Last night it rained. First time in 7 months since, the
first week I was here, and I happened to be out in it. It had been cloudy all
day, another first since I arrived. It wasn’t a giant rain, but I was out for a
short walk around 8:30 p.m. when I felt the unexpected taps on my head and
shoulders as the first drops fell. At the time it was about 75˚ F, and by the
time I got back to my building I was fairly wet. It was a delightful walk!
Today it rained off and on most of the day, and is still
doing so now. The forecast shows serious chances for rain over the next several
days, and amazingly cool temperatures. I
really didn’t expect highs in the mid-70s in mid-November in Saudi Arabia, but
I’ll take it!
Of course, none of that explains why I haven’t posted
anything here for close to two months – sorry about that. Let’s say I've been
busy! I’ve had a project at work that has consumed much of my energy for about
2 months, and at one point I worked 16 days straight, with only one week off
the week before that stretch and one day after. Then I worked 8 days straight,
left work, took a taxi to Bahrain, and got on a plane to go home for a week!
Had a nice set of flights (more on that in a few days) and got
home Friday night to see Dana and Darby and it was wonderful to be home. Sadly,
it was only for a week and then jetted my way back to the desert. It was a busy
week, full of appointments, a few meetings, some good meals at favorite
restaurants, and I even got to shoot a wedding!
It was an exhausting week but I’m so glad to have done it –
got to spend some lovely time with my wonderful girls, and got a whole bunch of
stuff done that now I don’t have to do at Christmas when I come for two weeks,
and I’ll be able to relax and enjoy the time, and Shannon and David will be in
from Montreal and I can’t wait to see them!
So I left to come back on Friday afternoon, and got back to
my room at midnight Saturday night, just in time to get some rest and start
back to work on Sunday. It was a whirlwind week, the kind that leaves you a
little breathless but happy nonetheless! I've also taken a few pictures, so there's lots to catch up on here on the blog,
and I promise to do so over the next few weeks in case anybody is still looking!
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