Lots of exciting things have happened these last two weeks. First off, my boys are coming next week!!!! I am so excited. This time next week we will all be together. Second, I moved out of the hotel finally. After 5+ weeks in a hotel, I finally can make my own meals, do laundry, make my own bed etc. I feel like I am slowly settling into MY life in Dubai now.
This past week I was able to do a few things that I need to do in order to sponsor Paul and Evan. First, I had to go for my medical. This was a disgusting place to go. You walk in healthy and you walk out with some disease I am sure. It was so gross. The men all sit on one side and the women on another. The men just look across the aisle at you like you are a piece of meat. My blood was taken to make sure I don't have HIV. Then, I had a chest x-ray done to make sure I don't have TB. It was all very fast. After the medical, I walked down the hall to do all the paperwork for the ID card. They take prints of each finger, the palm and the side of your palm. It was so interesting.
School is going well. I have parent-teacher interviews this week. It will be interesting to meet a lot of the parents. We also have the KHDA coming for a few days. This is like a governing body that inspects schools and gives them a rating. It is a very serious occaision. Thankfully this week they are coming to train the inspectors, not rate the school. It is good for our school because it will give us some good feedback before the official visit in January. I had my first evaluation this week. It went really well and I still have my job (YAY!). We get evaluated 3 times a term (2 terms a year). The average rating you get from these six evaluations will determine your bonus and salary raise for the next year.
I forget what else I wanted to write about. I guess that is it for now. The next post will have some pics from my new pad. Until next time...
This past week I was able to do a few things that I need to do in order to sponsor Paul and Evan. First, I had to go for my medical. This was a disgusting place to go. You walk in healthy and you walk out with some disease I am sure. It was so gross. The men all sit on one side and the women on another. The men just look across the aisle at you like you are a piece of meat. My blood was taken to make sure I don't have HIV. Then, I had a chest x-ray done to make sure I don't have TB. It was all very fast. After the medical, I walked down the hall to do all the paperwork for the ID card. They take prints of each finger, the palm and the side of your palm. It was so interesting.
School is going well. I have parent-teacher interviews this week. It will be interesting to meet a lot of the parents. We also have the KHDA coming for a few days. This is like a governing body that inspects schools and gives them a rating. It is a very serious occaision. Thankfully this week they are coming to train the inspectors, not rate the school. It is good for our school because it will give us some good feedback before the official visit in January. I had my first evaluation this week. It went really well and I still have my job (YAY!). We get evaluated 3 times a term (2 terms a year). The average rating you get from these six evaluations will determine your bonus and salary raise for the next year.
I forget what else I wanted to write about. I guess that is it for now. The next post will have some pics from my new pad. Until next time...
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