Pre-Departure Business

Since Lindsey and I got married almost 4 years ago, we've spent a total of 19 whole weeks apart. I promise readers that extended "dude time" is not as totally sweet as some may think. So here I am again, about 800 miles away from her in a quaint little guest house on pebble beach, spending my days in class while the Monterey Institute inflicts its 3-week professional prep course upon me. It's for my Vienna job. It's teaching me about gender in the workplace...

For any who haven't heard yet, the misses and myself will be spending 6 months in Austria while I work at the International Atomic Energy Agency. The IAEA is the world wide nuclear "watch dog." I can only assume this means my job will be at least as adventurous as Dog the Bounty Hunter's. In a round about way I'll be contributing in the effort to make sure that guys like Ahmadinejad and Al Assad don't get nuclear weapons. I hope Lindsey is cool with me referring to her as "Young Blood" (Dog the Bounty Hunter Reference).

If anyone is looking for a reason to visit the former Austro-Hungarian empire, feel free to drop us a line in Vienna. I start work 3 weeks from tomorrow (on February 2nd) and we'll be there until the first week of August. Packing appropriate clothing for 3 different seasons should be interesting.

Also, I found it amusing that in order to renew Lindsey's visa, we'll have to go to Croatia and re-enter Austria after three months. Weird huh? In the meantime, I'm trying to independently verify that Croatia is actually a place.

Here's a picture of the Vienna International Center where my office will be. Doesn't it look international?




All frowns by myself on the central coast,

-Brett