Richard received and accepted his official offer last week. He has been assigned a Global Mobility Professional (GMP) – who coincidentally is also named “Jo”- from the host country (UK) to coordinate all the necessary arrangements. We are embarking on a journey of new acronyms and vocabulary and endless PDFs of policies, procedures and protocols. Checklists that cover everything from writing a will to safety briefings. The kind of lists that can make me feel paranoid and overwhelmed.

And although I do feel those things, nothing has trumped my excitement. Ask again in a month or two…