We are in the winter months in the Middle East as well. Winter means periodic rain and possible snow (it has snowed in Baghdad and Tehran this month). It means temps at the mid-50s to low 60s – heavy coat weather in these parts. And it means grey. Grey skies – all the time. In three weeks, the sun has been out twice. None of those crisp, cold, clear days we have on the East Coast. Just a dull, heavy feeling. Add to that the cold I am trying to stave off and the fact that I can’t download music from the connection in my hotel and you can understand why I’m in sort of a blue funk right now. As expected. The “stranger in a strange land” feelings were a bit acute this weekend. It doesn’t help that my hotel is near the office which is isolated from all life. Nowhere to go. And the gym only has two treadmills and some weights.

Thus most of my days are spent in front of the tube, watching election results and the play by play from DAVOS, as well as catching up on movies I had not seen (Junebug and Hustle and Flow) and movies I never wanted to see (like Kiss Of Death – David Caruso and Nick Cage. Shudder…) I think I’ll switch to reading this week and see if that helps.

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