I was blessed to dodge the big snow/rainstorm that hit the Northeast today. Thankfully, my flight to Chicago nor the one to Abu Dhabi was delayed. The day didn't go without hassles though. The flight was on a humungous Boeing 777 jet that fit over 450 people. It had all of the trimmings and more. You could touch a button and get a view from under the jet as well as from the pilot's perspective. It was hard for me to rest because there wasn't much leg room for a man taller than six feet. I entertained myself with movies and news on Abu Dhabi. I got a little rest in but it wasn't comfortable rest. Plus, there were babies wailing from the unsettling bad spots of wind that we got. It's a scary feeling in general when you get turbulence. It is even worse when you know that you are over the ocean and will be for hours. All in all, the flight spanned over 7700 miles.
We arrived to Abu Dhabi and I got hassled a little because I didn't have my work visa. My hiring company told me that they would have it there but they didn't. A small group of other educators greeted me but they were taken ahead to the hotel as I waited on approval to leave the airport. An hour and a half later, I was highly pissed but thankful that everything ultimately worked out. We made it to the hotel/apartment style room. It is fairly nice although we didn't get placed in the uber nice hotels like I assumed. The other teachers and their families seem to be cool. I think we will spend the next few days settling in and then begin training mid-week.
I feel good about everything for now. Let's see how things develop.
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