Living in a country ruled by a monarchy is quite an adjustment to living in the States. In the US it takes lots of time, numerous committees, and discussion to decide on big changes. This is different in Saudi. When a person in charge wants to change something, boom- it's done. Here's an example, during my first two years teaching here we had two different instances when a holiday was declared the morning of for various reasons (one was the return of the king to the country).
Right before I left to go home for Olivia's birth, a major change was declared in the kingdom. The weekend here has always been on Thursday and Friday, as of next weekend, it will shift to Friday and Saturday. This will allow businesses to have more overlap days with the West and should be very beneficial. It took me at least six months to get used to the weekend being on Thursday and Friday, so I know it's going to take a while for me to adjust it once again. Haha! Only in the Kingdom!
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