Neil Who?!

What I actually do at work all day, my work cat Sascha

Is it bad that I expect everyone to know who Neil Young is? People know who Celine Dion is , and I think we can all agree that as Canadians we are probably more proud to tag Neil Young as a Canuck. The other day at work while  I was focusing on the million overflight permissions I had to put in the system , all of a sudden " My Heart Will Go On"  started floating through the room. I liked this song in 1998 when Titanic came out , but in 2013 in the middle of Doha coming from the IPhone of a Qatari is a very funny situation. What was even more funny was that this song was played voluntarily. Celine is still going strong in the hearts of her million fans.

Ladies out for brunch , I have two legs I promise

So back to Uncle Neil .... After a long day of sipping cocktails and eating at a buffet for hours , my friends and I returned to our apartment. It was my time to shine ,  to show my British friends some Canadian goodness. So what do I do , start blaring Neil Young and preparing some KD. To my surprise no one knew who Neil was . Not only did they not know who he was , but they didn't really like him either. I was shocked , you might even say flabbergasted , so much so that I overcooked my KD and it was a disaster. What a failure. I am currently in the process of convincing Prit that KD is delicious and that was just a bad box. It is not going well.

Le Cigale rooftop

My handsome husband is home and type rated from Bahrain. Six weeks felt more like 6 months , but as they say " Distance makes the heart grow fonder ". Mike starts his line training next week and is traveling to very exotic destinations like Kuwait City , Tehran  ( Naz Mike is going to pop into see your family can you please let them know he is coming :) xo) , Dar Es Salaam , Jeddah , and Warsaw. Mike actually gets 2 days in Warsaw and I am of course working. Right now his line check is scheduled for the end of this month. Thank goodness , it's been almost 4 months , this man is ready to get his "wings" back.

Went to Ikea the other day , it was so nice to Malm beds  and horsemeat meatballs . The selection is the same at home , so it was nice to get some color into our apartment. Oh and the frozen yogurt here is only 1 Riyal so about 27 cents Canadian . On that note I have been meaning to write about the price of gas here. Now please do not get angry with me and brace yourselves. For the cheap gas it's .23/litre while premium will run you an extra 4 cents at .27/litre. Hard times here.  We have been driving the edge around Doha with our Ontario plates for the last few days , it's weird that no one has stopped us but we will keep on trucking along until they do. Well hopefully not , yesterday we spend 7 hrs trying to get our new license plates , driving all over the city , only to return to the DMV to find out the power went out ...... this is Doha

Souq Waqif

It is getting hot here , like very hot .... too hot for this white girl from Guelph. Yesterday the car was reading 39 degrees , it is April 3rd!!! I know you guys are going to be saying " Stop complaining it has been such a hard winter at home", but when you walk out side and instantly get upper lip and back sweat it is not easy. Sorry if that is gross but that is the reality and people it is only going to get worse. SPF 50 all day , everyday .

DOOR BELL JUST RANG ... letter from Rachel has arrived !! Yahooo , I think that the Doha mail system was sucked a few other letters into it's blackhole .

On the home front our friends Kosta and Lindsay welcomed their first little angel Eve into the world on the 28th. That is the fifth little bundle of joy that has been born since we left. Mike and I have some serious cuddle sessions ahead of us when we get back to Canada.

Well it's time to make some taco's , Mike has had some serious Mexican cravings lately.

37 on April 2nd !!!

Representin' Ontario!!

Miss everyone

xoxoxoxo