Sleeping

I'm guessing this is jet lag, but it's 3 p.m. and the kids are still asleep. I got up and went back to bed, and got up again at 1. I'm not a napper, so i guess the time change has hit me. Hunny had to go to work so he hasn't really had a chance. Plus all the traveling he's done i'm sure helps him. Which brings me to this..
Travelling with a professional traveler is not good when you are not. It is really not good with kids. He has this all down to a science. He has his belt off, watches off, knows to wear easy shoes and so on. I on the other hand, do not. I did take his advice and wore slip on shoes, and did get some for midget. I am always looking for an excues to buy shoes :) But monkey doesn't wear slip ons, so he slowed him down. Plus our traveling companion, is a normal traveler like i, so we would have been fine if it were he and I. No, we had general as our leader. I'm sure in the long run it made our trip easier, but wow was that annoying :) Keeping up with him was a feat. Walking behind him as he weaved his way in and out of the normal people, and getting the dirty looks in his wake was a bit tiresome. But we managed. But i have this to say, people please, PLEASE.... if you must wear sandals to the airport, please, please, please bring socks. I don't want to see or smell your barefeet and corns for 14 hours!!!! To top it off, the nice bag of essentials etihad gave us had socks. Had i known this i would have given mine too this man next to me.
So we've been to the mall our hotel is connected to, it was nice. Midget found some lovely dresses, monkey got a game. Hubby gt some nice dress shoes and a belt. We will tour the kids school this week and get their uniforms. You may hear screams of anguish as Monkey sees what he has to wear, and hears he ccan't wear his skate shoes. :) Apparently since it is ramadan here until the 9th, the school is pen, but not really open. There are kids there, but they aren't going to start learning anything until the 14th. The school is ib school, and british , so it has to be open to keep the accredation, but with ramadan, there are lots of people not here yet, so there aren't many people there. The directors words to hubby were if you want to get them off your hands you can bring them eariier than the 14th. Really??
It's kind of funny i suppose. One has to have a sense of humor about these things, or i think i would go crazy.