Sunday, July 13, 2008

I wanna rug.

Still jet lagged. But I did get four hours of sleep last night compared to just two the previous few nights! Making progress! Holla! Anyway, enough about my lack of sleep. I went to a rug shop yesterday. It was a "You know you are in the Gulf when..." moments. I have only sort of tossed around the idea of buying a Persian rug or two while I am here, but now I am sold! They are beautiful! Some even change colors depending on what angle you look at the rug from. I was totally intrigued! I cannot afford the big guys (they are thousands on top of thousands of dollars), but perhaps a couple small ones to frame and put on a wall. Plus, I would be worried about maintaining them if I put them on the floor. I know me, I spill shit. Other than that, not much else going on. I have been to a shopping mall almost every day (and I hate shopping malls) to eat or buy things since I have been here (malls are big here). I still suck at Guitar Hero. If anything I am getting worse. And it all of a sudden got quite humid today. So instead of just being hot, it is hot and humid. Beautiful. Great for glasses... But luckily I do not spend much time outside (However, it makes me think about the people who have to work outside.). And I had the brilliant idea of starting a manual transmission driving school. There are a number of people with lambos and maseratis and ferraris around here, but almost all of them suck at driving them because they do not know how to drive stick (it is hard and amusing to watch at the same time). They tend to be alright once they get to third, but they are horrible with starting and stopping and such. However, my driving school probably would struggle because people around here tend to be sucky drivers anyway and would not want my assistance in being better drivers because (A) they think they are good drivers and B) I am a female). The end.

1 comment:

Annika said...

Man it's just so crazy that you are living in Qatar now! Mabrouk habibiti! Enjoy the hot hot weather. Tell stories!