suddenly it moves with such a perfect grace

A few things to catch up on:

1. Sincere apologies for my extreme AWOL-ness. I think I was able to access the internet once in September for all of 5 minutes. Missed everyone!

2. Ramadan Kareem to all! My second year fasting & first Ramadan in the Arab world has been pretty fabulous so far. We had people over for iftar every night last week- needless to say it has been a lot of fun (and a lot of dish-washing). Very tiring... but its just one of those, live in the moment kind of times of year. I have realized that I am slightly too caffine dependent though...

3. New job= rocks my world. Ha ha ha. It's really great. Can't remember if I clarified... but I'm basically working on the employee participation scheme- and also with innovation... all rolled into one. I'm a big fan so far. Heading to my first conference in Nov--> Chester. Really pumped about that too. (I haven't left the country - Oman doesn't count- since April. I'm long past due). I've been trying to soak a lot up over the last few weeks- a lot to absorb. But now I'm really starting to dig in and get my hands dirty- figuratively speaking... this isn't another sludge factory episode.

4. What else has happened since I saw you last...? Ooo! I had my first swim in the Indian ocean!
Liked that too. The water was just salty enough to float effortlessly (I may or may not have taken a nap) but not so much that it stings your skin... and there were tons of starfish! I took care not to step on any.