Friday, June 22, 2007

New Job, Less Rain, Hot Internet Shop and Girls I Miss


Honestly, are they AGAINST opening the door in this place?! There's one tiny little fan circulating the stifling air in this whole net shop. Bah. Anyways, it's not nearly as rainy today - it's muggy and very still - and the sky is dark. Tutt, tutt looks like rain. Of course.

I went for my job interview at The Bank yesterday - it was brutal. The position is the manager of the whole IT department. I've never worked in IT. I know nothing about IT. I am the most under qualified person for this job. And yet they still hired me - for far more than I'm worth. I swear - they must have been desperate. But somehow all my customer service experience = 10 years experience in management and IT. I just don't get it. I mean, thank the Lord for my job - absolutely - but by the time they train me, I'm gonna be leaving the country. Of course, they don't know that. By the sounds of things they think I'm a lifer. Anyways, yeah - I got a new job and it's great. I just have no idea what I'm doing and I start Monday.

Whew. At least the whole interview thing is over. The whole process took an hour and a half (because he was so impressed, he called his colleague to come meet me and I had to explain my experience all over again...) and by the time it was over we were talking about dress code and cell phone usage. Nice. In the end, it's great - I got the first job I interviewed for. No more interviews for me. But I do have to wear a suit every day. 2,000 thumbs DOWN for that. I look like Tommy Callaghan in a suit. (10 points to anyone who gets the reference).

I'm signing out now cause Shealagh is looking bored. Will update later this weekend if I can think of anything gripping to say.

More than Sarcastic Today,
Jen

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Here Comes The Sun ... Doo doo doo doo ...

First of all - SORRY! I know it's been like 2 weeks since I updated but being in Regina kept me extremely busy. And Facebook. Facebook is ruining my life - I swear. Okay so .... the wedding was epic, as were both convocations! The girls were stunning at all 3 events and we had so much fun. Tina and I fought like crazy (cause that's what we do) and I spent a good 2 weeks driving Shelley and her busted ankle around! It was awesome though - we got to bond over perms and shopping and so many lunch dates that I am worried my pants won't fit anymore. My Dad was so good to all us girls at the wedding - aside from when he made me polka with him for 7.5 minutes. The dress, the shoes and the hair all came together nicely - although I think I've exceeded my "girly quotient" for the rest of the year. I will wait until my wedding day to get that dressed up again.

Aside from those 3 big events, I spent a lot of time with friends. I did coffee with my favourite Steve (buy his c.d. from me or I'll never hear the end of it), coffee with Belinda and Vonda (my favourite church ladies) and dinner with Denno, Ghia, Tina/Muss/Kris/Shay, and a bunch of other people you guys don't care about. So, I am interviewing for 2 jobs this week - one is a management position and the other one ... I have no idea. I just said I'd go. Either way, I'm broke and need to find work soon. Prayers would be appreciated.

As for now, Shealagh is here and we are doing our best to get her accustomed to life in Dublin. Of course it's raining like crazy today - just in time for a shining first impression. My flights were long and boring but safe - just how I like 'em. And I met a cute boy in the Toronto airport - but more about that later.

I'm tired and jet lagged so that's it for today - keep an eye out for future posts with stories I will try to conjure up at some point.

More than Lagged,
Jen

Saturday, June 02, 2007

The Surprise!

So I'm here in Regina, SK and everything is going really well! The surprise for Tina went off without a hitch - we both bawled and even after countless slip-ups over the 7 months preceding the surprise, she had NO IDEA I was going to be in Canada. So AMEN! Woo hoo! The flights were actually really good - for some reason the flight from Dubs to Toronto was only 5.5 hours long - so I was delighted about that! I cried when I saw a Pontiac Sunfire on the way to my hotel in TO - it's strange what sparks emotion hey?!

So right now Muss and Kris are in Edmonton at the Police concert and Tina and I are going to spend our weekend shopping for wedding accessories and maybe hitting up Mosaic. It's been so lovely to spend time with just her - I can't believe how much I've missed her. I can't believe how much this place means to me. God has really blessed me with the ability to even go on this trip and I am determined to squeeze every little moment out of it.

Hope you are all well - for those of you in Ireland - I miss you but not so much the country and for those of you everywhere else - I just miss you. Will upload some pictures from the airport and the surprise soon.

More than Happy to be Here,
Jen