where....

I am still alive

here in Dubai.

I know I never finished posting about our vacation that took place in June- and there has been a camel's paradise as the face of my blog page for 2 months!!!

I didn't write about all the fun things we did to stay busy this summer and survive the heat.

or our 3 week vacation to the U.S.

in fact I never finished writing about last year's vacation to the U.S.

lots of things that I wanted and needed and planned to write about but...

I've missed this little blog.

a lot.

I have lots of excuses- although mostly it was just a classic case of getting behind and not knowing where to start- or wanting to start, but not having the photos (I have an issue with always wanting to post photos).

I do have some more valid excuses like

jet lag

and traveling

and a husband traveling (so I spend my nightly computer time on the phone with him)

or an August full of night time fitness classes

oh and I just finished collecting and compiling, formatting and editing our RS cookbook (which I'm taking to the printer Thursday!)- that was lots of September.

plus I had a Relief Society party to plan.

kids.

establishing a new post-summer routine.

and

dealing with an uncertain living situation.

knowing I needed to post something about our upcoming move but

I think, I thought ,that if I avoided talking about it (or writing about it)

then it wouldn't happen.

but it looks like it will.

We're preparing to pack up and leave Dubai.

and

We're moving to Doha Qatar.

(if you don't know where that is- it's basically just a 45 minute plane ride from here)

I've been sad and not ready and more sad. But I've also been in denial, feeling at peace and confident that there are good things to come.

I still haven't fully wrapped my head around everything (and I've known this since July!!!)

I'll share more details as they come along with lots of other things that need some blog attention (lots of back posts)

good to be back.