Jan 1, 2011. De Kelders, South Africa.
Departing for Ras Tanura, KSA, on Tuesday. Starting the 18 month countdown to "leaving Mother Aramco forever." My purpose in starting a blog is to chronicle our last months at Aramco and put all my random thoughts down so when Alzheimers sets in, I'll have something to remember. I want to state my views, have fun, and be disciplined about writing daily.
The first time we "retired," we started planning 5 years ahead. The time flew by and before you could say "last paycheck," we left Saudi Arabia to start a new life. Two or three new lives later, we're getting ready to go again. Won't be so hard this time. Made some good friends in RT, whom we'll miss, but for the most part, we have not jumped into the social scene there like we did in Dhahran. Maybe because we're the Old Farts now?
Goals for 2011:
- ride my bike a lot so my butt won't hurt when I do the Cape Argus in March
- have a disciplined workout program to stay fit and lose this excess poundage gained since moving to Ras Tanura in Nov 08
- be nicer to Bo
- communicate with my children more often
(more to come later...)
That's a good enough start for now!
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