Shakira, Shakira! We went to our second concert of the year to check out the half-Lebanese Shakira in Beirut's new outdoor venue. We brought along Dominique and Elio...or rather, Dominique and I dragged Jad & Elio to see Shakira. But, she truly is an amazing dancer and put on a great show...even if the boys will only admit that for the part where she ripped off her shirt. :)
Otherwise, we had a pretty crazy busy few weeks thanks to Jad's finals and my finishing up with work and getting ready to head back to the states. With about 10 group projects to do, Jad spent a lot of quality time with his friends from school. Thankfully, they were definitely a bright spot in the midst of a few weeks of 3-hr of sleep nights. Thanks to cramming 18 months of course work into 11 months, it was probably the busiest I've seen him since second year medical school. We were definitely ready for a break - so, to celebrate finals being over, we all headed out for some Lebanese dinner & dancing.
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| Riwa acting out her feelings during finals |
I finished up my work for HOME, but thanks to a summer conference & training my replacement, it was a busy end. I went on my last official mobile clinic trip in June. We actually went to Kawkaba, the Jabbour family village. Jad hasn't even been there, so we got a good laugh out of me going there before him. I had a great time, got lots of kisses and heard many stories from distant Jabbour relatives who knew all about my family.
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| The mobile clinic that I'm always referring to |
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| A lot of Jabbours |
In the midst of the craziness, we also celebrated our 4 year anniversary...kind-of. Jad spent the entire afternoon & evening with 2 girls he was writing a paper with, and I sat chained to a computer in the computer lab filling out a job application. It was really romantic. He did pick me a pretty cute flower though. (But, don't worry, we did actually go out for a nice dinner to celebrate a couple days later.)
We also had to start saying some goodbyes as summer in Beirut usually brings a max exodus of ex-pats. We had a lovely farewell dinner with our small group whom we will really miss (complete with Ray - our fearless leader - using a hair-dryer to "jump start" the grill on his balcony). Before we caught our flight home, we were able to squeeze in a beach day to get some more time with the Khalife cousins and work on our tans before we literally grabbed our bags and headed to the airport.
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| Part of our small group hanging out on the balcony |
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| Perfect relaxation - a glass of wine on a beautiful beach |
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