Hello :)

Ahhh, 2 months of work and getting settled in. Took me a while to get broadband, nothing is easy in this place. It's still not fully sorted, for that matter. Sky has charged me for services I have not received, and although I have complained, I have heard nothing back.

You need a credit check for everything! You can't even subscribe to magazines without a credit check. It's absolutely ridiculous. But there you go, pros and cons with every place :)

Tomorrow is Christmas Eve, and I'm not celebrating on my own. It's as unchristmasy here as you can get it, mild weather with green lawns, no christmas decorations as they are all in Dubai, and just me. But then I go to Dubai on Christmas day, and I fly business with Emirates!! How much better can it get?? I'm so looking forward to it.

To top it off, I get an hours massage at Dragonfly from S for Christmas. It just the best present! On the 27th the boys come out and we're going to go camping in Oman, north of the UAE. Lots of adventures.

It's the ten-year-olds birthday just before New Year, so we'll be celebrating. Not sure what we're going to do, but we'll figure something out. It's my birthday not long after, so we'll be celebrating that one too. For that matter, I'm going to Norway to celebrate my actual birthday with mom. A couple of friends, my Irish friend and her husband are coming, and we're going to have christmas dinner. Fish for my Irish friend as she's piscarian (eats fish but not meat).

Lots happening, but I'll get better at writing here. And posting photos. Just have to remember to take pictures. Not something I'm good at..