Work Permit Granted in Malta!

                       Getting What I Wished For :

                G-d Help Me--The ETC  Said YES

 

This really is me, by the way. Or it would be me if I was blonde and had that body and those nice arms.

 

Tonight I was forced by a couple of good Expat friends to drink down two Bailey's (glasses, not bottles) to celebrate that my work permit was granted.

I found out on Monday via a surprise email from my contact at the ETC.  Just two words: "permit ready" with a smiley face.  Well, I didn't know what that meant--was it physically ready--or was it "just" approved?  I had been told it would take at least another week to hear and then at least another week to be ready to pick up (for another 48 Euros, of course).

So I wrote to another contact at the ETC who has felt very sorry for me ever since I cried on the phone to her after the second application was turned down.

So she wrote back and said, "Sorry, there's been a mistake. It's not ready."  I was about to s_____ in my pants at the McDonald's cafe in St. Julian's ( I was using the free WI-fi there, not eating).  And then I scrolled down the email and I found in large letters:

 

ONLY JOKING YES IT'S READY I HAVE IT IN MY HANDS

You can come for it tomorrow morning between 8 and 12

Well, at this point, I was totally out of control and wrote back to my friend there and told her what a bad girl she was, that I had believed her, etc.  Then (tell me if you're getting sick of this already), she wrote back and said she wasn't being bad--that her boss had told her to tease me a bit.

Can you believe this?  After all this, it's time to tease L'Amerikan.  Well, who cares--I got the f____ permit, didn't I?

Thanks to all you out there who kept me going through this ordeal.   Now you have to help me get through the next part--I actually have to work full-time now for the next six months.  But I wanted this, right?

 

 

 

 

Comments

[Sennuwy (an ancient Egyptian name)]

Hi Sumari, it took four months following my CELTA training. Actually, that wasn't too bad--I was hired in time for the summer season---Ilene

[sumari@eatsleep-design.com]

how long did it take to get your work permit?

[Sennuwy (an ancient Egyptian name)]

Hi Willy--I was going to email you today. Yes, I remember our CELTA talks. They seem so long ago now. Thanks for all your good words xxx Ilene

[willy]

Go for it Ilene!
Remember our talks during CELTA?
You're a good teacher and if Malta is the place for you to be in this period of your life, here will always be support to make this work.

Love,

Willy

[Sennuwy (an ancient Egyptian name)]

You are so funny, Dee. I will follow Dr. Dee's orders. What would I do without your comments and advice? xxx Ilene

[Dee Owen]

Just got back from couple days at the beach...the best news I've heard for a while...CONGRATULATIONS Ilene...you deserve several tubs of Beligan Ice cream and a few more headaches with the Bailey's...yum!

[Sennuwy (an ancient Egyptian name)]

Thanks, Andie! I'm am so scared about the hard part. And thanks for your suggestion about mixing Bailey's and Belgian chocolate. One problem though: I seem to get a headache from Bailey's, strangely enough--but not from Belgian choc. Why? xx Ilene

[Andie]

Congrats....now comes the really hard part working like the rest of us. You should try mixing Bailey's and the Beligan Ice Cream taste sensation yum, yum.
Congrats again!!!

[Sennuwy (an ancient Egyptian name)]

Hi Steve--Thanks. Yes, I KNOW I have to work for a living. Been doing it a long time--but was always my own boss. This is scary.....

Hey there Gattaldo, Glad it worked out for you in the UK back then---Ilene

[Gattaldo]

Congrats Ilene. Know what it means. Went through the same in the UK 13 years ago.

[Steve H.]

Congrats and well done Ilene, now you have to work for a living. ;)

[Sennuwy (an ancient Egyptian name)]

Hi there Alexandra--thanks a lot for helping me hang in there. I'm going to hold out until tomorrow--my regular bad girl day--for the Belgian chocolate. But if I feel like having the whole thing, I'm going to. I just picked up the permit a little while ago. Thanks a lot for the law-of-attraction theory--does it work with the lottery?----Ilene

[Sennuwy (an ancient Egyptian name)]

Thanks a lot Lynda and Alistair. I've got a headache now from only two glasses!---Ilene

[Lynda Adlington]

Excellent news, hell i would have drunk two bottles of baily's. Well done you, now relax and enjoy the sun. Alistair say's 'Brilliant'

[Alexandra Claes]

Welcome to Malta Ilene, you have worked hard to get there!

Told you:"Law of Attraction".......

Everything happens as it should, when it should.

Go on, get some Belgian chocolate icecream into ya :)

Congratulations and salutations for hanging in there!