I’m Back – Hello Jesse, Al Khobar, and PMU

I made it back in one piece :D and not too jet lagged as I tend to sleep fairly well on the plane which is lucky considering it was a 14.5 hour flight from Melbourne to Doha airport.

The first thing I did after take off as one does was go through the movie guide and thought bewdy, several good movies that I haven’t managed to see yet like the Princess & the Frog and other such wonderful viewing…….yipee! I managed to hold off and wait until the meal was served and then gleefully tried to put my headphones into the socket...

No luck, so I called the cabin staff member and she said oh so casually "sorry ma’am it is broken" :( so imagine my dismay – a full plane with only 1 other seat available next to a small boy, so I thought no thanks. I was pretty angry as Qatar airlines advertise themselves as worlds 5 star airline and the stupid stinkin’ headset didn’t work on a 14.5 hour flight.
I was pretty agitated but I then gave myself a good talking to and thought - well I got away with over 10kg of excess luggage for absolutely nothing which would have cost an absurdly huge amount usually so managed to calm myself down and the up side of this was I probably slept for at least 6-8 hour during the flight.

We arrived safely on schedule in Doha and I had the most wonderful espresso frappe in one of the cafe’s at the airport and then settled in for the 1.5 hour wait for the plane to take off to Saudi – this boarded a little late and was also full of Pakistanis and Indians all touching down in Saudi for work.

Then once the plane landed and we got to passport control I truly realised I was back in Saudi Arabia. There were 4 lines of at least 2 or 3 full planes that had landed to get through the passport gate…..grrrrrrr about 3/4 hour later the guard came and said anyone returning with iqama and paperwork go to another line, so the line I was in virtually disappeared and they all went to the new line – I had all the correct paper work and visa’s etc but no way was I goingto get to the back of another long line of about 40 when I was only about 15 from the front.

The upshot was 1.5 hour later I finally got through to collect my luggage and out to find the husband waiting very patiently for me. (I had called to let him know about the hold up).The trouble was he was waiting for his “blonde” wife and a brunette turned up :D so it took him a minute or two to recognise me.

As I was standing in line I was thinking maybe turning my hair darker wasn’t that wise a move as the photos in my passport and Saudi residence permit (iqama) were all taken when I was blonde and maybe I would have trouble getting back through. But there were no probs so the short moment of panic was for nothing :D

I was pleased to arrive back, and imagine my surprise that Jesse had organised for the crappy lounge suite we had that had sunken down and was very crooked to sit on, to be taken away and replaced with a fully sprung one in a bright royal blue with big gold flowers. It is really nice to sit on and looks a lot nicer with the furniture we have than the old one :D …… well done Jesse :D

I miss our little Hannah and really look forward to seeing all the new pics that get posted via facebook every few days – she has grown so much in the few short weeks since she was born and is looking more beautiful every day :D – Notice the bootees :P – her Nanna knitted them for her :D

How cute is that ?

3 Generations :D

Uncle Pete and Aunty Kelly (practicing)

I am waiting for a snap of the proud Daddy and I will post that when it makes it way to fb :D

I Am feeling a bit tired as it got late quite suddenly and I will write another story soon about now I ended up writing this one overseas in Bahrain :D