While I still am fairly limited for internet time and individual emails are just too overwhelming to even attempt at this point, I am more settled, more social, and happier than I have been since I arrived in Africa over 8 months ago. Now if that's not a good start to a blog entry, I don't know what is!
I've just started new job #3 last week and am hoping and thinking that this one is going to stick. The "Activity Centre", where I was playing information hostess is just not ready to take off yet. A construction site with no cash flow at this point made it difficult to start with some of the ideas I had for bringing in business so it was getting a bit frustrating and a lot boring. It's a beautiful place with incredible potential for a lovely restaurant / information centre but currently there is no kitchen and a yard full of construction materials... a work in progress. So as sad as I am to walk out on a potentially promising opportunity, it was one opportunity that led to another.
The bonus of being the go to girl in Tofo for what to do and how to do it was that I met a lot of people in a huge hurry so that I knew who was who and what was what. The dive shop that is across the street from Activity Center is where my dear friend Natalia works. As timing had it, their current receptionist was looking to drop her hours to half time and hey, I was looking for a new job. So she took my CV, passed on recommendations to the owner (who I luckily already knew), chats were had and I was offered half time hours for the same salary I was making at the Activity Centre plus the opportunity to dive when time allowed for it. Ummm... really? A fabulous opportunity laid at my feet. Let me think about it... I almost hugged him. The owner is fabulous, the people who work for him are the same, and I get to go diving. The receptionist position may not fall within the life-long dream realm but that is SO irrelevant! I get to talk to people all day, I get to sort out dive stuff, and I get to be a happy, happy girl. My whole life has turned around in one quick swoop. Hello sunshine!
A few months in Mozambique and I've been all over the emotional rollercoaster map but I'm feeling settled, I'm feeling good, and I'm excited about potential opportunities that are just down the road. That's what it's all about, isn't it? Opportunities. AND, as a dear friend said, adventure. A bad adventure is better than no adventure at all. Oh how right you are, Deb, how right you are. So while I have no plans, because making plans is just pointless here, I am hoping to stay for at least a few more months. I seriously need to replenish the travel fund. The visa issue is a big one that is hanging over my head at the moment. I have apparently over stayed (and over paid!) my time allowed in the country but I am looking at alternatives to keep me here. The story is different at each embassy, high commission, border crossing, etc so options are being explored and I will deal with what comes. Oh the joys of red tape...
So Tofo. Google Tofo, Inhambane Province, Mozambique.
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