
Turns out when you’re 4 months pregnant the Jill (crotch protection) and pants feel icky. That’s the best way to describe it – Icky. Everything seemed to squeeze in all the wrong places. It felt okay to stand around, but the feeling of “stuff” (organs, fat, etc) being shoved upwards leads me to believe that I wouldn’t have had any lung capacity. I knew it was a no-go when I took it all off and felt a huge surge of relief (I had the gear on for a total of 4 minutes). I guess it will be shinny for the next couple of weeks.