A little more...

To answer a few more questions...

Will you be able to run?  Yes...lol.  I can run on outside on the compound when its cool enough (quite the opposite from here).   We will also take our treadmill and there is a gym in Abqaiq as well.  I plan on doing a lot of running. :) (That question obviously came from one of my running friends)

How will you get all of your stuff there?  We will take some luggage with us on the airplane.  We will also have one air shipment.  From what I understand it will be about a 3'x3' box.  It will arrive a few weeks after we do.  The rest of our things will go on a boat.  It will take 3-4 months for them to get to us.  This will be all of our beds and furniture.  Until our of our things are there we will use stuff that is owned by the company.  It was described to us as "1970's Holiday Inn furniture."  Can't say I am super excited about that but I think it will be part of the experience.

Is food available there?  From what I have read we will be able to get everything we need at the commissary in Abqaiq.  There is a mall in Khobar and I have heard that there are a lot of restaurants and different stores.  I know for sure that there is a Fudruckers, a Pottery Barn, and an IKEA.


That's all for now.  I am working on a timeline so you can see the steps we have taken during this process. Hopefully I can post that tomorrow.  We woke up this morning to an email from the principal. He gave us contact info for about 5 other new hires.  I am going to email the other wives tonight and try to get to know them.  We also got a call from our friends who are there now.  Its was fun to talk to them and she texted me some really fun pictures.  We are definitely in for a big change!