Big News!

Our journey started a few months ago...With my husband exhausted with his current job and both of us feeling ready for a change from our life in the UK we decided to take a leap of faith and apply for a job in Dubai. Both of us are adamant believers in fate so we decided that if the job were to come our way, it was meant to be. An email inviting hubby to an assessment in February was our first step, followed by months of preparation and studies, then 4 days of intense exams and interviews. Once this was over we hoped for the best and kept our fingers crossed. We found out two weeks later that he had been offered a position in Dubai! We are so very excited, nervous, anxious and impatient about this change. I decided to keep this blog as an account of events for the move, to assist others who are or will be going through the "expat experience," and to keep friends and family up to date on how we are doing.

Right now we are still in the planning stages: visa paperwork, moving, selling our household items that we will not take with us, reading a LOT about Dubai and the UAE, trying to learn some Arabic and/or Urdu, job hunting (for me), and just taking in the gigantic change ahead. Hubby will be going to Dubai at the end of May and I hope to follow by the end of June (beginning of a LONG and HOT summer! Good thing I love the heat...).

So far I have nothing too useful to post but I wanted to get this set up and ready to go for more fun posts to come! Enjoy and wish us luck!