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April 10, 2016

Dubai Life: We have Gas!

The gas company came to the villa this morning to set up our cooking gas (everything else in the house is electric).  Up until now, we haven't been able to cook and I didn't realize it would affect me so much.  Sure, we did fine with an electric kettle (soft-boiled eggs!), a toaster (meh) and a slow cooker (bought this weekend) but I wasn't really able to labor over food preparation and meals the way I like to...and it really bothered me.

I used to wonder if all the effort I put into cooking and preparing our meals from whole/fresh ingredients was really worth it.  It takes so much energy, planning, and money (since I also tried to source good ingredients) and I sometimes doubted whether I was still getting the satisfaction from it that I used to.  Yes, we were eating nutritious food - but was is still a labor of love?  Well, after going about 6 weeks without cooking (a month of traveling and 2 weeks in Dubai), I am finally sure of that answer.  Yes, it's absolutely worth it.  And yes, it's still one of the most significant parts of my day. 

The dishes, on the other hand, are a totally different story.

Cooking gas cannister installed in our front yard
Hooking up our oven (which he was nice enough to also fix)

Me today. I don't even care that he showed up 5 hours early.

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