Three million people can't be wrong

So we're leaving. It’s official. We’re out. Or at least it looks like we will be within a week or so.

Our meeting on Thursday was short and to the point. The gov’t wants us out by Christmas. No explanation was given. No, we can’t know which gov’t office gave the order. No, you can’t have an extension through the New Year or until the semester ends. And yes, you’ll need to pay for the exit visas and a departure tax at the airport.

On the plus side, we at first thought we’d have to be stuck in Dubai for a while and try to find a way home from there but now it appears that we’ll be able to fly from here to Frankfurt and then home. Even with a delay or two, we’ll definitely be home for Christmas.

The negative is that we now have a total of 8 days to close up things here.

Our gate opens in five and a half hours for our garage sale and I still haven’t priced my tools.