I'm pleased to report that the Rich family is back in Doha after a busy but enjoyable summer, and that we're now getting back into our normal work and school routines so we should be able to post our updates more regularly. Since our last post, we all traveled together to the States for much of July--I returned on the 19th and Ella & Morgan followed on the 29th--where we split our time between the DC area and Missouri. Ella and Morgan came back to Doha for about 24 hours, just enough time to unpack their bags and repack, and then left for Paris. I joined them for the last week of August, which happily coincided with Ella's birthday. After five days or so together in Paris, we took the train to London and spent 2 1/2 days there.
Highlights of the trip to the U.S. included getting Morgan a new puppy, which should be joining us soon in Doha, and spending time with friends in the DC area and family in Missouri. I especially enjoyed going to a minor league baseball game in Springfield, MO, where Ella and I attended college and met each other, and having dinner at one of DC's best restaurants with my friend and former boss Tara, her husband, and Ella. My time in Doha was mostly occupied by work, including business trips that took me to Jordan, Iraq, and Kuwait, but was otherwise uneventful.
Here are a few pictures that sum up the past couple of months.
