On a more positive note....

A did really well at tennis today. It was great to see but he got tired in the end and lost focus. I took some video of him, his coach said he would upload it online and if I see it I will link to it.

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Maid update

Today hasnt been a good day, that´s for sure but I have to grateful to the person I dont even know who spent 40 minutes on the phone with me and M today trying to solve this problem. So it turns out that M wants to talk to the agency cause she wants a new employer even though she said we are kind to her and that her workload is not too heavy but for the reason that our cooking makes her vomit! :O I dont know what to say about this as

A. She lives in our house as an employee and we can and may cook whatever food we want, she just has to adjust. I never heard about a maid complain about cooking smell but employers complaining about the smell from the maids cooking
B. The food we cooked yesterday was pasta and some fried meat and veg and for dinner we had pizza and leftovers heated in the microwave

I mean, hello? What does she mean? The lady that helped us over the phone said she told M to grow up and realize that she is in a workplace now and that she needs to take care of her self. That she should be happy she is with a family that respects her and that she is not meant to be eating our food either. She will be getting money to buy her own food so she can cook whatever she wants. Even though she came with us to the supermarket yesterday and asked her many times if she only wanted to buy pasta and tomato sauce she wanted other things so today I dropped her off at Spinneys hope she did buy a few things. I´ve been feeling bad about this all day but in the afternoon I decided to let it go, this is not my problem! The agency that got her here give a 3 month guarantee so they will deal with her. If they want to give in to her demands for a new employer she can go, she is not irreplaceable but I think the agency will set her straight on this and say that her demands are crazy. Until then she can hide in her room if she wants to, its better than seeing her grumpy and suffering face. Im not even sure I´d want her to stay even if that is what she decides to do after having talked to the agency but she has been good at cleaning and she makes the beds hotel style, I have no idea how she can stretch everything so well :) I will just have to wait and see what the agency tells us, until then I dont have the energy to care...


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I just got...

...unexpected praise! A person that follows the blog said, and I quote "ever thought of taking up writting - luv the blog think it is great" and "its like reality tv in writing, read it regularly - sort of bridget jones type diary but on family life". It was lovely to hear and sort of made my evening. I see the blog as a place to vent and clear my head from time to time and its nice to hear that someone likes it. You know who you are, thank you!


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She´s here...

Its been a busy last two days...Wed evening we picked up M, our maid. They were very delayed, both with the flight and in the traffic on the road from Dubai to Sharjah. She only had a small bag with stuff so we took her shopping for some clothes yesterday but she only picked a skirt and a cardigan so I guess she thinks she has enough as it is. The language is a problem though, she understands a bit but speaks virtually none but she has shown us that she has stomach problems. Regardless she still worked hard yesterday, cleared up, did dishes and always wanted something else to do although we had told her to take it relaxed and slowly get used to our routines. Today she came up to me saying she wants to call the agency but today is Friday and therefore its closed and I dont manage to understand what she wants to talk to the agency about. Asked her if she wants to go home, "no", does she want to see a doctor? "no". Now I have basically forced her into her room with water and crackers to rest. I dont see a doctor for stomach problems, those things there are no cures or meds for, you just have to wait it out. I was thinking that maybe she is homesick and wants to go home but doesnt dare telling ME that. But on the other hand, if she wanted to go home she wouldnt have been up early this morning to start cleaning? It seems she wants to keep us happy? Regardless, this is just what I needed with R leaving this morning for two whole days :S I havent given up hope though as I got in touch with a woman on a forum for expats that speaks both english and amharic that will help us clear out any misunderstandings but she seems to be asleep still so we have to wait a bit longer to find out exactly what´s going on.


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The maid

Seems all updates are just short ones for now but its better than nothing I guess. Yesterday they called from the agency to tell us that our maid will be arriving with the flight at 1 pm so after 5 we can come for her. Exciting and a bit scary too. R was supposed to come back from a flight at 3 pm but they needed his flight for training so they  put him on standby instead.  Unfortunately this means that if he gets called we cant go for her, or I have to take the kids and go myself so we have to wait and see. With our luck I guess we wont be picking her up...

 

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On our way to nursery

A has been picked up by our friends and soon its time for me and J to head to nursery. This is what it looked like yesterday...






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Welcome home Pajero!

After 2½ hrs at the car dealer we finally got our car. Welcome home Pajero!




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Ignored...

Im wondering why we are totally ignored today. Apart from the bank I was supposed to get the flight details of the maid today but as much as the bank account echos with emptiness so does my inbox

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Going nuts!

