calgon take me away

its taken me a long time to get over the jet lag this past trip. more than a week later, i'm still basically a vegetable wearing mascara. its been a long week full of self-centered teenagers and cocktail hour is imminent.

not much happening this week in abu dhabi -  last week was picture week at school and michael bolton is coming to town (yeah, who cares).

jeff and i went on a dhow cruise with his co-workers this past weekend. i liked it better than the cruise we took at night once. weather was perfect:

jeff's co-workers (minus the guy who can't resist hookers):

the "news" on gma this past week is pretty crazy -- millionaires begging washington to tax them more, hordes of tornadoes in the south, giant drug tunnel in california (they showed this on 'weeds' a few seasons back). i miss the sensationalism of news in the states. my favorite headline of the week is "i shouldn't have showered with those kids". you think?

check out  my shirt from the school. i'm a "senior" (i think that has a different meaning when you're almost 50):

when is ashton going to stop wearing that stupid hat.

t.