Back at it!! :)

Well, hello my lovely friends!!

It has been quite a few years, but I figured it's time to revive the ol' blog! Some dear friends of mine, Jordan & Kate Egli, have recently moved to France and maintain a blog to tell of their tales. I was catching up on some of their posts, reveling in the similarities and thought to myself, 'Dang, why haven't I been updating mine as well?" so, thanks to them, I have decided to get back at it!

As many of you (I hope!) know by now, I AM MOVING TO THE UK!!!! Ahhh! :D I am so very excited about this. I read a few of my prior posts, including this exerpt:

Still, I could see myself living in Europe. I will definitely be returning. If not before, moreso now, I realize the world is so large and there is so much more to see. I could not imagine limiting myself to the East coast, or even the U.S. My heart longs to explore the beautiful places across the globe.

There you have it. I've known for ages that I've wanted to move to the UK, and finally am seeing this dream come to fruition! But let me slow down first and explain that situation..

In October, as I was working on grad school applications (for an MBA), I was approached by my bosses. "There's this job we think you would be perfect for, but one thing...it's in England, are you still interested?" MAN, WAS I! That was pretty much all I needed to hear before confirming yes, I was absolutely interested. However, I did let them continue to explain to me a bit more about the job and was smiling from ear to ear as I left that office. Plans for a MBA have since been put on the back burner of the stove of my life. A few years prior (think March of 2010), I had gone about trying to secure a job in London--I had also tried organizing an "internship" for a time over there while I was traveling in 2009, yet to no avail. Timing, combined with my relative lack of experience, deemed this search for a new job a barren attempt. I was disheartened, but was still very fortunate to be where I was and maintained the thought that I would one day make this dream a reality. And here it was and I didn't even have to look! Interesting fact to note, the manager I had spoken to back in 2010 was the SAME EXACT ONE for this new role in Chester.

So not going to bash my company (after all, they are relocating me and sponsoring me for a visa--eg MAKING IT HAPPEN!), but this entire process has been dreadful. I'm sure anyone else who had relocated out of the country can agree. So you remember my utter glee at the idea of moving abroad? yeah, well it seemingly waned as the months went by. it is now March, 6 (!) months later, and I have just today found out my visa has been approved!!!! Yipee! I did quite a few dances around the office today at this news! Now it will only be a matter of time before I actually get over there! :)

I have loads more stories to tell, but realized its late, and UK hours come early, so I must go. Will update more soon--promise.

xo krit