Day Three

I finally woke up a normal time, to my phone ringing for breakfast, but it was still at 7:00am. I head down to breakfast, where I was able to get some small boxes of cereal for breakfast, so now I just need milk. Then the group of us decided to kill some time on a walk since we didn’t have anything else to do for until we found out if we had a meeting. We head out into the town of Abu Dhabi. It is a beautiful city; it was hot but not too bad. We walked for about a good 45 minutes then headed back to the hotel to find out that we have a free day today. So we head to the breach and pool for the morning. It was a great time swimming in the river and then the pool. This was most of my morning. We then all headed back to our rooms and I am now sitting here eating lunch and writing. Thinking I am going to take a nap and then head to Carrefour. I will write more and post more Pictures when I get back.


Well so I am doing well on not taking a nap today, ended up going to Marina Mall with Leah and her family. I realized half way through Carrefour today that I have sunburn from swimming today, even though I had sunscreen on. Oh well it will go away no swimming for a few days until it calms down. Ended up getting my phone and sims card today. But that was really it for today, tomorrow I have the dreaded Medical exam.

The Beach

Day Two

Well the day started off well, minus me waking up at 3:00 am. It is 7:00 a.m. and I just finished my continental breakfast. I went easy today on breakfast I had Frosties (Frosted Flakes), Toast, and fresh fruit (Oranges, Pineapple, and Strawberries). It was a good start to my day, however now the lack of sleep is checking up to me. I am now sitting here watching cartoons that I grew up with, I am loving it. I am still a little home sick, but I think that some of that has to do with the fact I still have not met other teachers. I am hoping that after orientation today I will know more people and have some teachers I can go out with to the Mall and get some stuff.


Well I just got back from the first day of orientation; it was short and about what we will be doing the rest of the week. So far we are done for today by 1:00 pm. I have met some great teachers, which make this transition so much easier. We will be heading to the pool here this afternoon for a while, and then tonight we will be heading to the Mall which I found out today is connected to the Hotel. I will hopefully have better internet by then, since I will be buying my internet card at the mall. I will also be buying me some of my groceries for my fridge. Well I will write more tonight after I get back from everything and hopefully by that time really be online.

So I took a long need nap and it was great. Heidi (a teacher that is just down the hall from me) called me at about four o’clock to go swimming. The pool was so wonderful. We had a great time swimming in mineral water, yes the pools here are full of mineral water. It was the best feeling to get out of the pool and feel clean not like I needed a shower.

We then head to the Abu Dhabi Mall. It was easy to get to since we were able to just walk through the hotel and to the mall. When we got to the mall we headed for dinner right away. Since by this time is was 8 pm. We head for the food court and I was so amazed the food they had there: Hardies, McDonalds, Baskin Robbins, Cold Stone, Subway, Popeyes Chicken, and so much more. Funny thing is that we McDonalds here delivers. Well I did find something to eat. After that we all head to a surplus store. I got food for my room at this time. Yes, I did get my peanut butter and jelly. I also was able to get lots to drink and some pop. Then we head back to the hotel and unpacked our food and drinks. At this time I receive the town I will be living in. For those of you that want to look it up, Ghayathi (Al Gharbia). I was excited to then get to have my first Skype call with my mom, then Katie, and then my mom, brother and nephew again. Well until next time. Maa’ al-salaama.