Christmas in Dubai, Take 2

Second Christmas in Dubai is shaping up to be fairly uneventful. Christmas Eve I have been invited to dinner at my best friend's house (best Dubai friend that is; to my best friend in Portland; don't worry, you're still #1 on my speed dial...) ... so that should be fun. However, her new boyfriend has monopolized her Christmas day, insisting that they go to Christmas lunch together.... **alone** ooh la la. Not that I can blame him, I'd surely want to do the same thing.



So my Christmas Day so far involves sleeping as long as humanly possible and then making myself a bowl of spaghetti-O's. If it seems like I'm reveling in loneliness and depression, it could be because I'm taking a page out of Charlie Brown:




"This is my depressed stance. When you're depressed, it makes a lot of difference how you stand. The worst thing you can do is straighten up and hold your head high because then you'll start to feel better. If you're going to get any joy out of being depressed, you've got to stand like this. "

On the bright side, I've been invited to a wedding in January, so I can at least have a good excuse to buy myself a new dress. Because nothing cures the blues like shopping...