Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Three Months - Is The Probabtion Period Over?

I just realized that today it has been three months since we arrived here in London. Wow time flies.

Today is the first day off in what feels like forever that I have not had a ton of catch up to do. I'm sitting at a little restaurant in Wimbledon Village (basically the fancy part of Wimbledon) having a glass of wine and some lunch. I wanted to go explore Camden Market but it's pouring rain today for the first time in quite a while so this will suffice.
I'm sitting at a large share table with 5 moms and their babies. Mommie meet-ups like this seem to be really common here, or maybe just in the area I live and work in. It's funny to listen to them talk about yoga and poop, and then get distracted because one baby did something cute. To be perfectly honest I have to clean up after so many moms at work that I would rather be somewhere without children right now, but this place has good food and free wi-fi so beggars can't be choosers. Also, I have never seen as many breastfeeding women as I have in the past 3 months - just thought I'd throw that in because I can see 2 right now.

I should be researching the company that I have an interview with tomorrow (yay!) but I need a bit of a break from looking for work every second I have a day off. I got a call yesterday from Pilate Media (http://www.pilatmedia.com) asking me to come in for an interview and seeing as this is only my 4th interview since living here including the job I currently have I was pretty stoked. I'm not sure if this role is something I want - it's an 'Implementation Consultant' which I imagine is basically a liaison between broadcasters who use their system and the company. The advert said that extensive international travel was part of the job so it will be interesting to hear about what that means exactly. I had a brief conversation with Justin about being away for extended amounts of time last night just to see what would work for him and what wouldn't. We will cross that bridge if/when we get there.
And just FYI I did meet up with the lady who sent me the rejection letter but I haven't heard from her since then.

A quick story for you: The other day at work I commented on a guy wearing almost all green and asked him if he had green pants. When he told me that no in fact he didn't I said he needed to work on that. That same day on my break I saw a girl wearing green jeans and so when he came in the next day I said to him "I saw someone wearing green pants yesterday and thought of you." He laughed and said that he was very flattered. When I elaborated on the fact that they were jeans, he was like ' Oh! You mean trousers... I thought you were talking about underwear!" ... So for two days a customer thought I was making conversation about his ginch. Awesome. I should have known better because Kim (a friend here) told me a similar story - but her's involved a child who she was teaching, so she wins.

So we will be assessing our situation here in about a month an a half, which seems way too soon. I love being here and it is so awesome being close to amazing countries to visit, but we can't afford our place on the wages we are making. Hopefully something gives in the next 6 weeks.

I thought the hardest part about being so far away from home would be missing out on the good times and great moments in peoples lives - which does suck - but I've realized it is actually not being able to be there for your family and friends when something bad happens. I hope to baby jesus that nothing shitty happens to any of you. Ever.

Send us your good vibes and thoughts if you think of us.
Love you all.
Genny

1 comment:

  1. Great post Genevieve and so nice talking with you live also! Life is what it is so, I believe if you are supposed to stay, things will come together. Love the blogs! But I miss you more then! Cant wait to come visit, and if the job is right, you'll know it! love you, MAMA

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