Mac Moments

A bit late I know, and very few posts this year.  Better late than never though :) A belated Merry Christmas to all our Christian friends and we hope everyone has had a wonderful festive season and restful holiday. Creative Commons This year saw us landing back on the 4th of January to a very empty Johannesburg, where our wonderful friends Aline and Rohan graciously picked us up from the Airport with 6 suitcases, 4 hand luggage bags as well as our laptops and an enormous box to see us through the next couple of months until our container arrived from the Middle East. It was great to be home and to know that my friend was just down the road again!! We had to say goodbye to the many friends we had made in Doha, and it was more difficult than I imagined it would be. We have made so many friends from around the world and each farewell lunch, dinner or party we went to left us feeling that little more empty inside but with a reality that being an expat is a life changing expe...

6 Months down the line and I am slowly settling back into life in SA again. There certainly have been many ups and downs but overall, yes we are immensely happy to be back.  We do have our days though where we miss the ease of being an expat. There will be days where the light bulbs fuse or when a picture needs to be hung and I miss that easy call that can be made to get the job done. I miss the Fridays off because even though Sunday was a working day it still felt like a Sunday should and you slipped into Monday knowing that Thursday was just four days off. There are many moments like that, where I miss......expat life.   First Day of School A big adjustment for us is getting used to the crime again, I sometimes walk away from the car and the uneasy feeling of having locked the car or not pops into my mind, usually I have NOT locked. Then there are the stories that slowly filter through of people being held up at gun point in their homes, far clo...