Guess who's back, back again?

Sorry but it's not the McDLT. I think my last post was in 2018 lol how have you all been? I'm amazed that I found some of the old-school Bloggers on other platforms like IG and TT. A few thought I had disappeared completely but I've just been busy with life as a single parent in Canada. When I was briefly going through my older posts, I couldn't help but feel a sense of awe, wonder, slight cringe at my complete lack of social awareness and naive outlook on life. Moreso on the last two descriptions. That final post was just before the world went into lockdowns and masking, and I started my new journey as a dual-resident between Canada and the Middle East more permanantly. While it's true that I have been going back and forth between North America and the Gulf since 2007, it never occured to me that with the shifting policies of obtaining Permanent Residency status in the Gulf without actually having to be married to a Gulf national or work for a company, that I could basically free-lance and come and go as I pleased. So as it is, my home is here in Ontario, Canada but I live in a city that means Abu Dhabi is less than 20 hours away by plane. After spending a few days getting over jet-lag in Al-Falah, I continue on towards the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by car. There's nothing like a desert road-trip with dunes and camels for the next 8 hours! Or, if I'm feeling extra then I'll fly to Bahrain and have lunch at The Avenues before making my way to the King Fahad Causeway and crossing the bridge-border. It just depends on the wind, I guess lol However, it is winter time here in Ontario and we have been receiving samples of Snow Days. Today we had flurries mixed with rain mixed with sunshine mixed with heavy winds; all that was missing were clouds with a chance of meatballs. I've been here for the summer and in this part of Ontario it is super humid, almost like Jubail City or Dubai. In fact I think we're gonna dip back there next summer because unlike HERE, everywhere over THERE has air-conditioning and unlimited access to iced water bottles. There's a fridge at my Saudi place that is specifically stocked for me whenever I'm in town; Barbicans, juice-boxes for the children and the new Saudi version of Coca-Cola called "MILAF" (I imagine the A didn't exist so I could have a little laugh) which is made from -- wait for it -- date syrup. Yup, DATE SYRUP. How awesome is that?? Now I don't feel guilty drinking spoonfuls of sugar, huzzah! Welp I wish I could chat more but it's Monday tomorrow and we are 4 weeks away from the Christmas holidays. Don't forget to check out my Tiktok link for more visual pieces of my unconventional life ------->