QotD: Ring, Ring.

How often do you call your parents?

Not as often as I would like to. It ends up being really expensive. I talk to my Mother online and I text message with my Father most of the time. I see my in-laws often as they live nearby.

And I haven't written anything in quite a while. It's been over a year! We moved back to the Emirates last spring and we didn't have internet access until February. That's a long time without the internet, but it wasn't that bad actually. I did a lot more reading and we did a lot of dvd watching. In particular: One Tree Hill, which was cheap and looked interesting. I thought it was okay. I only bought the first three seasons though and that's all I've saw. And then we were addicted to Lost. Really addicted. We bought the seasons that were available on dvd and went through them quickly. We still have not seen the new season, but I've downloaded the episodes that have been on television so far and just need to stick them on a disc, so we can watch them. We bought new laptops in February as well and they have dvd writers, so I've been going a little nuts making dvds.

I also started working as an English teacher and Alyona attended nursery. We've pulled her out of the nursery because we're planning a trip to America to finish up my husbands greencard later this month, but I am planning on putting her on the waiting list for next year. The nursery is a really nice place and she really enjoys going, although in the past month or so so many sicknesses were going around that she was home most of the time. And when I received a note in her lunch bag that conjunctivitis was going around I really decided not to send her back again before the trip.

She talks a lot. Way, way, way more than before. Her new favourite word has been "naughty". And anybody who does anything she doesn't enjoy is "naughty". She says: sit down, come, hug, kiss, pig, cow, pony, circle, red, green, heart, star, papa naughty, i tickle, let's go, cookie, soup, draw, owwie, ouch, fall down, boom, car, vroom vroom, head, toes, feet, shoes, shirt, pants, nappy, boob, bird, water, let's go shopping, let's go sara, sleeping, baby, shh papa sleeping, shh baby sleeping, etc. As well as many Russian words and a few Arabic words. Her Russian was good at first and now it's English.

Anyway, I just thought I'd write an update to make up for a year of saying nothing.