Friday is the second day of the weekend in Saudi Arabia. This morning, I had my alarm set to wake up and walk with my friend Rose at 7:30. But she phoned at 7:25 to postpone to 7 pm. And that was fine.
My other friends Karen & Ryszard rode the bus out from Dhahran to have breakfast with us and walk on the beautiful Ras Tanura beach path. Our commissary makes really good zatar & cheese bread. If you've never had those, you are missing quite a treat! Karen brought me a portable phone in the US and was delivering it. We do that quite often for one another - whoever is going to the US picks up stuff one can't buy in KSA for their friends and brings it back. It's usually 110v appliances or special candy or foodstuff. For example, I can't get chili powder or garlic salt here. Karen usually had me bring her Swedish Fish & Hot Tamales candies.
Whatever.
Bo worked at school, I played on the computer all afternoon.
New York Times ran an article on chicken adobo, a very popular Philipino dish, so I decided to make it. It turned out OK, but is a bit vinegary for my tastes. Will have to make adjustments.
So, I keep thinking about the last 18 months but can't think of anything special I want to do before we leave. We will continue to travel - on the short list are Morocco, Tibet, Bhutan, Myanmar. We live for our holidays here! have to plan 6 months to a year ahead.
Bedtime now. My "resolutions" include getting up at 4:30 am to get a work out of some type in before going to work. Hmmmmm.
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