Milestones

I've passed the 200th post mark.  That's only significant because I didn't know if I'd keep up the blog.  I'll buy those daily reminder books, use them for a week and forget them.  To do something consciously day after day is not the norm for me.

I'm way too ADD to have thought I'd still be at it by this point.

Blogging is, without a doubt, therapy.  I am living here without a spouse to share the day's experiences.  Blogging helps me process my world.  Shortly after I moved to Cedar Rapids I fell into a depression.  The reason?  My commute time had been 30 minutes each way.  Moving into a house 1 minute away meant I had no time to process my world.  Other people take long walks or mediate.  I would rethink my day on the drive home. 

I experienced sensory overload upon arrival in the UAE.  The mechanics of life are the same:  We get around by cars, watch TV, surf the net, eat at restaurants, and sleep on normal beds.  English is even the primary language... although that may not be obvious when trying to give a cab driver directions. 

Everything else is different.  Before arriving I knew there was a labor class, being white I'd be a minority, and that driving with roundabouts would different.  To experience it, however, is another thing.

It's been an amazing experience.  I have no regrets.