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having been away for a week and eating restaurant food, i came home to a strong desire for soft green salad leaves (i suppose because the heat there creates transit issues, the salads were all tough leaves, like frisee and radicchio), spring onion, tomatoes and sunflower seeds. and bananas. no bananas for a whole week was just too weird.
i've really enjoyed sleeping in my own bed with my darling booyaa beside me to snuggle into as i sleep (and how i've slept!) and wake up to...
it's the weekend so i get to decide what to do with my time, which is a huge difference, the evenings weren't really my own last week, but even more so things like the temperature of the house, watching heroes, wearing slippers when the floor gets cold. having my kitchen back and making piles of food, eating when and what i wanted. all sorts of things i didn't realise were part of how i live are suddenly sources of great comfort.
yeah, home is good.
dubai was interesting. it was hot but good hot. i liked the heat, i just didn't get much chance to enjoy it. the interiors are ice cold with uber ac everywhere. madness. i had to buy a cardigan while i was there, as i was too cold indoors *rolls eyes*
work was ok. it was challenging, but doable. the people were nice. staff, everywhere i went, were extremely kind and helpful. whatever else i think about the monstrosity that is this utterly artificial construct, was softened by lovely people who support the crazy concept of making the biggest tourist destination in the world by turning the desert and the ocean into habitable land masses. the money and energy being sunk into the place is scary, breathtaking and utterly criminal. it's offensive, at best, to think of the good that could be wrought in the world with the kind of financial backing given to creating this city from sand. it wasn't the desert heat making my blood boil, i can tell you.
i took lots of snaps on a city tour on my crappy little camera phone but so far my bluetooth pics upload won't bend to my will. if i get the things off my phone ever i will post a link here.
