To infinity and bey... well, just Oz.

18 April 2011

“I have considered your offer of assignment as described in the 18 Feb 2011 memo; I have discussed it with my supervisors here in the program office, and discussed with my supervisor at the home office.  I willingly and gladly accept the terms and implications of my pending assignment to the Australian MoD.”

Just over one month ago, I sent that statement.  Just over two months ago I received a memo with my name [albeit misspelled] next to a country.  I had been selected.

The way I presented the news to my mom:

“Well I finally heard back about the assignment: I’m not going to Japan.”

“Oh.  Are you disappointed?”

“Kinda, but not really, since I’m going to Australia.”

In October 2010, I applied for an exchange program through work, requesting to be sent to any one of a small handful of countries for a year.  After working with some of the people involved in the decision making process, I spent the months of December and January thinking I waiting to be told if I was going to go to Japan or not.  And then, out of the blue, I get the memo stating I have been selected to go work with Australia.

So, sometime in July, Ruthie and I will be zipping up our luggage, and boarding a flight to Australia.  When in July has yet to be determined.  Where in Australia has been narrowed down to Melbourne.

-EP

PS.  The date of 18 April was when I decided I was going to start a blog and wrote out this entry.  It took me this long to come up with a less than suck title.