Creative Meanderings

My ramblings and wanderings through life

  • Today is the 41st National Day of the UAE. The celebrations began around the 28th and have continued and will continue until tomorrow. For me, it means time off to relax. For the country, it means showing pride in how far they have come in such a short period of time. For other expats, it’s a weird mix that I can’t quite seem to understand. The students love for teachers and other expats…

  • It’s been a while since I’ve talked about my ‘ups and downs’, but as I just took my bi-weekly anxiety and depression test I thought it might be a good time to update. It seems I’m on a gradual decline for both anxiety and depression, which is good as there are no drugs involved in helping with it. However, it could also just be that I’m on my way up, so as always…

  • This is perhaps my very first year of doing absolutely nothing to celebrate Thanksgiving. I didn’t call home and no one from home called me. We didn’t make plans to cook up a storm nor were we invited to any other parties. In fact, most of our friends now are not even American…. While one might think this is sad, I don’t really feel that way. In fact, I’m pretty ambivalent. Recently, my…

  • [shashin type=”photo” id=”6353″ size=”medium” columns=”max” order=”user” position=”center”] Something I hardly notice having lived in a warm climate for nearly four years is the changing of seasons. For me, the seasonal change includes allergies and a reduction in the A/C temperature. Sometimes, it might even mean opening a door to let some cool air come in, but not too long or else the dust starts to settle inside. So, last week, I was able…

  • Just as I’m starting to get into the flow of things, I’m about to head off to a conference. It is for work, but includes a great deal of planned leisure. Details will come upon my return. 😀 Until then, -T

  • One of the reasons I moved to this region was the draw of a higher salary and better financial perks. After getting divorced and not so equally settling our debt situation, I was burdened with a great deal of red numbers to consider. The idea of having my housing paid for, a round-trip flight home given to me and a rather significant pay increase were all music to my ears. Almost four years…

  • Lately I’ve been a bit bored running on the treadmill. I’ve started doing the random incline, which makes it a bit more challenging, but overall I’m getting a little tired of the walls of our gym. Since I’m too cheap at the moment to pay for a gym membership elsewhere, I thought I would see about running around in the neighborhood. Last weekend, R and I drove around the neighborhood across the street…

  • A few weeks ago one of my friends was having a lot of allergy issues due to the air conditioner and changing seasons. I’m always having issues with the dust that builds up in our apartment. Sometimes I have to take allergy meds just to sleep peacefully. Well, my friend went to the doctor and was told to get an air purifier. After seeing its effects I got two using a Carrefour deal.…

  • Okay, it is not exactly hell and it should be looked at as earning my very long summer holidays and the numerous other days I get off in the year. However, it doesn’t mean that my work is easy! This week has been crazed, but it must all be taken in stride. Still, it’s another day closer to the weekend!!! 😀 -T

  • One thing about not being able to sleep in late is that it gives me more time in the mornings to get things done in peace. Lately, I’ve been considering boundaries. First, I feel as if I do not set my boundaries strongly enough that they are respected. For example, when I have a lot of work to do and someone wants to do something else with me – whether it’s to watch…

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