Has it been a month already? Crazy May!
Hello blog readers,
My apologies for keeping you hanging and not sharing my latest news. May was an absolutely crazy month, probably the wildest month I've had in years! In a nutshell:
I GOT A NEW JOB at NEXEN!!! My *DREAM* job!!!!! I was away with Lorne for the last weekend of April and got the verbal offer over the phone. Then, the offer package on May 1st. All was confired by May 3rd which was when I gave my 2 weeks notice to Maxwell Drummond Intl.
2 wild weeks of transition ensued, and I thought that things would calm down somehow once I started at Nexen (I was sooo wrong!) Just for fun, I got my wisdom teeth out on my last weekend at MDI and just 5 days before starting at Nexen. It went ok but there was definite exhaustion and pain for at least those full 5 days of intense transition.
Wednesday, May 16th was my last day at MDI. Thursday, May 17th was my first day at Nexen! Just to keep things interesting, Lorne's parents arrived for a visit, driving all the way from New Brunswick to see us, the next day on that Friday May 18th. They were going to be here for 10 days. We had a fabulous long weekend together visiting, and then it was back to my new job where I quickly found out things were not going to be easy, simple, or normal. Last week, on Friday May 25th, I flew to Ottawa to run 2 running races in the National Capital Marathon weekend, taking Monday off and returning to tons of work at Nexen on Tuesday.
Finally now, June is in sight and looks like my life will calm down a bit! Except that I just woke up with a sore throat and a cold!! Nooooooo! :( :( June will consist of sleeping, eating, running and working, not necessarily in that order, so that in July I can have time for my visitors and the Stampede. It's important for me at this early stage to make my new job a priority and put lots of time in to get organized, work through the organizational mess and disasters that were left for me, and get on top of things before we swing into high gear in August/Sept.
So in a nutshell that is my crazy but fantastic life! One friend recently made a comment that she felt I posted only the "good news" in my blog, so I will try to present a more balanced approach. However, since March, things have been so busy that I think the only thing keeping me from posting more has bee time, such that I've only posted the things I deem to be really important to share!
I will post more details on some of these news items whenever I have a moment.
Thanks for reading!
Lara
My apologies for keeping you hanging and not sharing my latest news. May was an absolutely crazy month, probably the wildest month I've had in years! In a nutshell:
I GOT A NEW JOB at NEXEN!!! My *DREAM* job!!!!! I was away with Lorne for the last weekend of April and got the verbal offer over the phone. Then, the offer package on May 1st. All was confired by May 3rd which was when I gave my 2 weeks notice to Maxwell Drummond Intl.
2 wild weeks of transition ensued, and I thought that things would calm down somehow once I started at Nexen (I was sooo wrong!) Just for fun, I got my wisdom teeth out on my last weekend at MDI and just 5 days before starting at Nexen. It went ok but there was definite exhaustion and pain for at least those full 5 days of intense transition.
Wednesday, May 16th was my last day at MDI. Thursday, May 17th was my first day at Nexen! Just to keep things interesting, Lorne's parents arrived for a visit, driving all the way from New Brunswick to see us, the next day on that Friday May 18th. They were going to be here for 10 days. We had a fabulous long weekend together visiting, and then it was back to my new job where I quickly found out things were not going to be easy, simple, or normal. Last week, on Friday May 25th, I flew to Ottawa to run 2 running races in the National Capital Marathon weekend, taking Monday off and returning to tons of work at Nexen on Tuesday.
Finally now, June is in sight and looks like my life will calm down a bit! Except that I just woke up with a sore throat and a cold!! Nooooooo! :( :( June will consist of sleeping, eating, running and working, not necessarily in that order, so that in July I can have time for my visitors and the Stampede. It's important for me at this early stage to make my new job a priority and put lots of time in to get organized, work through the organizational mess and disasters that were left for me, and get on top of things before we swing into high gear in August/Sept.
So in a nutshell that is my crazy but fantastic life! One friend recently made a comment that she felt I posted only the "good news" in my blog, so I will try to present a more balanced approach. However, since March, things have been so busy that I think the only thing keeping me from posting more has bee time, such that I've only posted the things I deem to be really important to share!
I will post more details on some of these news items whenever I have a moment.
Thanks for reading!
Lara
posted by Lara @ 5/31/2007 06:08:00 AM
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