yesterday wasn't either
Dec. 26th, 2004 05:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jdmkleinThe only uncomfortable thing about yesterday was the knowledge that i have the nursing class today. Christmas Day dawned gray and rainy but by noonish the sky had cleared and the sun was out. As soon as i got up i put a bottle of white wine in the fridge. i had decided the night before that i was going to drink wine on Christmas Day. i made a little stuffing, and put a couple of pieces of chicken breast on top. After taking the dog out for his holiday run, i put the chicken in the oven and opened the wine. Dinner was about 6 and it turned out fine. The presents will be opened on Thursday. i can live with that. i got the prerequisite number of research projects looked at, i read a bit in bed, something i don't often get a chance to do, and watched a couple of movies that lifted my spirit, worked on a new sock pattern, and had a phone conversation with a colleague. We had talked about going out for lunch yesterday, but thankfully she called to say she wasn't up to it. i'm happy she decided not. Nothing more pathetic than two old women trying to show some holiday spirit in public. i am pleased with my holiday. It was quiet and i got to focus on me, not others.
Today i have the boys, the best of the painful class. Tuesday, the girls. Next Sunday is their final exam. Noor and i are going to tough it out and get them all graded Sunday. i will still be in the middle of research papers, so i think that will be the best. Then i am free at last, free at last, thank goodness i am free.
i am still thinking on what to do for the winter holiday. i truly don't want to stay here, but it may end up that i do. Unless by some miracle Master is working back in Kuwait full time, which is not totally out of the realm of possibility but highly unlikely. If i stay here, i think i will join a gym and spend my holiday working out. There is a women only gym in Salmiya. It is fairly new, less than 1 year i think. i have heard it is quite expensive, but i'm betting it is less than a trip. i keep forgetting to go check it out.
i think part of my vacation problem is financial. i'm sitting with a tidy sum and it isn't burning a whole in my pocket. i don't seem to be in a hurry to let any of it go. Perhaps there is some primal intuition that i am going to need a large sum of money this year that is preventing me from taking the plunge. i really need to get out, i don't do well after 12 months in country with no relief. But, i keep remembering that i am going to Dubai in March. Maybe that will be enough. Where to go, what to do. i just don't have a clue.
Although Mozambique keeps hopping around in my brain.
i have a post-it on the monitor to remind me to call the travel agent when i get home today. Maybe i can get some enthusiasm from her.
Today i have the boys, the best of the painful class. Tuesday, the girls. Next Sunday is their final exam. Noor and i are going to tough it out and get them all graded Sunday. i will still be in the middle of research papers, so i think that will be the best. Then i am free at last, free at last, thank goodness i am free.
i am still thinking on what to do for the winter holiday. i truly don't want to stay here, but it may end up that i do. Unless by some miracle Master is working back in Kuwait full time, which is not totally out of the realm of possibility but highly unlikely. If i stay here, i think i will join a gym and spend my holiday working out. There is a women only gym in Salmiya. It is fairly new, less than 1 year i think. i have heard it is quite expensive, but i'm betting it is less than a trip. i keep forgetting to go check it out.
i think part of my vacation problem is financial. i'm sitting with a tidy sum and it isn't burning a whole in my pocket. i don't seem to be in a hurry to let any of it go. Perhaps there is some primal intuition that i am going to need a large sum of money this year that is preventing me from taking the plunge. i really need to get out, i don't do well after 12 months in country with no relief. But, i keep remembering that i am going to Dubai in March. Maybe that will be enough. Where to go, what to do. i just don't have a clue.
Although Mozambique keeps hopping around in my brain.
i have a post-it on the monitor to remind me to call the travel agent when i get home today. Maybe i can get some enthusiasm from her.
