Hook, anyway. I know it's been a little while - I haven't really done too much exciting. "But Andrew, it's your first week living and working in Qatar! That's pretty exciting!" Maybe so, but blogging something like "Went to school, came home. Ate dinner, planned a lesson for tomorrow, ate ice cream, slept," would not be a very exciting blog. So I'm going to wrap up a week's worth of blah into a night's worth or pizazz. Maybe? And pizazz isn't underlined; apparently it's a correctly-spelled word. I have some awesome neighbors here, everyone who lives in this building is a teacher at ASD. Hospitable through and through. I went for dinner across the hall - excellent Italian pasta and wine, salad, the whole works. Ordered pizza the other night; it's not the same as Tony's, but it'll do for a while.
I'm managing my way around the school, and the students seem to like me. That's what I was more nervous about than anything. And, by the way, to all of you who said "They won't get your jokes:" they do. And they are more cultured than most of the kids at home. Put THAT in your pipe and smoke it. If anything, I'll be more confident in my joke-telling ability, which was already flawless. America, look out. As I write this, I have my laundry in the dryer for the first time since I've been here. It's a little bit of an adventure, but not too bad at all. Have a 4-day weekend this weekend also. Sort of. Friday and Saturday are a conference at ASD open to educators in the Near East and South Asia region. Sunday and Monday is a conference for our school alone. It's going very well, it's very helpful. I would imagine that not too much of this has been different than if I had a job back home and decided to blog about it, so I apologize. There will be more cultural stuff to come though, I promise. And more pictures. But for now, a few lines of text will have to do. Have a super afternoon.
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