down in nugget town

yesterday (weds), i decided to get off my butt and go across the street to zobia's house. julian was getting a little crazy and it's way too sunny in front of the house (and in the play area) to go outside before the afternoon. i didn't feel like slathering on sunscreen to go to the corniche (waterfront) either.

so we went over and hung out. turns out my new friend is moving back to pakistan in june to finish her medical training and officially become a doctor. i'll have to learn some good recipes from her before she leaves. on the plus side, ursula is moving here on the 12th of march. that's good because she is a bit more adventurous. zobia told me before, "i don't think you should go to dubai by yourself." ursula, on the other hand, is like, "we're going at least once a week together and then we're giving the kids to the husbands and going to the movies." rock on, sister.

back to the "outing"...

zobia drew me a map of the area to point out where the affordable kids' clothing / toy stores are, and just in general some main landmarks of the city. while serge and i were discussing stuff yesterday (he apparently ate a hot dog for lunch yesterday because it looked like something from home, and we both thought it strange that we would want stuff like that - hot dogs, donuts - when we NEVER (or hardly ever) eat it in the US. he said it was good, way better than at home) and i happened to mention something about dunkin donuts. and he was like, "well, too bad there isn't one here." to which i replied, "oh, but there is, and zobia put it on the map." isn't that funny? 

i also learned that her kids go to bed at 10:30 (i guess we ARE the weirdos) and they eat dinner at 9pm.

at around 11:15am, her daughter was hungry, so she went in the kitchen and cooked up some chicken nuggets for the kids. julian stuffed his little face with almost 3 of them. so it was a lovely morning (followed by a napless afternoon, sadly). too bad they are leaving in a few months!