Hotel life

Two weeks into the training course before I take up my new position at work and I still can’t believe this is really happening.

I always thought it must be really cool to be one of those executives that stay at hotels paid by their company, and going down to the hotel bar for a drink in the evening. (I just got an image in my head of the movie Up in the Air) And for now I’m actually enjoying it. I can’t say I won’t change my mind, I just hope I get used to it instead of getting to the point of hating it.

So this is my life for now, Monday to Friday attending a course that for the time being is the most relaxed training I’ve ever had, and coming back home to catch up with friends and laundry before flying away again for one more week of “learning”.

Unfortunately this means that, among many other things, I’ve had to put on hold my new, and very lame, hobby of doing pilates twice a week, and I’ll have to trust someone will remember to water my miniature tree from time to time.

The other big disadvantage of changing jobs within the company is that I will have to move to a different base (confirmed I’m going back to the Isles, I’ll be working out of BHX to be precise). And although I never get too attached to places, I do get attached to people, and I will miss having someone to talk to over a cup of tea and scones like I did last week. However, I want to make a public promise that I will do my best (hopefully more than my usual best) to remember who my real friends are.

But now enough of this, it’s time to get ready for a couple of Saturday night drinks.

Ups!! You must have noticed one of my new year's resolutions has already gone done the drain. The others still stand, though.

Time for a recap

From time to time it’s good to stop and try to look into our own lives from the outside. And the New Year is as good a time as any other. I’m hoping that, since I forgot to think about any new year’s resolutions, I can try to make some sense of the mess that have been the last 12 months.

And the thing is that most of the year was pretty good. I had a lot of fun: drunken nights out (maybe a few too many), trip to Sintra, the amazing holiday in Germany, meeting lots of nice and interesting people, applying for a better position at work… and getting it!! But as always, I tend to focus on the few (or the only) bad thing of the whole year, that is, not getting one person’s attention.

It’s funny how writing things down kind of gives you some perspective, and I still have a lot of things to work at during the next months. First of all, I got the promotion, but that is going to involve a lot of studying and focus to pass the training course before I officially become an SEP instructor, so that means no more alcohol until that’s done. Second, my future new job will give me the opportunity to travel with work a lot more, so there should be a lot of interesting new cities to discover, and will force me to meet and deal with a lot of people, which is always a challenge, a pleasure and a learning process. And third, I’ve always been crap at keeping in contact with people, so I better not mess it up this time and appreciate the friends I’ve made over the last year and a half.

I would probably add another new year resolution, which is try not to make a fool of myself when I’m drunk, but since I’m not trying any alcohol again until I am officially an instructor, I can kind of call it a summer resolution and put that on hold for a few months.

Oh! And try not to kill my bonsai!! Which, by the way, was my favourite Christmas present. Not because the others weren’t good, but because it was really thoughtful and came from someone truly special.