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I have to get this written down and thus out of my system.
I'm not what you'd call a worrier. Certainly a planner, but of the "Let's cross the bridge when we get there" kind.
When I got the official letter from the ministry confirming my transfer to Skopje, I did the proper thing and wrote an email to the Ambassador (we're encouraged to write, not phone) -- nothing overly long or elaborate, just the usual bit of introduction and looking forward to the new posting. He was away at the time (it was between Christmas and New Year) and replied very kindly a few days after he got back.
Given that my house-hunting visit to Skopje is only a month away, I wrote again right after Easter, to tell him I'd be there between 22 and 24 May and happy to meet him if he had time. The usual, in one word. I received an out-of-office message indicating that he was on holiday and returning on 20 April.
He has neither read nor responded to my message since then.
I'm aware that, after even only 10 days' absence, one has to spend hours wading through the contents of one's inbox, and I'm also under no illusion as to the importance of my mail, which would certainly be on the bottom of his list of priorities. But a whole week...
It's obvious that, when new staff arrives, the first thing one does is to call their present boss. So yes, it's pretty much a given that he'll have talked to the Daughter of Satan who is currently my boss. And now I'm rather worried that she might have prejudiced him against me to a degree that will make my start in Skopje extremely awkward. I sincerely hope that's not the case (also because being influenced so easily without ever having seen or spoken to me would be a bit daft and not very much in his favour). But his silence puts me in a rather difficult situation: I'll have to re-send the mail, if he doesn't respond till he end of this week, and if I don't get an answer even after re-sending it, there's no way I can or want to send it a third time. I suppose I'll simply call then and say something about talking being so much less trouble than writing, because frankly nobody gets away with that kind of behaviour, Ambassador or not.
I'm probably worrying about nothing, but the unease won't quite go away...
So, right now, I'm going to do the only sensible thing: feed ze boyz, do the laundry and a few other chores, and tackle the next Bulgarian lesson.
I'm not what you'd call a worrier. Certainly a planner, but of the "Let's cross the bridge when we get there" kind.
When I got the official letter from the ministry confirming my transfer to Skopje, I did the proper thing and wrote an email to the Ambassador (we're encouraged to write, not phone) -- nothing overly long or elaborate, just the usual bit of introduction and looking forward to the new posting. He was away at the time (it was between Christmas and New Year) and replied very kindly a few days after he got back.
Given that my house-hunting visit to Skopje is only a month away, I wrote again right after Easter, to tell him I'd be there between 22 and 24 May and happy to meet him if he had time. The usual, in one word. I received an out-of-office message indicating that he was on holiday and returning on 20 April.
He has neither read nor responded to my message since then.
I'm aware that, after even only 10 days' absence, one has to spend hours wading through the contents of one's inbox, and I'm also under no illusion as to the importance of my mail, which would certainly be on the bottom of his list of priorities. But a whole week...
It's obvious that, when new staff arrives, the first thing one does is to call their present boss. So yes, it's pretty much a given that he'll have talked to the Daughter of Satan who is currently my boss. And now I'm rather worried that she might have prejudiced him against me to a degree that will make my start in Skopje extremely awkward. I sincerely hope that's not the case (also because being influenced so easily without ever having seen or spoken to me would be a bit daft and not very much in his favour). But his silence puts me in a rather difficult situation: I'll have to re-send the mail, if he doesn't respond till he end of this week, and if I don't get an answer even after re-sending it, there's no way I can or want to send it a third time. I suppose I'll simply call then and say something about talking being so much less trouble than writing, because frankly nobody gets away with that kind of behaviour, Ambassador or not.
I'm probably worrying about nothing, but the unease won't quite go away...
So, right now, I'm going to do the only sensible thing: feed ze boyz, do the laundry and a few other chores, and tackle the next Bulgarian lesson.
