So I've been driving around Bahrain the past couple of days... by myself... alone... just me! And I can go anywhere I want! It is so different here compared to Saudi.
We moved into our house a couple days ago, and Jeff has been working both days. He is carpooling with Eduardo, who got a place in Bahrain a couple weeks before us. Therefore, the rental car is all mine. For nine weeks now, I've been a captive of the Saudi hotel room, or at the mercy of the hotel shuttle, with its pre-determined schedule and stops (no exceptions). Or, I've had to wait for Jeff and ask him to drive me places. Uh-uh. That's not a way to live.
How nice it is to go where I want, when I want! Jeff especially is happy since I can run errands while he is out. I know he absolutely hated having to take care of the administrative stuff for our household-- in Saudi, I wasn't allowed to do anything. Over here, I can open a bank account and sign us up for internet service, and run around looking for deals on the TV that he wants... all the things he would be forced to do himself if we lived in Saudi.
Ahhh, I think I just figured out why the King of the 15-minute-commute-or-I'm-not-taking-the-job was willing to move to Bahrain.
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