Well, it's official: we're sticking around for another year of secondment excitement! On Monday the French partners offered to extend my contract through 2007, and the powers that be in New York gave me the green light to stick around. The next step is to work out my new contract and finalise all the accompanying details, but there's plenty of time for that. Needless to say, we're pretty excited to have the opportunity to live here for another year, despite the ever-annoying Pigeon Lady and all of the administrative hassles that go with living in a socialist paradise. We're kinda bummed that we'll be missing out on everything that's going on back home, but I have a ton of vacation time still available (you gotta love the French work ethic), so we're hoping to visit the US soon (possibly in New Orleans over Thanksgiving). More on that front later....
4 comments:
Lee, I'm so excited for you and Pegs that you get to stay in France for at least another year. But seriously, "finalise"? You are in Paris, not London - as you so astutely pointed out in one of your later blog entries. Do not turn British over there.
You're right; it does come across as a bit snooty to use the English spelling. I've gotten so used to it here, though, since everything is written in UK English. Just try reading all of the entries out loud with an English accent; it'll make everything THAT much more funny.
i hate you both (this is damien)
Damien's just upset because he can't read UK English.
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