Maid

As I wrote before I know that many in my family, especially my mum thinks its crazy to have a maid and that I as a housewife should take care of all those things but seriously, things are different here. We have been looking for a maid for the last few weeks as we havent been too happy having someone coming in to clean 4 hours a week as it means we have to be here to let her in and out and the floors have to be cleaned at least once more, preferably twice more but I dont have the energy for that. We would like to have someone here all the time so that we dont have to think about cleaning at all. After changing our minds many times, trying to decide between getting someone who is already here and someone through an agency we have finally made up our minds. We have found an Ethiopian girl via an agency and although we havent met her since she is still in Ethiopia we hope it will turn out well. R went to Emirates HQ this morning to deal with the paperwork to get her entry visa for her to be allowed to come here. It should take about 7 working days and then we have to pass on the visa to the agency and they will then book her ticket. Exciting times!


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Nursery update

Today when I dropped off J I even saw a smile on her face. What a relief! And this had to happen on the day when we have an appointment to see another nursery :) Still, we will go see the other nursery, its easier when you can compare with something and if it doesnt feel like a better match we can stop thinking about that and either decide to keep her where she is or for her to stay with me for these two terms until she starts school after summer. I think we need to talk to her teacher too though as J has told me that "school is fun when P is not there" and this P has not been there this week (when J has been happier about school) so Im wonding if there could be a problem between theese two girls that we can help them solve. Its not easy regardless, we want the best for our kids but sometimes I wonder if we dont worry too much.


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Parent-teacher meeting

Yesterday we had parent-teacher meeting at A´s school but before that we took the metro to a shopping centre for some treats, chocolate cake for J and doughnut for A. The kids have been eager to try the metro so we took the opportunity when we had some time to kill. The meeting with the teacher went well, my eyes watered up with pride as his teacher, Mrs. M, only had good things to say about him. She said he sets a good example to the other children by always listening to instructions, she never has to repeat anything to him, he listens carefully and is always one of the first to put up his hand wanting to answer a question and she also said he is good at finding solutions. He takes good care of himself and does well in conflicts i.e tries to solve things himself instead of running to teacher.  Wow! Way to go my little darling!


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Unwell

Had thought about a few posts that I was going to write today but I have gotten A´s virus. Started with sore throat and now Im also coughing. Today I woke up with a headache too. Good thing R is coming back tonight and has a couple of days off, hoping for a quick recovery :) If I re-gain some energy more posts will come.


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Dolphins

Today (delayed) we celebrated A´s birthday with a visit to a dolphin show and a photoshoot afterwards. Lovely!




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Visit and fever

This last week has passed soo quickly. A kept having fever on and off and for the third year in a row was he sick on his birthday! It seems to be his luck in life....Swedish friends from Malta are here on a visit and we have tried to work it out as best we could with A not feeling well. Today though my usual happy son seems to be back but we dont take any chances and are going to stay in today too (visitors are doing a desert safari) and focus on tomorrow when we will go see a dolphinshow as part of the birthday celebrations. Tomorrow is the last day for our friends before they head out to Thailand so Im hoping it will be a good day.

 

 

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Fever

After a trip to the pool yesterday we realised that A had fever. He doesnt really show any symptoms so Im guessing its the usual, some throat infection that results in high fever. Hope it´ll pass quickly though, on tuesday he´s got a birthday party AND we are getting visitors from Malta. Today will be a relaxed day on the sofa with lots of cuddles while R has a full day flying to Nairobi and back.


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Busy day

Today has been a busy day. We unpacked a few more things this morning while R put the handles on the unit in the dining part. Then we went to IKEA where we got a wardrobe for the entrance. Any storage is needed! Lunch at home and then we went to neighbouring Sharjah to visit Desert Park and its Arabia´s Wildlife Centre. It was a nice trip, the kids enjoyed the animals but it was slightly distressing to see the arabic leopard that looked extremely bored in his little plot of land walking in eights, round and round and round. They had lots of arabic wildlife on display, everything from snakes, rodents, lizards, birds and wild cats. The coffee shop was amazingly cheap, we bought two juices, one bottle of water and some popcorn for the kids and it amounted to 9 dhs (about 1 euro 90 cents)! We also checked out the Childrens Farm and the Natural History Museum and Botanical Museum in the park before we headed back to Dubai for dinner at Nando´s. I have to say Childrens park was nothing special but the kids enjoyed feeding the animals from the hay that was provided for that purpose. At the natural history museum you could do some experimenting, like creating a sandstorm, and learing about weather in Sharjah etc. We all enjoyed the day but now its time for bed.


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Well done!

R got his driving licence yesterday, what a relief! It will still be another week until we get the car though. Part cause of paperwork but also because the muslims are celebrating Eid (click to read about it on Wikipedia) but as long as I see an end to the rented car Im happy :)


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Keeping fingers crossed....

....R has his driving test (again) right now :S

My heart sinks...

...deeper and deeper every time I leave J at nursery. She looks so sad and today she cried and still neither of the teachers give her a hug :( Sure, I can see them (through the window) try to involve her but since she doesnt really cheer up anyway I think what she wants is to cuddle a bit, be re-assured that I will come back etc. As a nursery teacher shouldnt you be able to give a hug to a sad child? On the other hand she still says she has fun at school and she is very proud to point it out every time we pass etc. Is she not telling me the truth? Should I go with my gut feeling or believe her words?

Malta

R has a flight to Malta tomorrow, this will be my first "test" as its a layover and he will be gone from 6 am tomorrow morning until 1 am thursday morning so two WHOLE days. Its good that he can come "home" to see some family and friends every now and then, even if only for a day.


