Routine...of sorts

Well, the 2-days promise finally turned into a 2-week reality. Exactly 2 weeks after arriving in Riyadh, I was finally moved into my new flat. (Please note, however, that this was the very next day after our female invasion at our head office.) Still minus furniture, though. It seems that the owner of the furniture company with whom they had a contract took the money and ran away to Egypt. We are all wondering whether he will return. On a more positive note, at least I have some second-hand furniture which was borrowed from somewhere in the form of a bed, some bedroom furniture and a few chairs. The appliances are all new, including a washing machine and kitchen appliances. Still, I am grateful for small mercies, since it definitely beats living out of a suitcase in a noisy hotel for 2 weeks!

On the work front, my students are the best I've ever had the privilege of working with. They continue to impress me with their hard work and willingness to learn English. Many of them are married with children, but they are at college 5 days a week, in class till 9 o'clock at night. It's tiring, but we manage to laugh and have fun, while learning from one another.

And so, life is finally settling down into a sort of routine. This past weekend was quiet, with no crazy adventures....Well, if you call fighting with a twin-tub washing machine in a small bathroom with a disobedient outlet pipe, and a couple of unwanted, dirty-water showers thrown in, adventure, then I guess adventure is what I had!