I swear Im going insane....we have been promised the money for the bankloan for a week now and still no money in the account so we cant go for our car. Every day the call from the cardealer wanting us to collect the car and we would love to do just that but regrdless how many calls R makes to his bank contact nothing happens. There is always some excuse or another. Today he was promised that all was settled and that he would have the money within an hour. This was 2 hours ago and R has even called again to be promised the money in 10-15 minutes but guess what? 30 minutes passed since then and still no money! I feel so dissapointed and frustrated and at the same time annoyed with R cause I feel he is not putting his foot down with the bank. We wont be getting the car today but if only we get the money today so he can make the transfer we would be able to go pick it up tomorrow morning before R has to go to work but right now I think that would be hoping too much :(


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Pool and Christmas fair

R worked last night, he was supposed to come home after we woke up but at 5.30 am I woke up with the sound of the main door opening followed by tip toeing around the house. Pretty shook up I snuck out of bed to see what was going on only to find R haningin his uniform in the wardrobe. They had some techincal fault ont he plane and the quickest solution was to send the passengers with the next flight while changing it into a bigger aircraft so he got to go home and sleep. Perfect for us that wanted to spend time with him today. Spent the morning by the pool, A practiced swimming and diving into the pool and J dared to jump from the edge without anyone holding her. Time passed very quickly and befor we knew it it was time to go home for lunch. After lunch we went to the Swedish Church for Christmas fair where the kids got to meet Santa, make some Christmas decorations and play on a climbing frame, everything a great success. The kids are now sleeping since an hour ago while R and I are relxing on the sofa, R thinking that he will stay awake to watch some serie A football that starts 20.45 european time, i.e 23.45 our time.  No idea how he plans to manage that!


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Tennis!

This year we had decided that it was time for a to try some sports and when I had asked him WHAT he wanted to do he said fotball and tennis. R found two ad´s for tennis lessons in our area and one of them had set up a group of beginners 5 year olds starting this week so yesterday A had his first tennis lesson. The coach was great, he managed to make A comfortable and forced him out of his shell. The group was supposed to be of four children but it was only A and a girl so they really got lots of attention and help. A got sweaty in the sun but happily concluded that he likes tennis!



































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Pics 2!



At Mall of the Emirates



J near Burj Khalifa



Waiting for dolphin show






















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Pics!

Transfered some pictures from the camera last night so enjoy!



Heading out for R´s birthdaydinner



A near Burj Khalifa



Sweethearts on the sofa



J waiting for the class teddybear, Bertie Bear´s birthday party outside A´s classroom



Bertie Bears birthday party, arabic corner



J reading the Gruffalo






Birthday partyfood



Class picnic at Creek Park






At Sharjah Desert Park



They never get bored of feeding animals







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Look who´s swimming!

Today we went to DESS for an "open swimming lesson". They basically invited the parents to come and see how they teach the kids to swim. They were split in 3 groups, I cant believe that some kids knew how to swim properly and were practising all four kinds of swimming styles! A was in the bottom group, not very surprising, he has been so afraid of water but he did so well. We were really impressed and his teacher actually told him that he might be ready to move one step up. He was so proud himself too and has asked us over and over again today how good he was at the swimming <3


And guess what? I have some pictures to share :)
















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Cr@p

R called his bank contact yesterday to check that everything was ok with the bankloan and guess what? When R signed the paperwork he was told the money would be in his account by sunday or monday and now apparently it wont be until tuesday evening! Gaaahhh, we were hoping to get the car today when R is off. This is the norm for Dubai but I still had to vent a bit, I want the car NOW!

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Come on....

When am I going to get well? One week later my throat is still sore and im still coughing too. Hoping some rest today will do the trick when kids have got school and R is working. Then he is off for 3 days but we will be busy preparing the maid´s room, collect a parcel from post office and arrange the last few things so we can get our car!


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The maid

I find myself thinking a lot about our future maid and how life will be when she is here, its both exciting but also a bit scary to have someone staying with us to clean our home and at the same time I think about her and how she might be terrified.....Im assuming she has been informed that she has been "picked" by a family and that she will soon be travelling but she doesnt know anything about us. The local families seem not to be treating their maids very well and Im sure she would have heard about the bad examples. I really hope it will work out and that we will all be happy with the arrangement!


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40th Anniversary

UAE will be celebrating their 40th Anniversary of the union this year and today J´s nursery had a party to celebrate this. It was a nice gathering with typical food, face paitning, flag painting, henna tattooes and camelride. Of course we had to get there in a rush as we first had been to the Emirates Clinic for my first liver function tests here and it took longer than expected so no camera and therefore no photos :(

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Dubai mall

Yesterday afternoon we went to Dubai mall, the kids got to play a bit in the play area and after a stop at Virgin store we had dinner at Outback steakhouse. We realised we found the perfect spot for watching the fountain so now we know where to bring future guests :) Food was good, view perfect and we got 15% discount on the bill thanks to one of the pilots cards we have. What else could one want?


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Wow!

R had his route check i.e the check to release him for line flying with normal captains and not training captains anymore on monday and tuesday. A two day flight, what kind of luck is that? Still, he did well and he got another 5 for a grade! Well done!!! Now final release check on sunday and then he can fly like any other emirates pilot. Great job.
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