Qatar Open (a.k.a. "Church")

Waiting with Big Orange Daddy Cat for the match to start.

We went to the Qatar Open tonight although we only stayed for an hour because Anna was getting too squirmy & loud (yelling "Go to Landmark Mall!" and "There's the moon, right there!", among other things) for us to stay. We saw part of the final match of the Open where Justine Henin beat Svetlana Kuznetsova. Our tickets were free to a professional tennis match; you can't beat that!

Anna really thought we were at church although we told her numerous times we were at a tennis match. The similarities were this: music (they were playing some while we waited for the match to start), you have to whisper when you talk, and sit (relatively) still. We realized that the only other public event Anna has been to is church, so no wonder she thought that was where we were.

Tonight she was totally chatting it up with some Filipino girls behind us. Telling them about her cat, smiling, and engaging them in "conversation." I'm excited to see that some of her stranger anxiety is going away and that there is hope for her in social situations yet!