It has been a rollercoaster the past couple of days with work and other things I have to take care of. I’m trying to finish up as much as my work this week because I’m traveling and I have a lot to do.
I have had guests from out of town so I had to juggle all the work as well as going to meetings with them and arranging all the visits for them. I have to say that it was interesting but work wasn’t getting any easier! I would sleep at 1:00am or 2:00am and get up at 6:00am everyday for the past three days to get in early enough to finish some work and then meet up with the people. Then I wouldn’t finish until late and I had some family events to go to and take care of! I know I’m pretty much at my end at this point but I’m looking to sleeping on the plane in two days.
I’m just happy that I’m managing to finish up the work and I’m going to try closing a tender early so that it won’t be too insane while I’m traveling.
Tonight is a nice family night, with my nephew running around and causing havoc which is entertaining and the whole family is around. And I really have to say that I really adore my niece, I know that children who are a month and a half old don’t see everything clearly or don’t see color but she is adorable and she does smile. I can’t help but want to carry her! I’m also afraid because she is so fragile and I don’t want to screw up! I’m really looking forward to seeing her personality because right now I find her adorable, and I love my nephew so I don’t even know how she is going to be but I can’t wait.
Work exhausts me but family revitalizes me and somehow I manage to sleep sometime in between.
I think I smell lasagna or I’m losing it!
This is the itenerary when going to Bahrain:
- Leave Kuwait at 10:00pm
- Reach Bahrain by 2:00pm
- Meeting at 8:00am
- Finishing by 2:30pm
- Leaving for Kuwait by 3:00pm
- Arriving in Kuwait by 7:00pm
People are telling me that it takes about three hours to get to Bahrain, but I’m factoring in a little lost time and what ever might happen, but I’m also assuming that I will be flying. I don’t think we have anytime what so ever to see Bahrain so this trip won’t count, and this is my first trip to Bahrain, some people like it and some don’t but I dont have enough time to even see it. Then came to Kuwait.
At work with a have central unit which works based on its mood and the maintenance guys for the A/C comes every once in a while, so the company installed single units in different rooms and in our office its me and coworker.
The one thing I do is take the controller for the A/C and do with it as I please! So what has been happening lately is our room is turning into a freezer and its hilarious people stop the moment they walk in, and my friend is complaining that he can’t feel his feet. When he comes back from the outside it feels nice for the first 10 mins but then he feels really cold, I don’t really feel that cold, I like it this way and I have the controller to the A/C unit! And when I leave for a meeting or something I hide the remote in his desk so he has no clue where it is!
This week has been a bit on the hectic side! I have been going from meeting to meeting all day tuesday and hopefully we get things moving along.
After the whole day I managed to go get my haircut and shave since it has been over 2 weeks since I had a chance to go, that was a slightly nice break but I was hurried since I got off work around 5:00pm and then I wanted to get a bite to eat inbetween which I managed to, but then I went for the haircut and I had a meeting at 8:00pm which I had to be there early.
Then I only got home at 11:00pm it was a hectic day.
Today will be an interesting day as well since I have to be at work early and then I have presentation at 9:00am in front of a bunch of people, I’m sure how many but I really feel exhausted today. I know I will be leaving early today if I don’t get tied up. I got this event that I want to go to that has nothing to do with work, hopefully that will be fun.
What a day, my body feels completely beaten and I need some rest!
- 8:00am – 6:30pm at work
- 7:00pm – 8:00pm at Milchah
- 8:20pm – 9:45pm at My Cousins Dewaneyah
- 10:15pm – I got home because of traffic it took some time and I’m dead tired!
Got a few things to read up on and maybe a business trip at the end of the weak. I got a whole lot on my schedule, but I know I’m forgetting something I should probably not some of these things down.
We started off a bit late as we were going to Saudi, our meeting had an open time so we were open to what time we were supposed to get there!
We got to the border in less then 40 minutes so we were making good time! To do that I took off the front plate and gunned it all the way to the border, just before the border I stopped and put the plate back on! As we were going through customs, the Kuwaiti customs really really didn’t feel like being there and they were a bit annoying. Suprisingly the Saudi border was nice and they were cordial, I was suprised by the difference. And the Kuwaiti vehicle registration guy jumbled the paperwork so that it said Ahmady instead of Hawally for my vehicle registration paper that they give you to give to the Saudi vehicle guy, but the Saudi officer let me pass and told me to tell him to do it right the next time!
