One month down!

I can't believe I've already been here a month! Just last week I was saying it felt like forever that I had been here, but now that I actually think about it, I realize I only have three months left!  The busier I get, the faster everything flies by.  I finally got all parts of my schedule set today, and boy will I be left tired a lot!  I'm only taking 9 hours of classes a week, but I'm tutoring English and writing for 14 hours, doing research as part of my internship about 10 hours, and tutoring Spanish on the weekends. That doesn't even include all the time I'm spending on my Arabic homework...this class is easily the hardest one I've taken since calculus my freshman year!

Souq Waqif at dusk

Thankfully, though, I was spoiled this week to make up for my exhausting week.  My host mom is in Singapore, so I stayed with a friend this week in a swanky high rise downtown. It's soooooooooooo nice! We were minutes away from fancy hotels and restaurants, the downtown mall with skating rink, and the corniche - a cultural walkway in and of itself! Thursday we finished off the week at a really nice Italian restaurant to indulge in pumpkin week, a bottle of Italian wine, and great company.  Just what all of us needed after the week we had.

Downtown Doha at night!

The study abroad kids were treated last night to a dinner by our asst. dean and my research faculty at their home downtown.  Good ole homemade Mexican food...finally! :)  We all dressed up and just sat around the table relaxing and watching American football.  Delicious tacos, warm brownies, and fresh ground coffee made the night absolutely perfect. I also got to show some of the kids upstairs to see the view from the top of the high rise. It really is breathtaking here.

With that, I will leave you til next time! And btw, I'm taking suggestions for where I should go the 2nd week of December before we all head home! Leave a comment for me!