Noise Pollution

Here's a math equation I have learned since moving to Dubai:

3 children under the age of 4

     +

1 large house made purely of marble and concrete

     + 

a 9-hour time change, a new school, an irregular schedule, and inconsistent meals

     =

ENOUGH NOISE TO MAKE YOUR EVER-LOVIN' HEAD POP OFF

In my next lifetime, I will go for the wall-to-wall carpeted, heavily insulated, acoustically-challenged Zack-&-Cody hotel room option.

As for this lifetime?  Just send us Advil.  By the busload.  And pray to the Gods of Tantrum for a reprieve sometime soon.  Thank you in advance for your cooperation.