Creeping boredom

Life is slow at present. Hence how I find myself blogging in the middle of the working day.

The credit crunch has hit Dubai, contrary to what the local media would have you believe. As a real estate lawyer in Dubai, what little work I have at present (none today) now involves pulling deals apart rather than putting them together. Many of the outlandish projects that had been launched or announced a few months back have been quietly shelved/scrapped. Don't be fooled by Piers Morgan's recent ITV show, which in my view was more a reflection (in its optimism) of how Dubai was 3 or so years ago.

Problem for me is - I'm trapped at present. We have a house which has sunk in value despite not yet having finished being built (now delayed until September) which we would be foolish to sell. We have extortionate rent to pay on our current property. And now is arguably not the time to be looking for work elsewhere, despite a growing concern that the lack of work in our office cannot sustain the number of lawyers currently sitting around twiddling thumbs / blogging forever. What to do...

However, on a happier note (if that is the right word) we had 17 marauding 3 and 4 year olds rampaging through our house last Friday for Jack's 4th birthday party. A 3 hour party that took a further 3 hours to clean up from. Fortunately, the weather being as reliable as it is, we could throw them out in the garden for most of the afternoon. I hope Jack enjoyed it - the photos would seems to suggest he did.

Will try to be happier in my next post.