I received this email this morning from my office in Kuwait:
Due to some Electrical works in our building our server and phone system will be down at 10:45 am.
It arrives a week late, as that would have made a rich coincidence when my DSL here in JC was out last week.
It seemed like the Internet was off more often than on when I lived in Kuwait. There was a fire in a communication tower. A move to a building under construction. An outage in my building. There are some things I don't miss by not living in Kuwait anymore.
But a little bit of Kuwait is coming to me. I am going to sign up for Arabic lessons today. The class is at Hudson County Community College, on eight consecutive Saturdays starting in September. I'm a little freaked out by it, because that means I am committed to not going anywhere during that time, which I'd like to do because Kuwait really is coming to me in December when I start a full-time job heading up Editorial in our satellite New York office. I wanted to get a trip in before putting my nose to the grindstone. Well, it's only $175 and if I drop the class before it starts, I get a refund on all but $15. Inshallah.
Update: I got my confirmation! I'm taking Arabic lessons.
3 comments:
What do you think I should call myself in my new job? "Editor-in-Chief, North America." "Hobo Editor." "Top Dog" (but they don't like dogs in the Gulf). "Executive Editor, USA.""Editor-in-Chief, Original Material." "Queen Marie."
I like Queen Marie. Then you can add HRH before your signature.
Oh, I hadn't thought about HRH. That might well be necessary as part of my contract. Thanks!
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