Friday 19th April.
It appears that I am off to South Sudan ! Although I have not yet received the official confirmation, I have been informally assured that the job is mine, and my reference requests were received yesterday, so all appears good - or completely terrifying depending on your point of view. I'm going with terrifying.
So the great sell-off begins....I have been consoling myself on my state of torpor up until now, with the thought that until I actually knew if I had the job, there was no point actually DOING anything, so have been gazing at the mounds of stuff I have accumulated over the years, without actually doing anything with it. Now I have to decide what to take (tricky with a baggage allowance of about 30kg), what to sell, and what to store.
What I HAVE managed to do, is sort out my lovely dog and my cat. The cat is going to live out his retirement with a vet, so that worked out well, and a nice retired lady with lots of doggie experience is going to look after my Alf. With everything that I'm leaving behind, making the decision to rehome him is the one that wakes me up at night, and has me intermittently weeping every time I think about it. He is a happy , sane little dog though, and I know he'll be absolutely fine, it's whether I ever forgive myself that worries me...
Am getting regular updates from the deputy head of clinic (who I know from Brighton, and was on the DTN course with me), and he appears to love it there, so onwards and upwards.
At least when I get there I'll have something interesting to post!
It appears that I am off to South Sudan ! Although I have not yet received the official confirmation, I have been informally assured that the job is mine, and my reference requests were received yesterday, so all appears good - or completely terrifying depending on your point of view. I'm going with terrifying.
So the great sell-off begins....I have been consoling myself on my state of torpor up until now, with the thought that until I actually knew if I had the job, there was no point actually DOING anything, so have been gazing at the mounds of stuff I have accumulated over the years, without actually doing anything with it. Now I have to decide what to take (tricky with a baggage allowance of about 30kg), what to sell, and what to store.
What I HAVE managed to do, is sort out my lovely dog and my cat. The cat is going to live out his retirement with a vet, so that worked out well, and a nice retired lady with lots of doggie experience is going to look after my Alf. With everything that I'm leaving behind, making the decision to rehome him is the one that wakes me up at night, and has me intermittently weeping every time I think about it. He is a happy , sane little dog though, and I know he'll be absolutely fine, it's whether I ever forgive myself that worries me...
Am getting regular updates from the deputy head of clinic (who I know from Brighton, and was on the DTN course with me), and he appears to love it there, so onwards and upwards.
At least when I get there I'll have something interesting to post!
Hello Ali. Have you got the official confirmation yet? Are you coming?
ReplyDeleteI am ! Official letter and contract received a few days ago - am just negotiating start dates - looks to be end of June/beginning of July. Eek !!
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