Good News!

I have received a job offer for, and accepted, a position as a Partnership Teacher in English in Madinat Zayed, UAE.

A few frequently asked questions...

1) What will you do?
I will be working with a team within an Emirati school, helping the teachers with their pedagogy and classroom management as a part of a PPP (Public Private Partnership).

2) What will Ty do?
Ty will accompany me (of course!) and he will initially be a house-husband, until he gets his residency - I have to get mine first, then he gets his - at which time he can study, or maybe get a job, or spend his time sky-diving and scuba-diving.

3) Will you get married?
Yes! We will be legally married in Korea before we go.

4) When does the job start?
They've given me a start date of "To be confirmed"/January. This all depends on my paperwork coming through... oh, and there *is* a ton of paperwork to do.
However, the company is great. They've given me tons of information and will be guiding us (and paying for the whole process) every step of the way.

5) How about the cats?
Jakob and Sonagi will accompany us to the UAE. They aren't allowed to live in the house provided by the company so, um, of course, they will live outside. *wink wink*

6) What about your stuff?
We're giving awat/selling anything that we can't take with us. If there's something of ours that you want, start asking for it...

7) Where is Madinat Zayed?
MZ is in the Western part of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi... think, um, middle of the desert. However, there are quite a few ex-pats there already, so it's not like we're going to be out there alone.

8) What about the planned South Africa trip?
That's going to have to happen another time.

Umm.... any other questions????