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Crappy day

The finishing of yesterday left quite a lot to be desired. We had not been sure about the date for my visit to the doctor as we were sure it was sunday but R had put it down in the calendar for monday so I called to confirm and i was told that yes, its today. After a long ride, some missed turns and problems finding parkings we finally arrived to find out that my appointment was not until monday, I was there a day early anyway! :O They did manage to squeeze me in though but we had to wait for almost an hour! The doctor was ok, slightly slow but not at all with the attitude of my maltese doctor. He didnt seem to doubt the diagnosis (which in itself was good to hear, I really didnt want to start from scratch) but he will look over the test results for next visit. When we left the clinic it was already passed 18 and we were all hungry so we decided to stop at Mall of the Emirates and eat something there. R thinks the gps stinks and insists on using the map and the signs and of course we missed where we had to turn off and we were lost. Obviously we ended up arguing, anyone who knows me knows what happens to my temper when hungry and we ended up heading towards home. At 19 we got to our compound and bought some ready food from the supermarket here. I can assure you I was not a happy bunny at that point in time....Driving to all these new places is taking so much energy and Im so tense trying to listen to directions, be it from R or the gps, looking at signs and keeping track of the rest of the traffic so I was absolutely knackered.


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New doctor

Today Im going to see my new (hopefully) liver doctor. Its slightly scary since I had such an ass in Malta but also cause the doctor we had contact with here i Dubai before seemed to think I was misdiagnosed. It was nothing he said straight out but we got that impression. Please keep your fingers crossed for me in about an hour and a half.....



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Insane...

...that one can be so happy for a simple trash can! Couldnt imagine that it would be so hard to find a good trashcan/rubbish bin. We wanted one that looked good enough to keep out of the cupboard (I hate coming with dirty hands having to open a cupboard door) and for the same reason we wanted it with pedal opening. I wanted it to be matt stainless steel and preferably rectangular. When we had dinner with our friends they had what we thought was the ultimate one and made sure to find out where they had bought it (Crate & Barrel). I had been there quickly before lookig for it but didnt find and didnt ask but last night I saw that C&B had a sale on so today we made it a point to ask for the bins. They had two rectangular ones and we picked the one slightly smaller than the one our friends have got. We felt we would never fill it up before it started smelling and we got it at half price! Even though it was expensive I would have bought it at full price had I found it before so it was a good thing I hadnt, now we saved a good amount on money!


Click here to see the best looking trash can in town :)


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Nothing new really

Nothing much has happend in the last week, still trying to get to grips with life and find some routines. With J´s parents away on holiday I have been driving the boys both to and from school for a week and to be honest its been quite tiring. Yesterday we picked up J from nursery and then A and J from school and headed to a beach. It was so lovely! Not too hot and water was so warm and today when I picked up the boys J looked at me and said "let´s go to the beach" :D Didnt happen today though, we had to get home and wait for the satellite guy to come and fix the dish on our roof so we can start watching tv.

Tomorrow J´s parents are back so Im "releaved" from school run twice a day.

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Radio

In the morning in the car on our way to school we listen to Dubai 92 and they have a part of the morning show called "the school run". Here they read greetings to kids and parents on their way to school. The boys always listen to it after they once picked up a greeting to a girl in their grade. I have been meaning to send a greeting to them but always came to think about it while driving and never heard the number. This morning I prepared the sms from before and I took a chance on a number I picked up from a competition and guess what? As the third greeting or something like that the boys heard their names, class and school. They giggled hysterically for a while and couldnt believe it. It was well worth my while :)


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Nooooo :(

R didnt pass his driving test. Even though he only drove for two minutes the test person marked that he failed/made mistakes on about 10 things of which one was not to stop on stop although R is absolutely sure he did. We did know it works that way here, they tend to fail you first time so they bring in some more money on another test. However one of the guys in our street passed his first time around so we were kind of hoping. After waiting for ages and being sent around to different ppl he got a new test date for the 12th of november! :O Nothing seemed to work when he tried to get an earlier appointment. Cr@p cr@p cr@p. The icing on the cake is that this means we have to wait almost another month to get OUR car as he is not allowed to buy a car unless he has got a driving licence. So Im stuck driving the small rented car in which I get soaked with sweat trying to clip in both boys in their carseats. This day could have started A LOT better.


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Time to venture on my own

R is off for his driving test right now, fingers crossed he will pass so he doesnt have to re-do it. Im going to be off to Mirdif City Centre to do some shopping at Carrefour and maybe have a stroll around. My first time venturing out with the car on my own, good thing Mirdif is close and at least I´ve been there before :)

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What is wrong....

....with some kids? Or maybe rather their parents....A has a boy in his class (O) and just after a few days of attending school A told me that O is not my friend. At that time I didnt understand what was going on but now I understand much better!

One day A came home saying the F word. This is not something we say at home, not me nor R.  Dont get me wrong, we do swear but not in english and we try to make the swearwords "nicer" by changing a few letters or so so we were really chocked when we heard what A was saying. When we asked him where he heard that he explained that O says that to me!

One morning A had removed his sunglasses to look through the door to his classroom before his teacher opened up for the day when O, totally unprovoked went up to him and started pulling on his sunglasses. 

Sunday morning when I drove both boys myself they found a big ant that they were watching and following around for about 10 minutes. This was until J happily showed O the ant and he stepped on it to kill it. Both A and J told him it was not a nice thing to do and when they had found another and J made the mistake of telling O again. Even this time he stepped on it, without thinking twice!

Yesterday a girl had brought a doll that O, again unprovoked, tried to pull away from her.

I mean seriously, is this how it should be? Sure, I understand that all children fight, when their play gets out of hand or something like that but to unprovoked step up to other children just to mess with them or their toys/stuff or kill an insect that someone is looking at, is that normal? This boy comes from a big family and the mother is pregnant again but I wonder, wouldnt it be better if they taught the kids they have how to behave before they have more?


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