another weekend over :(

I was going to get an early night tonight but since it's 9pm and 31 degrees in my bedroom I thought I'd turn on the A/C and let it cool down for a while before I went to sleep.... so right now I'm burning a Michael Jackson/Dixie Chicks CD for my driver as he loves them both....sort of strange taste in music, but since he has my life in his hands I figure I should let him listen to whatever makes him happy...

This weekend, after what felt like one of the longest weeks ever, Stephanie and I escaped to Ain Soukhna at the red sea. I'd been to the resort before, but this time there were only rooms at the Golf hotel, which is newer-but further from the beach (we had to take a golf cart there) I could only get one picture to download, for some reason- I'll try post a couple more tomorrow {note to blogger programmers- can you please do something about the photo posting- I consistently have issues with this feature- it's not just Egypt's slow internet connection, or my MB, I had the same issue in Canada, with a PC...please!!} It was nice to be away, we didn't really do anything but swim, sleep, read and eat, but as with all weekend escapes, it was over way too quickly.

Last week was tough, we found out there will be a government inspection tomorrow to see if we get our operating license, so the contractors were working 24/7 to get some stuff finished- this led to a huge amount of dust in the air, which resulted in a lot of people getting really sick..including me....I feel a little better now after a weekend away from it, but I'm still not 100%.

In other news, I may have to adjust my plans to come to BC as I have put my name forward for a task force that will be doing the recruitment for our new hotel in Makkah ( the holy city of islam- we spell it, Mecca)- I won't be allowed to actually visit the hotel because I'm not Muslim, and am not allowed in the city, but I might be needed to travel to other muslim countries to hire the staff for the hotel. I have really been looking forward to coming home, but this is a really great opportunity to meet some other HR people from the company, and to travel somewhere I've never been and hopefully it would only mean postponing my vacation by a few weeks, so I'm hoping it'll work out. I'll find out this week if I've been accepted, so I'll keep you posted.

Okay, it looks like my room is now a frosty 28 degrees, so I'm going to try to get some sleep.

Hope you're all doing well, miss you.

C