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My assignment in Doha, Qatar has officially come to a close. Six weeks really fleww by. I'm a little sad to have to go, because I had a lot of fun while there, and made some pretty good friends as well. Hopefully I'll get to go back some day.

Over the last couple of days in Doha, I spent some time hanging out with Maya, because she was doing things and John and Mike were out of town. On Saturday we went out to the Family Store souq so I could replace a part on my shisha that I had broken, and we grabbed a bit to eat and some shisha at a pretty good restaurant. Monday we headed out to the Hyatt Plaza, which is a smaller mall in Doha. I found some good gifts there to bring home, as well as some things for myself. I had some middle eastern fast food while I was there, and it was pretty good.

Last night at 11:30pm was my flight out of Doha. I got there early and got all checked in. Two super huge and heavy bags to check, my shisha in a bag and heavy backpack to carry around. After that I stopped by Duty Free and purchased a few more things, and went to the business lounge. I was amazed at just how small the Doha airport actually was...

Now I'm in the British Airways Lounge in London, awaiting my flight that leaves at 10:55 GMT - so about 2 hours from now. I had a shower, ate some free food from the Larder, and chilled out with some internet access. If this lounge was in Doha, I could probably have shisha! So, I've got an 8 hour flight ahead of me, and I know I'll be dead tired when I get in. I had trouble sleeping on the way to London, and I doubt that will change on the way to DC.

I miss Doha already, but it will be good to get back to see Martha, Sabre, and maybe even Glory.