Reality Sets In!

The packers came in this morning with their packing material…too many boxes, bubble wrap, paper, cartons, tape, utility knives and a “I-am-so-happy-off-to-work-I-go” attitude! (It’s a good thing to have a positive attitude in such a physical job).

I am still jet lagged and tired from my arrival two nights ago. I have not had a good night sleep since I came back but it is still too early too to get used to the time difference…I know I should be over it soon!

The house looks so different now…gives me sad feelings…I guess reality is setting in and it is true, no escaping reality…YES! I am moving!!

By the end of the day, most of the living room and dinning room furniture was packed and put aside to be picked up in few days to ship to Bahrain.

Tomorrow will be the kitchen stuff and appliances turn to get packed. Next the bedrooms and personal stuff…it is so overwhelming but those guys, all seven of them, are professional and fast at work. I just hope the stuff gets to the new home all in one piece with no problem.

It will be few months until we get the shipment and settle in our new home in Manama…in the meantime, we will be staying at a furnished place, not so bad and has good amenities. Simple things that make life comfortable….the most important thing to me is to have wireless internet connection and a nice gym, if they have those, it means that the rest of the stuff is just as comfortable and fine. The place even has a nice kitchen that I can cook in!! What a relief!

I can’t believe this will be my last two weeks or less living in Beirut!!! I will miss it but I am happy to leave. No more check points, no more camouflaged army personnel around, no more tanks, no more sudden closing of roads, and no more anticipation of bombings or such terrible stuff to deal with.

I still wish and hope for Lebanon to be just as normal as any other place around the world for people to enjoy life as they deserve it…If they ever agree on a president...but this needs another post!!!