Mac Moments

Wow, another year behind us! Is it just me or do the years go by in a flash now.  2014 ended very quietly for us as we settled into apartment living for three months before our villa became available, moving in at the beginning of March while they were still painting and fixing it. A rather frustrating first couple of months, trying to get through the bureaucracy of the schooling system here.  We at last managed to get Sean back into Doha College and Jess into Compass International School, but a year below where they were, as the SA system for maths, science and English are a year behind. Sean would have had to write exams to get into IGCSE's two months after starting school here and he just would not have caught up in time.  They have both settled in nicely now and are doing well overall. Next year will see Sean having to decide on which subjects to take for GCSE's and ultimately A levels, gulp!  Our doggies joined us in March in the villa and after an extende...

I have been apprehensive about writing my annual Christmas letter for weeks, so much so that I have not been able to write anything for a while. My resistance comes from the knowledge that Mom will not be reading this, as she has for the last 21 years when I first started writing about our yearly adventures. It still breaks my heart whenever I just want to tell her something important that has just happened and I can’t.  Mom, I hope you are looking down at us all and smiling, knowing every move we make and laughing or crying along with our shenanigans. You are missed every day. Probably our biggest news for those of you NOT in the KNOW, is that we are moving back to SA. YES US! So the last two months have been spent sorting out our lives in preparation for a 3 January return. As for each of us, well here is the roundup…… SEAN……. Completed his time at DESS in Year 6 in June, they had loads of fun from the campout in the UAE at Fajera to a Sk...