Forgot to add that your husband has to give your permission to drive. My wife found that amusing but one has to realize that we are in a different country and need to respect their rules.
On my permission letter, i wrote that my wife can only drive on mondays and tuesdays between the hours of 8 to 10am. The emirati that took her application had a nice sense of humour and smiled at my wife. It is issues such as those that one has to just have a sense of humour and go with the punches without getting embroiled in a "different" culture.
Two things that you will learn here are patience and humour. Not specifically in that order.
snookie