Summer holidays

School broke up last week and reflecting back on the term that the boys have had here, they have done well. Leo got 3 A's in his end of year exams, despite only being at school for a term. The other subjects were a bit of a mixed bag, but I'm proud of how he has done. Robbie has been made a prefect for the new school year, so we are all very proud of that.

The temperatures here continue to climb, with it getting to the mid 40s or higher every day now. Yesterday I noticed the outside temperature gauge in my car indicated 50 (faint groan). Apparently it gets worse in August September because it gets humid as well... There really is a mass exodus of everyone at this time of the year. Most of Robbie's and Leo's school friends will be disappearing for the summer, and many of my new friends here have either gone or will be going. People either go back to their home country or have summer holiday homes in Europe or cooler parts of the Middle East. There are a few people around still and we are attacking the question of summer activities with gusto. We have made a list of activities and have promised each other that we will do some kind of physical activity every day, keep up our Arabic and Be Positive! So far, three days in it is going OK. We have been to Jungle Zone, a fun park at one of the malls, started building a flotilla of models, and been swimming as well as the inevitable electronic game time.

And we look forward to our visit to the UK in August. The things we are most looking forward to are being able to be outside a lot and be comfortable, and seeing green.

Ian is working hard as usual. Garrick is well and we are looking forward to catching up with him at the end of the year.

My thoughts have been turning towards work and I have been sowing some seeds, which hopefully will start taking root in September. I have realised that not very much happens fast here and finding a job that will be challenging/in my field/use my skills may take some time. Starting a business from scratch here is a protracted business. So I've decided to look for interim work as well to keep me occupied and stop me from Going Mad From Boredom. I'll keep you posted.