It was a relatively quiet weekend for me and Dan had a group of government visitors in town that he helped out with. Helping meant going to the airport and silently hoping that everyone says “great” to the plan of eating dinner at the hotel and no one suggests “hey could we go shopping?”
On Saturday night (which is our “Sunday night” because we have work on Sunday and not Friday) we had a few friends over to play games. We started with our globe trivia game at the hardest level doing capitals. If you haven’t played, each round is 45 seconds and the computer asks you to find “Wellington” and “Skopje.” With a room full of world travelers, this invariably resulted in less “where’s that” but more “never again.” I think “never again” was applied to the cities of Tashkent, Paramaribo and Jeddah for those of you planning your summer vacations.
My parents arrive tomorrow. They have a lot they want to see – Jerusalem, Petra and hometown Amman – we are just hopeful that jetlag doesn’t wipe them out. It can be really hard to sleep through the night and the call to prayer seems timed to sound exactly when one is tossing and turning the most. It has indeed turned “cold” in Amman (cold means 50s) and maybe the closed windows and our noisy heater will block out the mosque a block away.
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Have a great time with your folks! I seriously contemplated getting that globe game, despite being awful at it. It's addicting.
Maybe when the kids are older and wouldn't destroy it.
The adjustment to a schedule that's one day off must be a bit challenging, just in terms of "habitual" planning (i.e., on Saturday we'll do x, oh wait, I mean Friday). I hope you have fun with your family Duffy.
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