I was really excited about the fact that I was keeping my job while moving countries. The challenge of a new place, the excitement of meeting new people and discovering cultures is all fine but honestly, 'same old' is a bit underrated. Specially in my life where I haven't ever spent more than four years in one place. For once I had the chance to carry something from the past into the future and was really excited about it.
Only after stepping into Nairobi did I realise just what that meant. It meant deadlines! If you are stuck to work you are stuck to deadlines and my biggest assignment this year was due this monday. Therefore, for our first month in Nairobi I couldn't take my eyes off work. Chicken pox, house hunt, search for T's nursery, four days in Hanoi, a few dinner parties - it's all just been a blur. All I can remember is working for the last four weeks from a desk in the service apartment with the big chandelier hanging just above my head. The chandelier, trust me is big, it has 20 light bulbs and I am convinced it was put there so that I couldn't tell night from day since I've been working 15 hour days for the last week or so. On the brighter side keeping my job at least means escaping the anxiety of looking for something new and interesting. And now that my big deadline is over I can actually take some time off!
So finally I am going to start recording our move to nairobi - the warm people we've met, the crazy one's we've had to deal with, the indian mafia, mexican soaps, masai market, referendum politics and all of the other things that makes this city wonderful.
Only after stepping into Nairobi did I realise just what that meant. It meant deadlines! If you are stuck to work you are stuck to deadlines and my biggest assignment this year was due this monday. Therefore, for our first month in Nairobi I couldn't take my eyes off work. Chicken pox, house hunt, search for T's nursery, four days in Hanoi, a few dinner parties - it's all just been a blur. All I can remember is working for the last four weeks from a desk in the service apartment with the big chandelier hanging just above my head. The chandelier, trust me is big, it has 20 light bulbs and I am convinced it was put there so that I couldn't tell night from day since I've been working 15 hour days for the last week or so. On the brighter side keeping my job at least means escaping the anxiety of looking for something new and interesting. And now that my big deadline is over I can actually take some time off!
So finally I am going to start recording our move to nairobi - the warm people we've met, the crazy one's we've had to deal with, the indian mafia, mexican soaps, masai market, referendum politics and all of the other things that makes this city wonderful.
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