How can it possibly be May already? Almost every day I think I really should log in to our blog and put something up, but well, you know how often I succeed at that! We have had a lot going on in the last few months. I went back to Australia to empty out our house to rent it out. Then when I came home to Dubai we had offered to dogsit for friends who were going back to USA for three weeks.
So I was home for two nights before we were off again to someone elses house. We stayed in Al Raha gardens on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi. The dogs were fabulous, and it was nice to spend time with them. I miss having a dog badly. And it was nice to be able to help Jane and Bill as in the past several people have helped us by caring for our high maintenance dogs so we could go overseas. The bad news was that Jane isn't coming back. Their job has finished here and they are moving back to USA. This is always the hard part of being an expat, that friends move on to new adventures but there are always new people arriving too. Jane was one of the first people I met here, and she was reassuring to me. She is insulin dependent diabetic and I remember thinking ok if she can manage with insulin I will be ok too. Her and another friend Michelle who is also leaving have both been very kind to me and have helped me settle in to life here.
My lovely and funny friend Gemma left for USA while I was home in Australia too. Each time someone leaves life here just changes a little bit but the world is a much smaller place these days and we are able to keep in contact easily. But Gemma and Jane, I miss you both.
