neurotic Iraqi wife

I cant believe how time flew so fast, its kinda scary. It was last year like this day when HUBBY came over to get to know my family. We had also decided to go to a Safari trip for New years eve, which if anyone is wondering, contains no animals. Safari trips in the UAE simply means taking a 4 wheel drive through the sand dunes, then stopping at a place where you can sand ski, ride camels, sit in tents and watch a belly dancer do her stuff.

I thought it would be the perfect place especially when HUBBY hasnt experienced such a thing before and I wanted him to have fun. At the time we still werent married and the aspect of me spending New years eve with a single man was a huge issue for my family. But I managed to convince them since we were going with a couple of my friends.

The ride itself on the sand dunes was just amazing. I loved the adrelanin rush when the driver would go on the highest dune and would drive the car so fast you would think you are gonna fall off the cliff. My friends werent so keen, they kept telling the driver to slow down, whereas HUBBY and I would tell him" Go faster, cmon Faster". Then all of a sudden the local driver asked us if we wanted to have some beer. Umm beer???? Now??? Here???? he opened a secret compartment and abra cadabra there it was a mini fridge filled with beer cans. Its illegal for muslims to buy drinks here, you are allowed to drink in hotels but not in the streets. So for a local to offer beer in the car was like totally weird. We all looked at each other and if in unison we said NO, so what does the local do, grab a darn beer for himself. OMG the guy was out of his mind,how can he drink and drive, and not just drive along a street but drive through sand dunes......

After we arrived to the camp,miraculously in one piece, I got a zillion phonecalls from every single member of the family. God they didnt give us a break. First it was my dad with a very stern voice "Where are you? what are you doing? who is with you?" I really would have loved to answer "We are in a tent alone, making out and no one is around", hehe, I think that would have probably made dad take a safari trip himself in no time. Then my brother calls me" Where are you? what are you doing? who is with you? and I hope you aint doing anything that will let people talk about you. And be very careful now, DO NOT, and I mean it, DO NOT allow him to touch you, do you understand, not even a kiss on the cheek". I was like HUH??? then I replied "Umm bro, please dont worry about me" but in the back of my mind I was saying "Its partyyyyyyyyyyyy time, yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay......"

Mom calls me just before 12 and asks the same darn questions, then my sister calls me, then my brother calls again, I wanted to shout, GIVE ME A BREAK PEOPLE!!!!, GEEZ, cant I be left alone for 1 second.....I actually became so paranoid that everytime HUBBY would touch me I freak out and push him away, poor thing. Then the countdown began and when the clock struck 12 everyone started kissing, I just stood there smiling at HUBBY, thinking "kiss me, kiss me, kiss me and my bro will bust your balls, cmon KISS MEEEEEEEEE, no one will know"LOL...

Needless to say it was just a small peck on the lips, since HUBBY was scared as hell anyone would see.....But hey it was a nice one....An hour later we had had enough and were so exhausted we asked the driver to take us back. The driver was sooooooooooo drunk we didnt think we were gonna make it safely. As we sat in the car, he started boasting about how much he spent on the extras in his car and how his tyres where the top of the range, bla bla bla, when suddenly we hear BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM. Something like an explosion. We jumped off our seats, and he pulled over, the tyre exploded,LMAO. It just was hilarious. There he was showing off, and a second later his tyre explodes......

I was laughing my head off. I couldnt contain it anymore. It just was too hilarious. A lovely way to start the New Years....And so here it is again the end of another year. this time No safari, and no HUBBY. Im having a quiet dinner with my brother and his wife and HUBBY is having a DVD night in his trailer in the middle of the "War Zone".

I really really hope that 2005 will be a good year for everyone, especially for IRAQ. As for me, I really am praying that 2005 will be the year where HUBBY and I finally settle down in one place, wherever that place will be....

May God give patience and inner strength to everyone who lost loved ones in Iraq, May he give patience and inner strength to everyone who lost loved ones in the tsunami disaster and Finally May God give patience and inner strength to all Humanity.... Patience and Inner Strength, The Medicine That Heals all......