It's getting hot out here...
The temperature has dramatically increased in the last week or two. Suddenly, it's just plain HOT. At 6am, it's 31 Celsius. By the afternoon it's almost unbearable to be outside. We are all getting tired and I have noticed that one litre of water now lasts me less than half the day whereas before it would last the entire day.
On Friday when my friend and I went back to the car after being in the air conditioned indoors, I felt that hot dry wind of the oven door opening. Yes, I thought to myself, it's getting to be time to go home. The problem is that the indoors is overly air conditioned so the moment I step from one climate to the other, I go into shock. I am still able to go for 20-30 minute walks in the evening without profusely sweating, so I suppose that's good.
Other things on my mind lately:
My ear is still a bit messed up from SCUBA diving, though much better than it was. As soon as I have time, I will get it checked thoroughly.
Aussies, Canadians, Kiwis and English say "pardon". Americans say "wha?" I find this rude, especially because one of my friends says it almost everytime I say something and she is not on the same train of thought. Either that or I have picked up whispering and mumbling since moving to Kuwait.
Speaking of whispering, that is definitely not a part of the Kuwaiti culture. You can be somewhere that is totally silent, like a small art gallery that my friend and I visited one day. Then some Kuwaitis walk in and the room fills with exaggerated sounds of conversation. Speech is always full volume and often sounds agitated. It is a bizarre energy.
I feel the year has been a successful one for me. I have worked hard, grown as a person and as a teacher. I have learned to step out of my comfort zone, to say the least. Of course, I have found new comfort zones within my life here but am still constantly forced to move out of them. Sometimes it's hard to believe I was once a shy little girl afraid to say anything for fear of being laughed at.
Although the school year ends soon, there seems to be an unending list of things to do before leaving for the summer. It now seems unbelievable that I am actually going to be in Saskatchewan in just weeks. I cannot even imagine how my lungs will cope with all the oxygen. And it will feel pleasantly cool, even if daytime highs hit the 30s.
I have made plans to go to Italy in July, then Eastern Europe in August before returning back "home to Kuwait" for work. So much to look forward to, isn't there?
love and happy thoughts...
On Friday when my friend and I went back to the car after being in the air conditioned indoors, I felt that hot dry wind of the oven door opening. Yes, I thought to myself, it's getting to be time to go home. The problem is that the indoors is overly air conditioned so the moment I step from one climate to the other, I go into shock. I am still able to go for 20-30 minute walks in the evening without profusely sweating, so I suppose that's good.
Other things on my mind lately:
My ear is still a bit messed up from SCUBA diving, though much better than it was. As soon as I have time, I will get it checked thoroughly.
Aussies, Canadians, Kiwis and English say "pardon". Americans say "wha?" I find this rude, especially because one of my friends says it almost everytime I say something and she is not on the same train of thought. Either that or I have picked up whispering and mumbling since moving to Kuwait.
Speaking of whispering, that is definitely not a part of the Kuwaiti culture. You can be somewhere that is totally silent, like a small art gallery that my friend and I visited one day. Then some Kuwaitis walk in and the room fills with exaggerated sounds of conversation. Speech is always full volume and often sounds agitated. It is a bizarre energy.
I feel the year has been a successful one for me. I have worked hard, grown as a person and as a teacher. I have learned to step out of my comfort zone, to say the least. Of course, I have found new comfort zones within my life here but am still constantly forced to move out of them. Sometimes it's hard to believe I was once a shy little girl afraid to say anything for fear of being laughed at.
Although the school year ends soon, there seems to be an unending list of things to do before leaving for the summer. It now seems unbelievable that I am actually going to be in Saskatchewan in just weeks. I cannot even imagine how my lungs will cope with all the oxygen. And it will feel pleasantly cool, even if daytime highs hit the 30s.
I have made plans to go to Italy in July, then Eastern Europe in August before returning back "home to Kuwait" for work. So much to look forward to, isn't there?
love and happy thoughts...
posted by Granola Girl at
5:52 AM
2 Comments:
That's what I'm talkin' about. Post post and more post! Messed up ear sounds dodgy. Maybe it's more like all that hardcore music you're listening to when you do your yoga, and not really the SCUBA thing like you say. Tut tut. What would your band students say.
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Anon, at 11:16 AM
Thanks for the encouragement...I will try to keep some up to date posts for the next two weeks!
My band students have actually been remarkably sympathetic to my partial deafness, though after a visit to the ENT specialist I learned it may be allergies. There is no damage to my ear.
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Granola Girl, at 7:23 AM
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