The joy of working with my Company

Yesterday went pretty good considering the generator was out so the people who work with me got to go to the warehouse woohoo! It was better than being out in the 120+ degree weather. I liked the warehouse way better than the hot azz desert. I'm still recovering from my burns I got on the first day of work. I hope I don't get skin cancer or something. Around 3:30 we got an evacuation notice from the military and all civilians must leave the base because a sand storm was coming.Yessssssss! Going home early and getting paid is the best.

I woke up this morning to really bad weather. I was hoping we would get to base and get to go home. No such luck. We got stuck in the desert in the wind and sand. I don't think it made a lot of sense to be evacuated because a storm was coming only to come to work the next day and work right in the middle of it. Needless to say it was really bad. I have an inch of dust covering me from head to toe. My newly colored hair feels like straw. I am so close to quitting but I'm trying to pay off some bills so that's what keeps me going every day. I did get an e-mail with some good news, hopefully a good-bye to the sand and hello to admin! Thank God, I really didn't know how much more heat I could take without killing over.

I can't wait to tell the bosses to take this job and shove it!

Second Sand Storm

Another lovely day in Kuwait. My mom and sister woke me up extremely early to let me know there was a sand storm coming and to tape up the windows. By 11 a.m. there was no sign of it so I gave up. I got ready to go out around 11:45 a.m. and there was the storm covering everything. So much for going out right? Around 3 p.m. the storm was gone and only sand remained.

You never know what to expect.

The storm covering everything.

Lovely view of Abu Halaifa...

Just enough dust to make people sick...

Muddy rain drops followed the storm.

Covered in Dust- Kuwait Sand Storm- Where were You?

http://www.arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/167172/reftab/36/t/Tsunami-of-sand-tortures-Kuwait/Default.aspx

In the 3 weeks that I've been in Kuwait I've experienced a lot of things and now the sand storms.

My family and I met up at T.G.I.F in Abu Halaifa for our weekly gathering. The weather was nice out. We got to the restaurant around 4:30 p.m. Toward the end of our meal the restaurant suddenly got dark. We thought they turned down the lights but when we looked outside we saw clouds rolling in and birds flying away. I thought it was rain but as it came closer I saw it was a dust cloud engulfing the area.

We told the manager to bring the check quick so we could get home before it got any worse. By the time we got to our car and headed out it was pitch black with garbage flying everywhere. The smell and taste of dust was really bad. We could not see the road at all only blinking lights and a few lights from the businesses.

Thank goodness our building is only 5 minutes away but with the weather it took about 20 minutes to get there. My apartment was already dusty even though the windows were closed. Too bad we forgot about the fans in the kitchen and bathrooms. When I went to the kitchen it was covered in dust. The bathrooms also had inches of dust everywhere. This is a major clean up.


The clouds rolling in.....

Pictures of the event...

The ride home.....

Inside my apartment...

The next day, as if nothing happened..........

Kuwait- You never know what to expect!