Flip through the latest issue of Gulf Weekly.
That’s it folks, the end of the expat year is upon us as long, lazy summer days stretch out ahead for the next couple of months.
They’ll be care-free days to enjoy languishing on a tropical beach, siestas aplenty and ‘sundowners’ inevitably become a pre-requisite to dinner throughout July and August! Bliss.
But hey, hang on wait a minute, rewind and come back to reality. The expat summer as we know, is seldom idyllic and to be brutally honest, it can be down right awful.
To quote a fellow expat friend: ‘It’s a hard slog and the return to Bahrain, can’t come quick enough!’
Where do I start, oh yes, here we go … Overnight, after a delightful flight with the sprogs, little sleep and a tad of envy towards the husband being tucked up in bed back in Bahrain, summer starts to kick in.
Thrown in to a whirlwind tour of your hometown, ticking off the family and friends on your never ending ‘must see’ list that all want a piece of you and your children for the summer.
Low betides you if you inadvertently miss anyone off of ‘your’ summer ‘must see’ list!
After all, living out of a suitcase for a couple months, single-parenting, squeezing into spare beds like sardines and managing without your maid … why would we not be dreaming of those long, lazy summer days?
Bon Voyage!
