Creative Meanderings

My ramblings and wanderings through life

  • I’ve been following this blog for a while now. It’s one of the few blogs by adoptees that is more positive or should I say objective about both sides of the adoption issue. One topic that has come up lately has been about citizenship for international adoptees. Mostly I haven’t participated or even read much of the dialog as I can barely keep up on my own life let alone get involved in…

  • Every semester/term, we are encouraged to have some sort of outside co-curricular activity for the students. At the beginning of the semester, I organized a course-wide excursion to Ikea since we were doing a project around interior design. However, for the second trip, I decided it would be good for my students to have their own excursion. Usually I prefer not to deal with going to Dubai due to the time it takes…

  • This is a sweet story…. Back when I first came to Abu Dhabi, I was a big Couchsurfing participant since I had all kinds of space just for lil’ ol’ me. I was getting a lot of visitors, but enjoyed the company and experience. One of the early requests came from an Emirati woman, Mimi, who was looking for a place for her French boyfriend to stay on his visit to see her.…

  • It’s been a while since I last updated on my container gardening adventure. The tomatoes seem to be the best survivors in this weather and my gardening style. There are some carrots, but nothing really worth talking about. I attempted to revive some zucchini plants, but they seem to be stubborn about wanting to bear anything useful. So, with my watering twice a day now and attempts at keeping up with pruning away…

  • Alright, for those of you who don’t know, I’m not much of a make-up wearing, hair-doing, acrylic nail wearing, shop ’til you drop kind of woman. However, over the years I have come to appreciate the art of being pampered, which often includes frequent trips to the spa for manicures, pedicures, massages and so on. Most especially, I’ve never been much good at or interested in make-up especially eye make-up because my eyes…

  • So, it’s official, I hit near bottom last night with a minor meltdown. First, let me say that when someone is having a minor meltdown it is best to not try to aggravate them even more, no matter how much you think you are trying to help. Why? Because either it just elongates the meltdown or if they are like me, it will get suppressed to boil into an even larger one at…

  • Well, the high is wearing off as I suspected that it might. I’m working on ensuring that I don’t drop too far below the line of ‘normal’. At least I’m still keeping busy and exercising (skipped this morning for no real reason other than I wanted to sleep longer…). So, I’m trying to keep myself in check and hope this is a short dip… 🙂 -T

  • _Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking_ by Susan Cain When I am running on the treadmill I generally read since I’m not really in to watching TV and now it’s too hot to even think about going outside – not that I would anyway…. A while back, I saw a Ted Talk with the author on this book. Then, when I was in Philly a woman mentioned…

  • I’ve been trying for nearly four months now to get in to see my therapist. I don’t go regularly anymore as we agreed that it was okay for me to come when I just felt the need to talk and let out thoughts. However, she’s a very popular counselor with a limited schedule, so the times that are possible for me (the evenings) are all booked up. So, I have begun to wonder,…

  • I was visiting with friends yesterday who are leaving the UAE next month. We were overdue to catch up, but seeings how they just had their second child, it is natural that time has passed so quickly without hanging out. It was amazing to reminisce that in the time I met them and we became friends, they have had two children and now are moving on in the world. It’s always sad when…

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