I have been reading various Middle East blogs this morning. Am I ready to go back yet? No, not even close. I do miss my friends, and I miss the friends who have had to move away, but I really really miss green and trees when I am out in the sand of my 'home' of five years now.
I also don't miss difficult mindless stuff, like the following.....
There is a circuit breaker in the breaker box that needs to be replaced. The husband is an engineer and told the landlord to have it replaced. The landlord sends a gardener to fix things. The gardener wants access to our pump room. Whah? Hunh? The irrigation system and pump are outside and the problem is the circuit breaker. CALL AN ELECTRICIAN! Wasting time, wasting money and just plain mindlessness.
In the home country, I could go to a proper hardware store, buy the part and replace it. Easy. Or I can make one phone call and have a competent electrician do it with in a few hours.
In the meantime, my garden in the desert is dying because the irrigation pump that is outside can not run.
Time to head outside and sit amongst the trees.
Peace.
I also don't miss difficult mindless stuff, like the following.....
There is a circuit breaker in the breaker box that needs to be replaced. The husband is an engineer and told the landlord to have it replaced. The landlord sends a gardener to fix things. The gardener wants access to our pump room. Whah? Hunh? The irrigation system and pump are outside and the problem is the circuit breaker. CALL AN ELECTRICIAN! Wasting time, wasting money and just plain mindlessness.
In the home country, I could go to a proper hardware store, buy the part and replace it. Easy. Or I can make one phone call and have a competent electrician do it with in a few hours.
In the meantime, my garden in the desert is dying because the irrigation pump that is outside can not run.
Time to head outside and sit amongst the trees.
Peace.
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