ﺍﻟﺴﻼم ﻋﻟﻳﮑﻡ
Salam Walekum!
Greetings from Morocco!
I just finished my first partial week at work. I began as a Compass employee on Wednesday. This week was the end of Ramadan, so Wednesday and Thursday was a national holiday. Consequently, no Moroccans showed up for work for those two days. Even today, Friday, there were very few that decided to come in to work. For me, I look at it as a blessing. Fewer people around for my first few days.
This job is definitely challenging. I'm learning new things and also applying what I already know to try and help out what's happening here. Right now I am the assistant Financial Controller, but as of Dec. 19 I become the Financial Controller. Hopefully, over the next couple of months I will be able to soak up any and all information I need to do this job successfully. I am becoming a sponge. :)
My first day, Erik (my supervisor) took me around to all the different sites associated with Compass. It was quite a trip! One of the sites is right on the coast, and very beautiful! I wish I had taken my camera to show you pictures (but alas I didn't know we were going, so I didn't have it with me). But believe me, I don't go anywhere without my camera now! The first few days were a bit boring, but today Erik actually let me do something. It makes things a bit less boring when you're doing work.
I hope everyone is well. I miss y'all dearly. Please be praying for my parents as they will be traveling over here next Tuesday. I can't wait to see them.
Until next time...
Friday, October 3, 2008
Crazy Trip Details
Dear All~
I apologize for taking so long to let everyone know the details of my trip. But..here they are!
I woke up Friday morning with probably the worst migraine headaches I've had in a while. Then, my flight from Charlotte to Philly was delayed for two hours that I missed my international flight to Madrid. So, I got put on a later flight to London-Heathrow. THEN, we were running out of gas and had to re-route to Gatwick to re-fuel. While there, we had a medical emergency on board and the paramedics had to come on board to check out the passenger. I think we were there for about 2 hours. Once we got to Heathrow, I had only 3 hours to get checked in with British Airways and then get to my terminal. I stood in line for 2 hours of that just to get checked in. Has anyone ever flown through Heathrow?..it's a nightmare! No signs anywhere! Ha, once I got checked in, I didn't realize that they had spelled my name wrong on the ticket and so they had to make phone calls to see if it was going to be a problem. Fortunately, it wasn't. I finally made it to Malaga where my friends were waiting on me, but I got in so late on Saturday night that we missed the ferry to go to Morocco. We had to stay at the Tryp Guadelamar Hotel. The next morning we got up early to catch the ten o'clock ferry, which ended up being very rough. The guy sitting behind us on the ferry got sick..and let's just say it was pretty bad. :(
When we crossed the border into Morocco, they had had such bad weather that there was flash flooding and shop owners were trying to sweep water and mud out of their stores. Fortunately we were in a SUV that we were able to make it through the water and mud with no trouble.
So, I arrived at my brother's house Sunday morning (unfortunately with no luggage), 43 hours after I left my house in Mobile.
It's good to be on the ground and not traveling by plane or ferry any more. I'm so happy to be here. I have felt pretty good considering the trip over, however I'm still getting over jet lag.
I finally received my bags on Tuesday, and that adventure in itself really introduced me to the way things go over here. Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore!
I'm grateful that despite the crazy trip, I'm here safe and sound.
I apologize for taking so long to let everyone know the details of my trip. But..here they are!
I woke up Friday morning with probably the worst migraine headaches I've had in a while. Then, my flight from Charlotte to Philly was delayed for two hours that I missed my international flight to Madrid. So, I got put on a later flight to London-Heathrow. THEN, we were running out of gas and had to re-route to Gatwick to re-fuel. While there, we had a medical emergency on board and the paramedics had to come on board to check out the passenger. I think we were there for about 2 hours. Once we got to Heathrow, I had only 3 hours to get checked in with British Airways and then get to my terminal. I stood in line for 2 hours of that just to get checked in. Has anyone ever flown through Heathrow?..it's a nightmare! No signs anywhere! Ha, once I got checked in, I didn't realize that they had spelled my name wrong on the ticket and so they had to make phone calls to see if it was going to be a problem. Fortunately, it wasn't. I finally made it to Malaga where my friends were waiting on me, but I got in so late on Saturday night that we missed the ferry to go to Morocco. We had to stay at the Tryp Guadelamar Hotel. The next morning we got up early to catch the ten o'clock ferry, which ended up being very rough. The guy sitting behind us on the ferry got sick..and let's just say it was pretty bad. :(
When we crossed the border into Morocco, they had had such bad weather that there was flash flooding and shop owners were trying to sweep water and mud out of their stores. Fortunately we were in a SUV that we were able to make it through the water and mud with no trouble.
So, I arrived at my brother's house Sunday morning (unfortunately with no luggage), 43 hours after I left my house in Mobile.
It's good to be on the ground and not traveling by plane or ferry any more. I'm so happy to be here. I have felt pretty good considering the trip over, however I'm still getting over jet lag.
I finally received my bags on Tuesday, and that adventure in itself really introduced me to the way things go over here. Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore!
I'm grateful that despite the crazy trip, I'm here safe and sound.
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