Keep Calm and Pretend This is on the Lesson Plan

Perhaps I did not mention that one of the most stressful aspects of this whole adventure is the actual teaching job... well, let me tell you, it can be a whole lot of stress at times.  Last week my professional portfolio was due and this week it's the formal evaluation.  I would not be so concerned except that I am so exhausted much of the time that I can barely function... regardless, the bus comes at 5:45 a.m. to pick us up from these villas in the desert and to transport us to Mirfa, beautiful town near the sea and home of the elementary school where I teach.  Lovely, but remote and wild like the rest of Al Gharbia, also known as the Western region... 



UAE Flag on the hill to Mirfa

I love Mirfa and the girls that I teach but somedays I gotta say it, this teaching job is rough!  The good news is that we're nearing the end and the bad news is I need to get through my evaluation first... so off to finish lesson planning and to make a quick trip into Madinat Zayed for another color cartridge for my printer... I need to get there before they close and before I need to get to bed, the sooner the better. 

I just pray that my fractured elbow heals soon and my energy returns... the doctors don't seem to be able to diagnose the fatigue and it's not normal, at least it doesn't feel normal, it feels totally overwhelming at times... at any rate, I am taking my multivitamins and trying to eat right, also trying to sleep as much as I can when I can! 
Well, it might just have something to do with this climate, the daily high is 100 degrees this week and the temperatures are starting to climb.  Welcome to the start of summer in the Middle East!  

10 Day Weather report for Abu Dhabi
  
For anyone who has read on through to the end of this post, love ya!