First 3 months done and dusted

My third month in Saudi started off in a very embarrassing way when I fell for what is apparently a very widely know about telephone scam. I received a call allegedly from the Ministry of the Interior telling me I had to reverify all my data in relation to my residence permit. Now I have done more IT and Technology training programmes than I care to remember over the past coupe of years but I still managed to get suckered in and they ended up stealing my mobile number, which controls access to all your important information here and they tried to access my bank account but thankfully the awesome Government Relations team at work managed to get me protected before they drained my bank account - lesson learned ... trust no one.

The weather here has definitely started to change and on my way to the gym early morning a few weeks back now we actually had some fog and I thought we might get some rain. No such luck yet though but apparently its coming and we will get a couple of days of torrential rain when the weather breaks and it starts getting cooler .

We've had a magnificent run of sporting results in the past month though with the All Blacks winning a great contest at Twickenham and an absolutely unbelievable 3-0 test series whitewash to go along with the America's Cup with and the ladies winning the T20 world cup - great time to be a kiwi sports fan

But the best thing about my first three months coming to and end is that I'm heading home for a week to see the girls and Joan and I couldn't be happier about that. Its been an incredibly challenging first 3 months away for a number of reasons but the thought of going home and being able to give Scarlett, Frankie and especially Joan a massive hug is incredible.

Oh and I've also just run out of Vegemite so the timing couldn't be better - ha ha

And I almost forgot to mention I'm going to see Pearl Jam the night I get home, so lots to love about the next week or so

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