We are all in this together

Sometimes I genuinely like it here---even love it. (I will blog about that another time but for now, my uggghhhh post. Sorry in advance.)
But other times, I look outside at the bleak, dry, dusty, rocky environment & realize just how far away from home & family I really am & I get sad. 



I think after spending 3 months in the USA with a very active schedule to coming back here with not much to do, I am suffering from major holiday let down.
It was literally go-go-go in the states and the conveniences there are amazing.  Here, every day is much like the last and the next & I have slowed down to a crawl.

We cannot just run out & grab a jug of milk when we need one here.  Hours of stores are all different due to Ramadan and nothing is open later than 11pm. ever.

There is Muscat.  And it is only just over 1 hour away from here. 
We go there often & always look forward to eating at a familiar establishment, hanging out at Border's bookstore, going to the beach, taking in a movie, or doing a bit of shopping.

I hope that family will visit us here but I am realistic to know that Oman does not sound as appealing as New Zealand did. Oh well.
In the meantime, we will make the best of it.

We look forward to some of the other teachers to return from holiday.  It will be so good to have our ex-pat neighbours back.  We are all in this together and need to rely on each other for support when the surroundings have gotten us gloomy.