Keeping the faith!

Alright, I have to share this with you all. Living in Egypt means that you have to have a strong disposition. One, because the water or food will get you. Two, because the people will inevitably bring you to your knees. And three, because if the previous two don't get you, the traffic will certainly do you in. This is a perfect example of the mind-set of the locals. Yesterday, my family and I were at our "Club". It is a wonderful facility that we belong to right around the corner from our house. There is a big resort style pool, a beautiful playground, a very nice restaurant, tennis courts, etc, etc. You get the idea. we go there everyday, almost all day. It's Egypt, It's hot, and there is water there. Since most Egyptians don't rise before 12noon. We always have the entire pool to ourselves. So at the pool there are these "cabana boys". Their only job is to open up our umbrellas when we arrive. But they hate doing their job, and insist on hiding from every single person who comes to the pool. They can see you struggling with the huge canopy. they watch you jump up and down like a maniac trying to get their attention. they just don't care to move. Everyday I have to summon a waiter or a lifegaurd or a manger to go and get them out of their hiding place. It's ridiculous. So yesterday, my kids and husband are flipping and diving off of the diving board and my favorite little nemisis comes over to the lifegaurd and tells him that there is electric wires under the diving board and that my family were making a huge problem and going to electrocute everyone. REALLY!!! Wires under a diving board. I don't even see that happening in Egypt. After we had to call two managers and the property manager, we came to find out that the little "cabana boy" just didn't feel like sweeping up anymore water for the day. Pity for him! You should have seen the commotion. The manager was so embarrassed, the lifegaurd felt like an idiot for listening to this guy, and now, This little nemisis of mine is really avoiding me like the plague.

I miss Washington.......