Letter of resignation submitted!!!

It'd got to the point of no return really. Angst about it and kind of feel guilty for walking away from something unfinished which I passionately believe in - not my normal style.

Ironically I’ve just had HR Director of my new company on the phone panicking about a start date. I plan to join them on 3rd March and will fly out to Dubai that night and then on to Afghanistan. I'll be staying in Kabul where I gather it's currently snowing. She reeled off all the stuff I’ll need, long sleeved tops that'll completely cover me up (which I don't have), cargo pants (have some, don't fit any more), walking boots and waterproofs (tick!)...glam eh? Adds a whole new dimension to 'wardrobe crisis'. Also need various jabs and malaria tablets. Deep joy.

We discussed priorities for the new job - I'll need to sort out someone to do polygraph testing in Afghanistan so we can check potential recruits are not insurgents, plus, I need to recruit a doctor able to assess whether someone's suffering from post traumatic stress or combat fatigue...!!!

Stage II of plan is a trip to Fiji in June. Apparently I need to meet the Tribal Leader ...how weird is that? Whole new world out there! Considering my current company is sort of global, I've actually been operating in quite a narrow environment. Surreally I feel quite excited. Best not to think about the negatives I reckon...look on it as an adventure, but talk about starting at the deep end!