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Getting Closer

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Well today we finally did it, we got our one-way tickets to Thailand!!!!!  We were going to do it yesterday when we booked our Dive Master course, but of course Qatar Airways website was down.  Oh well we got them today!!  What a wonderful day!!  These 39 days are going to go by very slow.  Well at least it will give us more time to spend with friends before we leave.  Two of them are getting married this week, which is awesome they are both fantastic people!! Although with one of them from South Africa and the other from England, I would not want to be in the house during matches for Cricket, Football or Rugby when their countries meet!  🙂  Eugene and Emma congrats, we sure will miss you guys!  It is also Emma and Scott’s 30th birthdays being held at the local Rugby Club this weekend!  It should be a wild night!  Hopefully Scott doesn’t go on a walkabout (he is Australian and makes his countrymen proud!), or if he does he takes me with him!  LOL  The list goes on, there are so many people here we will miss dearly.  It is tough to be excited about leaving for our trip, when we will have to say goodbye to so many wonderful people here in Qatar!! 

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Trip to Florida

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Alright we actually missed blogging about our trip back to the US in March. We had a wonderful time getting to see our families again. It has been about a year and a half since we were last in the US and since we planning a 2 year trip, it was important to see everyone. I was even able to make it up to Minnesota and see my brother and sister. Having such a large, spread out family makes it a little difficult to see everyone unfortunately. The only downside to my trip was that I felt really old as my nephew and niece kicked my butt at Guitar Heroes. Man they are good, so I think I will stick with bowling on the Wii!

We did find out that Indian food in the states is not the same is it is made in Qatar. Both made my actual Indians but somehow it is better here, interesting! Aside from food, we had a wonderful time meeting my brother and sister-in-laws friends in Orlando, they are awesome! We spent quite a bit of time in Orlando, not only cause of family but we also had to take care of business stuff there, banking, shopping and putting our stuff in storage. You know you actually get a discount from paying in advance! Man I love saving money, plus it will be another thing we will not have to worry about till July 2010! We also spent a bit of time at the Travel Country store, man that place rocks. The staff was awesome; we spent a lot of time chatting with them. I think when we come back to the states I want to work there! They helped us a lot buying the stuff we need for our trip. Jason and Kara, thanks for letting us crash with you guys! Hope you guys can keep up game night!

It was also great to see the folks! My parents are fantastic what can I say! Although they have a way of making me feel really lazy, they are the most active people I know! Just hearing about what they do in a normal day makes me tired!

I also got a chance to visit with an old friend whom I have known since I was a kid! It was great to reconnect with her and swap life stories face to face. She’s great, love ya Amy!

We also went out and had a good visit with Maryanne’s friends and family. Pensacola is so not my favorite place! I am still convinced I can get them all to move out of there at some point in time! LOL

Ok It is my(Maryanne) turn to write a little something, something. I had a great time while we were in the States. It was so great seeing our families. I know it was a short visit but I got to spend time with all of you. To my best friend Jann and her lovely husband Shane. Who can say that they still have there best friend from childhood, when they live across the world from each other. Every time we get together it is like no time has passed. I really miss you! You guys take care of each other and your beautiful little girl Payton. She is the cutest.. Ok, Ok I my be a little bias on this one.. 🙂

Dad, I miss you bunches and bunches. Please take care of yourself.

To my bothers and sisters-in-laws – Chris, Holly, Micheal, Erica and Nick I am glad I got to see you all. Erica, No shots next time. Holly thanks for the dinner it was lovely.

To Kara and Jason Thank you so much for letting us stay with you. I hope we were not to much of a pain in the butt. I know if we were Kara would have no problem telling us. 😉 We miss Fritz and Sophie.

Mom and Dad Davis. As always it was a great visit. I really enjoyed the time we spent with you both. It was nice just sitting on the back porch talking.

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40 Days and 28 Working Days to go!!

Monday, April 21st, 2008
We are getting so close I am almost ready to explode with excitement!  Coming to work is so tough, seems like all I want to do is call in sick all the time.  I did say the other day that ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Maldives & the Big News

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
Well we just back from a wonderful trip to the Maldives. It was amazing. The water was wonderful. We did a lot of snorkeling. We saw a lot of cool things such as; Turtles, sting rays, Spotted rays, Lion Fish, ... [Continue reading this entry]

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