Only TWO More Shifts - Al Humdulillah!!
I was thinking about this (pathetic) blog the other day. . . although I am glad I stopped complaining so much about work, I've realized it looks like all I've done is go on vacation & see cool stuff! True enough, but jeez these past many weeks have been tough to get through. No matter, the light is quickly getting brighter! TWO MORE!
For this episode (is that right? A blog episode??) I will not regress to complaining - it wears me out & makes me feel like a terrible person. Besides, we do enough of it around here daily - it's like a hobby for people in the Kingdom. Basically, I'm over it & looking forward to GREENER pastures :)


Five of us also went to Riyadh for a weekend to check out Janadriyah. It's an annual Cultural & Heritage Festival that was actually quite well done. There were Mutawa (Religious Police) everywhere, "Cover your hair!" but it was refreshing to see an effort to educate & preserve important cultural aspects of Arabian life. If you go, try not to cause a scandal like this guy did last year :)
http://metro.co.uk/2013/04/25/omar-borkan-al-gala-meet-the-man-told-to-leave-saudi-arabia-for-being-too-handsome-3666281/
The trip south to Abha a few wks ago was nice - also cooler with a few surrounding hills. Unfortunately it was still off-season so we couldn't get to the Hanging Village, but the 3 of us didn't really care. We were happy to get out of the compound & break up the stretch towards home (My friend Ria is leaving in May too.)
What else can I share...oh, I think folks must have been tired of me complaining about my hair - I hadn't cut it in 10 months & it was driving me crazy. I never got around to making an apt, so my friend Dorothy offered to trim the nasty dead bits off - Excellent! She did a wonderful job - a perfect inch or so, out by the pool so we didn't even have a mess to clean up. Later that afternoon, with 20 min to kill before tennis, I was putting my hair back when I noticed a small piece that was shoya (a little) longer than the rest...

What comes next many are beginning to ask? Well, I am looking for a deep breath & a wee break from dysfunction...which I hope to find in Sri Lanka. The ever-allusive epiphany would be a nice bonus...maybe the Buddhists can help? If not, I'm more than satisfied with my Plan B. I'm headed home to enjoy summer in the Northwest - Yeah Rain! :) I'd love to work at Emanuel again - at least per diem...& then reassess life in the Fall. One mustn't speculate too far into the future :)
I better get packing! I will TRY to throw up one last blog post before I bid the Kingdom farewell...nsha'allah. I hope everyone is doing well & I look forward to all your hugs...& beer! :)
PS: I don't think it matters what type of wheels the trolley has...but be careful!! :)
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