Welcome to my Christmas card, I’d like to thank you for the year.
Yes, the Puppini Sisters singing Elton John’s popular Christmas song is going through my head right now. It’s surprising that there is any room in my head right now due to all of the activity going on in my life.
A little about me, I’m Jeff. I’m 41. I was born and raised in South Detroit and I took the midnight train going anywhere. I lived in Michigan until i was 36, leaving after a failed relationship and a transfer from Ann Arbor to Seattle for work. I’m gay, I’m single, I’m overeducated and I currently live in Seattle. I play rugby (which will be helpful in the UK) and I work for a not-so-small multinational software company which is transferring me to London/Reading, England, UK for a fantastic career opportunity. I’ve traveled to twenty four countries, mostly for work, but also for a lot of fun trips as well. In fact, I received the verbal offer for the job right before getting on the plane to go on a two week South American vacation. Needless to say, I was a little preoccupied with the offer on the vacation and the preparation for the move has occupied most of my time over the past week and a half.
Between visa applications, selling my electric small appliances (including a Dualit toaster and lots of Cuisinart things), listing my condo for rent and the calls about all of the things for my new activities in London, my head is spinning. I’ve wanted to live and work abroad all my life and I have always believed that being a citizen of the world was my destiny. Yes, I know that comment is cheesy; so, sue me.
I expect this blog to be a representation of the process of moving to the UK, as well as the documenting of my life while I live there. I can’t always promise that the entries will be educational, but, I bet they will be humorous and fun nonetheless. Please comment on anything that you read and if there are topics that you would like me to cover, please feel free to email me at expatinlondon@live.com.
More to come as the days go by.
American Expat in London 