Pass me the Turducken

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

Don't let our recent silence make you think we haven't been having any "fun" in Qatar - quite the opposite, we've been having so much "fun" we haven't had any time to update the outside world on our shinanigins. But what better motivation to update the blog after a 2 month hiatus than a day focused on giving thanks for all of the blessings in our lives:

1. We're nearly 6 months in Doha and the temperatures have finally dipped below 90 degrees! Rumor has it the 10 days of annual rainfall are on the way.

2. Less than 4 weeks before we head back stateside for Christmas and New Years with family and friends.

3. While I have to work a full day at site on Thanksgiving, we will have a full Thanksgiving dinner on Friday with our neighbors complete with pumpkin pie and day after Thanksgiving shopping online.

4. Not only did our AZ Wildcats pull off a third upset of the year (against #2 Oregon), but we got to watch it live on Friday morning through the Doha ESPN feed… now if we could only figure out how to beat teams in September and October we might get back to a bowl before the end of the decade.

5. The front bumper of the company pool car which I accidentally ripped off against a curb two nights ago fits perfectly in the back seat… and although the insurance card in the car was 5 months expired, we had the current coverage faxed over to the police station so I wasn’t arrested! The insurance coverage hasn't curbed the snickering among my coworkers and managers... can you blame them, I even managed a smile standing in line at lunch when the safety moment scrolled by "Please look behind you before reversing to ensure you have a clear path"?