Well, a month ago we were happy to advise that our tardy blogging was only a summer aberration and we would be back on a more regular basis. Ha! It seems your resident blogger was promising more than he could deliver. However, he has fought through the bloggers-block and let's now read what has been happening.
Sarah and Alexander started at their new school campus (Jumeirah Baccalaureate School - link) and about half of the students had relocated from their previous campuses and so it was a mix of old and new. They are now on the same campus together as Alexander has now started High School. Their 'bus' driver of the past two years (Melissa) was sorry to give up her duties (NOT!) but since the new campus is much closer the kids can now catch the school bus (or can they?).
Bus-capades followed as each day the new bus contractor variously arrived late, really late, really early, or not at all. It was so bad it became amusing for a week or so but has now settled into a workable schedule. The campus had also been renovated and painted in the new school colors (white and green). Unfortunately when they painted the lockers they removed all the combination locks but didn't kep track of which went where and, well, it took quite some weeks for everyone to get their locker.
As the school routine settled Melissa took a few days in Perth to attend family celebrations for her mother Margaret's 70th Birthday. Margaret and her companion Pete drove across from Melbourne and completed the Nullarbor Links (the world's longest golf course - link), spanning 1365 kilometers with one hole in each participating town or roadhouse. The family then came together at Stuart and Jenni's followed by a reunion of friends from the old days in Perth. Unfortunately no audio with the picture here of the speech.
Despite serious concerns on their behalf, both Sarah and Alexander survived with Dad supervising (or was it they other way around?).
As we moved through September and October, Tony's work project was evolving into the Sadara Chemical Company (link, link), which inevitably kept him busy with travel. At the same time, it was the business end of the season for the various sporting codes that he follows. After his two teams (Collingwood - Aussie Rules; Yankees - Baseball) won it all in 2010, it was too much to expect a repeat in 2011 and both fell short after having impressive seasons. Nevertheless he felt compelled to try to participate which saw him watching games at very odd hours from various parts of the planet - alas his support was to no avail. No comment on the Rugby World Cup (four years will pass quickly -- we can only hope!).
We finish with October in Dubai. The temperatures have been dropping and the outdoor furniture is back and dusted off. The Al Shamal breezes have returned and it is BBQ season and outdoor dining for the next seven months or so -- woo-hoo!
In the end we were busy enough, what with the starting school and a company, celebrating an anniversary, finishing sporting seasons, and welcoming the temperate weather. Stay tuned for holiday snaps in the next blog. Cheers!
Bus-capades followed as each day the new bus contractor variously arrived late, really late, really early, or not at all. It was so bad it became amusing for a week or so but has now settled into a workable schedule. The campus had also been renovated and painted in the new school colors (white and green). Unfortunately when they painted the lockers they removed all the combination locks but didn't kep track of which went where and, well, it took quite some weeks for everyone to get their locker.
Despite serious concerns on their behalf, both Sarah and Alexander survived with Dad supervising (or was it they other way around?).
As we moved through September and October, Tony's work project was evolving into the Sadara Chemical Company (link, link), which inevitably kept him busy with travel. At the same time, it was the business end of the season for the various sporting codes that he follows. After his two teams (Collingwood - Aussie Rules; Yankees - Baseball) won it all in 2010, it was too much to expect a repeat in 2011 and both fell short after having impressive seasons. Nevertheless he felt compelled to try to participate which saw him watching games at very odd hours from various parts of the planet - alas his support was to no avail. No comment on the Rugby World Cup (four years will pass quickly -- we can only hope!).
We finish with October in Dubai. The temperatures have been dropping and the outdoor furniture is back and dusted off. The Al Shamal breezes have returned and it is BBQ season and outdoor dining for the next seven months or so -- woo-hoo!
In the end we were busy enough, what with the starting school and a company, celebrating an anniversary, finishing sporting seasons, and welcoming the temperate weather. Stay tuned for holiday snaps in the next blog. Cheers!
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