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Scenes From A New Job

I started my new job in Dubai this week, and in grand back-to-school fashion there is much to be excited about, including…

… a stack of required reading to be perused in my first month:

(Complete with quizzes and all!)

… a travel schedule packed with business trips back to the US:

(Um, does anyone want to hang out with me in Nebraska?!)

… and perhaps MOST excitingly, a desk adorned with meticulously organized office supplies, including a pristine new pack of colored pens:

(Seriously, I squealed with glee when I saw this.)

I also chuckled when I got the printout of my “key strengths” from a personality test I had to take before joining:

“You like to explain, to describe, to write… You feel a need to bring events to life, to energize them, the make them exciting and vivid… You turn events into stories and practice telling them… You hunt for the perfect phrase…”

I think they could have summed this up more concisely by simply saying, “YOU HAVE A BLOG.”

Here we go!

  1. truel said: well Omaha doesn’t sound metro-able, but rally in DC has lots of promise!
  2. melissanat said: I’m a big fan of First, Break All the Rules. Congratulations and good luck!
  3. hershapeinthedoorway said: muauahaha we have the same strength.
  4. reallynic said: a. Congrats on the new job and good luck! b. (and more importantly) what brand of pens are those colored pens? I have a slight obsession with pens and those look amazing!
  5. dubaiandi said: NICE! Congratulations on the new job! :)
  6. suzanad said: I am in Des Moines, IA, not too far from Omaha. Would love to meet you, I really feel like I have been learning a lot from reading your blog.
  7. gustafvus1815 said: So are you moving back to the US?
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