Like any other morning, I opened my eyes to the hiss sound coming from my computer waking up from hibernation on the alarm I set, as I wasn’t really awake I couldn’t notice what was different about this morning, the room was somehow dimmer, a strange smell was coming in from my wide opened big windows, the computer started playing a familiar tune, “November Rain” it was, then I realized what was happening, for the first time in 9 month it was a cloudy morning, and the smell of rain was coming from the tiny garden in front of my villa after being watered by the gardeners in the compound, and the fact that it was the 15th of November made all this a magical coincidence.
I decided that I must have a cup of coffee before leaving to work, and as I didn’t have any water left I went down to the supermarket to bring some, and there was a lady by the pool sunbathing topless, on a cloudy morning!! (as if its something you see every day in Saudi Arabia), anyway I drank my coffee and head to work, and for the first time with my car’s windows opened and no air conditioning, playing “November Rain” on the 20Km road o the office, arrived there and directly found a very nice piece of parking, went up to the office and started my day with a big smile on my face.