I must admit that I've been a bit of a grumpus in the last couple of days. Not really sure why. After all I've got my lovely man here in Doha with me (working opposite shifts this week) and I'm loving the job. My current scapegoat for the grumpiness is my cold. I'm sticking with that for now!
Nothing to be grumpy about in the last couple of days. Had the exciting discovery of Rhinocort & Otravin at the City Centre pharmacy yesterday. I'm now on the road to being able to sleep and breathe at night!
Yesterday was pretty exciting really. I had my first brunch at at five star hotel. We spent a good three hours eating our way through as much of the buffet as possible. Okay, we spent most of the three hours eating the desserts but how could you pass up on a chocolate fountain and many many different cakes, creme brulee and creme caramel?
After that Gene & I headed to the City Centre shopping centre to find him some shorts for work. We ended up with 4 or 5 pairs of shorts for Gene and some daggy trackies for me for just over AU$30. Bargain! I also found plenty of Qatari dress shops which were just amazing! Let me just say that abayas are not cheap! They are really beautiful though, both in their construction and materials. I also found this great over-dress type thing which was a circle of fabric with a small wedge cut out of it to form a neckline and it just drapes around your neck halter style. Very cool! Haven't purchased it yet. That's for next week's outting! I figured that if I'm going to buy clothes that they should be fairly unique to this part of the world as I'm unlikely to come across them again anytime soon.
The phone that I'm using as a work phone is not liking the heat at all. It's started to freeze and is fairly inaccurate with it's call register. Hopefully it'll make it through the next few months!
Even though it's still hot over here the evenings are starting to be more bearable. It's beautiful outside between about 18:00 and 21:00. After that it starts getting humid and hot again. Still haven't gotten used to the concept of the temperature rising at night. Seems just a little wrong!
Tonight is grocery shopping night. I should probably be writing a list now of things I need to get but sadly the only thing I can remember is water. Luckily the supermarket will be open until midnight so if I get complete stuck I can just amble the isles and shop that way.
Traffic is crazy but my driver should be here soon so I'd best pack up and head off! I must remember to write about the "no trumpets" sign we saw the other day on the roads...
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