I quit my job last week!!!
Neither Marketing nor Geneva were quite my cup of tea and I decided that life is too short to harbor a silent hope that things will suddenly get better out of the blue. So voilà, I'm back in ZH at the moment replacing our sales rep (currently away on paternity leave for two months), hoping that I do not have to go down to Geneva again.
And no, before you start wondering, I do not have another job lined up. I really want a complete change and have enlisted the help of a career adviser to point me in the right direction. It's quite an adrenalin kick to just up and leave. Am looking forward to the adventure that will be my future!
January 30, 2008
January 22, 2008
Goodbye
Our colleague's wife was buried yesterday. Such a sad, sad story.
To be honest, this was the fist funeral that brought forth the pain I carried round in my chest when Carmen died. It's gone now, but I was so surprised by its presence and the fact that it could come back with such a vengeance.
But life does go on, so on a happier note:
I went to Engelberg last weekend with my old volleyball mates (+ partners) and we had great fun. To my surprise I really enjoyed skiing! (Haven't been for at least 10 years.) Not that I was any good, but M gave me some lessons and my body actually managed to remember the movements I was supposed to make... as well as the pain the next day!
They had an igloo bar / restaurant / hotel near our place and we went there for a nightcap. Was pretty spectacular besides being freezing cold!
To be honest, this was the fist funeral that brought forth the pain I carried round in my chest when Carmen died. It's gone now, but I was so surprised by its presence and the fact that it could come back with such a vengeance.
But life does go on, so on a happier note:
I went to Engelberg last weekend with my old volleyball mates (+ partners) and we had great fun. To my surprise I really enjoyed skiing! (Haven't been for at least 10 years.) Not that I was any good, but M gave me some lessons and my body actually managed to remember the movements I was supposed to make... as well as the pain the next day!
They had an igloo bar / restaurant / hotel near our place and we went there for a nightcap. Was pretty spectacular besides being freezing cold!
January 13, 2008
Change
The last few months of the old year were tarnished by the sombre presence of death.
> My boyfriend's grandmother passed away, hit by a sudden stroke.
> A colleague's heavily pregnant wife was diagnosed with lung cancer. She passed away the day before yesterday. Thankfully the baby is fine (delivered by cesarean) and ready to go home soon.
I fell ill with a horrible virus just shortly before Christmas, but was up and about in time to scoff some stuffing! M & I spent the New Year in Hamburg. Strolling around, dancing to rock music at 7am at the fish market, enjoying the local delicacies (cake, not fish!) and shopping til we dropped!
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