It's hard to believe we only have one more month before we leave the US. We don't have our travel agenda yet but we are assuming we will leave Salt Lake City on August 15 and then leave from New York or Washington DC on August 16. I do know that they expect us to arrive in Saudi Arabia in the evening of August 17. We will be arriving at the same time as the other new hire teachers so I assume that means we will be will all be on the same flight to Dammam. Talk about an interesting way to get to know your new neighbors and colleagues.
One question that I get asked a lot is if we know about our house yet. The answer is no. We most likely will not know anything about our house until we pull up in front of it. At there airport there will be a group of other teachers (including the principal) waiting for us. They will help us get through customs and then we will all get on a big bus and head to Abqaiq (about an hour from Dammam). Once we are in Abqaiq the bus will take us to our new home. We have seen several pictures of houses in Abqaiq so I have a general idea but we all still feel quite a bit of excitement and anxiousness about what our house will be like.
As for the house we own here in Afton... We will only own it for the next few days. We sold it to some friends of ours and we will close by the end of this week. We won't actually move out until August. The movers will be here on August 8 and 9. It is coming so fast!!!
Things are mostly going quite smoothly. We are STILL waiting for our visas. We thought our relocation adviser was working on them for the last few weeks but just a few days ago we discovered that she hasn't even submitted the application for them. It's frustrating but it seems like some of the other new hires are dealing with the same sort of problems. Hopefully we will hear from her by the end of today to verify that the process has been started.
More soon!
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