Saturday, March 29, 2008

Living in Dubai

Well, this is my first post from Dubai. I have been in a hotel for 9 days and am very ready to get out. I hope to move into an apartment Tuesday, April 1. It is in a quaint walking village area called Old Town Island. Here are some photos of the area. The village is in the shadows if the Burj Dubai, the tallest building in the world.I miss my girls and can't wait to see them in Paris! We video chat plenty, but it is 'not quite the same' as Elle has so appropriately stated.




Sunday, March 23, 2008

Easter

Our first make holiday without Larry. :( 

My and the girls day started with them looking for their Easter Baskets and soon after we talked to Larry on Skype. We played a game and then hung around the house, cleaned and got ready to go to my friends Tracy's parents for dinner. It was fun - much like a holiday with my own family. How nice is it to have friends who share their family with you! Its now 6pm. We are home, tired and a bit crabby. Its been a hard, emotional week. Hopefully we will start to adjust to a new rhythm soon. 

Today Larry looked at a couple of apartments and then went to work. He should move into an apartment soon which will make his daily life more normal since he will be able to cook for himself rather than eating at the hotel or mall. 

Well that's all for today. I am beat. I'm going to take a short nap, make some dinner, get the girls in the shower and early to bed. Then I need to focus on school for a few hours. 

Saturday, March 22, 2008

Larry is safe and sound in Dubai


Larry is staying at the Raffles Hotel in Dubai. It is close to one of his offices. The hotel has an Egyptian theme. We've talk to him several times computer to computer with voice and video - its worked great and we all get to see each other. 

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Larry leaves for Dubai

Ever leave for a trip but forget something? Ever forget the most important thing that you need on the trip? Well...  We kept the girls out of school on Wednesday to take Larry JFK airport. We departed around 6am, had a quiet and sad drive to New York. We drop Larry off with lots of tears. He and his several pieces of luggage head inside and the girls and I head home. After a few minutes on the road we get a call from Larry... he can't find his passport. He continues to look and we continue to drive. He calls back, no passport. So we turn around and go pick him up and head home to find the passport. Luckily Larry was able to get on the night flight to Dubai and hire a car to take him back to the airport. The nice thing was that we got to spend more time with him!