Tuesday, October 7, 2008

A different turn...

So, where to start?!

The return from India didn't quite go to the original plan. As we all know the London (and world) economy has taken a bashing. On "Meltdown Monday" as the papers have called it, Lehman Brothers workers were not the only ones packing up their desks.

But, after a turbulent few weeks all is not lost, and I'm staying with ThoughtWorks and transferring to their Calgary office. Canada here I come! Not sure when I'm leaving the UK yet but it won't be long. I'm really really excited I can't wait to get there and start my life out in Canada, and I think it's about time for me to stick around in the same city for a little while too.

So bring on the huskies, moose, snow, -30 degrees, ice hockey and poutine I say!

So while I have been waiting for all this to go through I have been back in Devon staying with the parentals. To be honest I have spent a lot of time in PJ's which has been nice! Leaving Val and Beccy behind in London though is not so fun. After spending so much time together and surviving India, it seems weird not to be around each other all the time.

So time to organise my life, do all those things that you never thought of doing before leaving the country....

Monday, October 6, 2008

An anthology of emotional first aid...

I found this poem under the section "Successfully Single".....

Go to Bed with a Cheese and Pickle Sandwich
Mandy Coe

Go to Bed with a Cheese and Pickle Sandwich
It is life enhancing
It doesn't chat you up
You have to make it.

A cheese and pickle sandwich
is never disappointing.
You don't lie there thinking
Am I too fat?
Too fertile?
Too insecure?

Your thoughts are clear,
your choices simple;
to cut in half,
or not to cut in half.
How thin to slice the cheese,
and where you should place the pickle.

From a cheese and pickle sandwich
you do not expect flowers,
poems, words of love and acts of adoration.
You expect what you get:
cheese... and pickle.

You want, you eat,
and afterwards - you have eaten.
No lying awake resentful,
listening to it snore.

Safe snacks.
It comes recommended.