As soon as we cross the border and I directed in the correct direction, I put my cruise control on 195 Km/h because the Landcruiser has a limiter, I couldn’t go faster, I would if I could!
It was a nice drive and we passed a lot of vehicles so I didn’t have any issues! It was a straight line to Damaam, and we made it in good time, but when we got there I jumbled up the directions a bit since I ended up at the airport instead of downton! I was expecting something like that happen!
We left around 6:00pm so the sun was almost gone but the sky seemed someone lit up! Then we stopped Khafji to get a bite to eat since we didn’t have a bite to eat since 10am that morning!
Then we got to the border and when I crossed back into the Kuwaiti border! We gunned it all the way back. I dropped off my boss and then headed to work for a bit! It was a good experience and a good meeting! Lots of traveling these past couple of days!
We got a few things on the list to complete and for that to be done we need to travel to two or three countries at this point. So we have a few things on the list at this point!
- Tuesday: Going to Saudi by car. Traveling for 3.5 to 4 hours to the location, then have our meeting, grab a bite to eat, then drive back.
- Wendesday: Go to Lebanon in the afternoon, brainstorm on Wednesday, meetings all Thursday, come back Friday morning.
There is still one or two trips which need to be planned. I dont think I will be enjoying this weekend what so ever since there is a lot of work and I ‘m hoping to get some riding on Friday since by that time I will be getting my bike back by then! All this travel and all I can think about is riding my bike! The weather will only be cool for a little while longer! And I don’t think this is proper visit to Lebanon since this is my first visit since 2001, I might need to come back again to see it properly, this time too much work! Saudi will be an interesting drive for sure!
I have officially been at work for the past 24 hours and on Friday night I was there until 12:00am and I have to say that I don’t feel tired, I just feel out of there.
I still have a lot of work I have to do and I dont want to leave any loose ends. So I will keep going at this until my brain literally stops functioning. Its a strange feeling seeing the sunrise while at work. I am noticing some people that are running out of energy and I can’t blame that, they really pushing through this. Its good working with good people.
Whenever I would feel tired I would just take a quick stroll outside and continue what I was doing after a 2 minute chill outside.
I think I want some starbucks, not coffee, something cold or maybe a bite to eat. I’m thinking about going home after finishing up all the paperwork and taking a shower and then coming back to work. Then passing out later in the day.
As I was working and I saw that it was 2:48am so I had to post since its that special time in the night. I took a tylenol extra to stop the headache, and I have already had one cold pizza which was pretty good. One piece cheese pizza from pizza express. All of us are operating on low energy, the funny part is that some people are bumping music from their PCs.
One guy is asleep next to his desk, I will be waking him in another hour. Another guy is really running out of battery. I think I’m slightly halucinating, but thats just funny. I’m typing out close to a 100 pages for big tender, and I have to say that it isn’t my best work, but we are all chugging along and working together. I have had about 4-5 glasses of water up to this point.
The night weather is beautiful, I just want to stand outside, but I think I am capable of driving since I would probably pass out. So I will just keep going until the morning crowd comes in, then I will go home shower and come back. Still got a few things to finish up.
This is going to be a very long night, I’m completely out of it.
Its 12:30am and I dont think I’m going home tonight. I told them I’m not going home. There is a team of us at work, and I’m really not coherent right now, but there is something we have to do. I tried talking to the managment for the team by they are adement about it, so I won’t leave the team and there is some work to do. I told the home that I will see them in morning.
I just asked for the house key, and that its it. I have a dishdasha ready, so I’m going home in the morning to shower and come back to work. I hope this whole thing comes to an end soon.
16 hours and this will all be done, I would probably crash after work on sunday.
I was a little dizzy in the afternoon, a headache around 7pm, 9pm I was getting a bit woozy or something, dont know how to describe, since I didn’t get much sleep the night before either its not a pretty site.
We ordered some pizza and ate a bit, its now 12:44am and it feels like the night is just about to start.
And all I wanted to do today was catch up on some sleep and watch some 24 then some anime, but I think thats going to have to wait while I catch up on some sleep.