Half an Update

from September 2010 

Questions...answered. Work dress = floor length skirt (or loose trousers, but I'm going skirt), top w/sleeves past the elbow. Cover the chestal area (no cleavage...that means turtlenecks for me!). They say dress shoes, but I've read sandals. Just not flip flops. Yay.

I started transferring a few pennies into my savings account. That may have been stupid; I may have to take them right back out.

Now I'm getting my background check done. I asked which I should get (Teach Away said state or county was fine) considering I've only lived in my current state for a few months and will be getting my ID here in a few days, then decided on my own to go ahead and get another FBI background check done. It's less than $20 and takes as much time as anything else. It's actually cheaper to have the FBI do my background check than the state of South Carolina. Ridiculous, much?

Still Waiting

from September 2010

It's been about a week and a half since my phone interview with Teach Away, and I'm still waiting to hear about in-person interviews. Sigh. And I'm REALLY struggling to come up with the potential cash I'll need for my first month or so in AD.
And speaking of cash...I should check into hosteling. Wonder if there are HI Hostels in Abu Dhabi?




UPDATE: I was reading on the Teach Away facebook page, and there are people going over now with mere pennies. I actually expect to have more $$ than some of them. Still not much, but I feel a little more comfortable with my situation now.