Eid Break

I am finally on break. The last week of school was really different. At school they held a Haja program for the students and the parents. This program was interesting for me to watch, it was the students reenacting the trip to Mecca. After that the students were able to have a free day the rest of the day, which made my life so easy.

Break has now officially started, which has been a great time relaxing and getting work done for school. I have spent the first three days of my break just working on lesson plans for the rest of this term. I was also able to plan my vacation for Christmas; I am excited to say I am going to Egypt. If you want to see here is the itinerary: http://holidays.airarabia.com/aaholidays-ibe-web/public/ShowPackageDetails.do?hdnPackageref=PKGSHJALY0003&hdnPrevPage=14. I am looking forward to getting out of dodge for a little while, if only for a week. I am so excited to be going to see the pyramids, catacombs, Montazah Gardens, Kayed Bay and Citedell in Alexandria.

The Desert Safari, oh it was a great day. It started like a normal day off, I watched some Sex and the City and after a few shows I headed into AD. Once there I came to find out that my camera was over heating, which means one of two things either bad camera or bad battery. Well shortly thereafter the camera shut off for good, so I had to get a new camera. We were picked up at 3:00 pm and taking to the desert where we visited a camel farm to start and were able to pet a camel. After that we headed farther into the desert where we did some dune bashing. It was so much fun; it was like being on a rollercoaster. The only difference was there where times we were going to flip over, but we didn’t. After finishing dune bashing the group was dropped off at the camp where we would have dinner and relax.

At camp, it was so nice and relaxing, started with a camel ride, which was so awsome. Then headed into the came and got some henna done, which I love. Then just kind of relaxed and watch the sun set over the dunes. The others tried some Shisha, I took a picture like it but didn’t do it. After that I watched Gayle do some sand surfing, and then we had dinner. It was a great dinner, which included lamb cabob, lamb chops, chicken cabob, rice, and humus for me, And YES I ATE IT ALL. After that we finished the evening watching the stars before heading back to AD.