Rain rain never go away.

What a weekend. All along the coastline storms were raging. Towns flooded, power out, and roads closed. So when the storm started to move inland to the desert the school freaked out. We had gotten to school and literally fifteen minutes later on a Thursday (which is the last day of a work week here) we got to send all the kids home because it was supposed to start raining. Before 9 we were back home in our pajamas! For rain! They never built a drainage system here. So when it rains. It floods. Then we were supposed to work Saturday for parent teacher conferences and because of the rain that got cancelled too!

To top off my weekend I got a flash back into the pre-women's suffrage period on my way back to Madinat Zayed on Friday.  I had gone in with my friends Amy and Justin. Watched the second Hunger Games and did some shopping. On our way home we managed to catch the last bus back home. And we were sooo excited because the entire back of this bus was wmpty. We could each have leg room and sleep! Then after settling in for a two hour nap the bus driver approached Amy and I. He told us we had to sit in the female only section at the front of the bus. After fifteen minutes of arguing with him that that should be optional seating and attempting to explain that we were with Justin he basically told us move or get off.  The fact we were forced to sit in a female only section was assinine. And while I've seen gender segregation here plenty it was always in my favor. Shorter lines. Quicker service.  Quieter waiting areas. Never being told we can't sit somewhere.  We had a good laugh though and still managed to sneak in a nap! Below is a picture outside my apartment where you can see the flooding began.