This is my third Thanksgiving in Dubai, which is kind of amazing given that I've only lived here for 15 months!

Yes, Thanksgiving 2005 was my first trip to Dubai ever - the famed 72 hour trip. Here was my itinerary:

Departure (BOS): Tuesday, 8:30 PM
Arrival (DXB): Wednesday, 11:10 PM

Departure (DXB): Sunday, 10:15 AM
Arrival (BOS): Sunday, 6:30 PM

I left the States after work on Tuesday night, arrived to Dubai late on Wednesday, then left Dubai early on Sunday to arrive back in the States that evening to go to work on Monday morning at 8 am.

Yep, I only missed one day (Wednesday) of work.

For this I was dubbed the "Super Trooper" by Liz's friends. (And no, I'm pretty sure that's not a reference to the Broken Lizard's Super Troopers movie.)

So it's kind of nice I don't have to travel very far this year.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!