The lesson that I learn time and time again is, "I know nothing." I thought we were going to stay in London for a few good years, I would become a citizen, and we would buy a place in the UK. Nope. At least, not now. London is funny- in order to live in London, you need to leave. London is so expensive and it was going to take a long time for us to get to where we would like to be. So, we decided to move to Dubai. Alastair worked on a project with the Dubai office and really enjoyed it. He decided to request a transfer and it was approved. Everything was so uncertain and frustrating and scary. So many unknowns. It seemed that every single day, there was a new plan or new idea. The thing is, we love London. It's one of my favorite places. But the pandemic really robbed us of our time. I don't regret moving and I don't regret the decisions we've made to live in London either. There's no bitterness. Leaving is just something we had to do. When we were in the