O.K. so its been a while since I updated the blog and a lots happened since the last post so I thought it was time to get typing.
"I'm back working with AAA" :-) After almost 4 months off work doing pretty much as I please its back to the grind. I've rejoined as Country Service Manager this time and I'm based in Bratislava, Slovakia. As usual lots to do and targets to be met but its kind of nice getting back into the middle of it.
I've been back almost a month now and I've been staying at the Residence Harlequin Hotel in Bratislava but I'm glad to say I should be getting the keys to my new apartment tomorrow :-)
The harlequin is OK, and its basically a fully equipped one bedroom apartment but its still a hotel at the end of the day and most of you know my feelings on them. The place I'm moving into is a 1 bedroom apartment but it will be a lot better because I can settle down there knowing I don't have to move again.
I'm on my as Macky & Daniel are not with me this time, its really hard leaving them to come to work but I'll be seeing them regularly when I get home every 2 or 3 weeks for weekend breaks and I'm sure they will be out here for the school holidays. The first 2 weeks I was here I couldn't get on the net and it drove me nuts and cost me a fortune in SMS messages but that's all sorted now.
We have finally bought our own place in the UK :-) Most of you know that this is the first house we have had that we can make truly ours as we have moved 8 times in the past 8 years. It was time for us to have a base and a place we could call our own.
The last 2 weeks I was in the UK were hectic to say the least. We got the keys to the house on Friday 12th September and by Saturday afternoon the next day the carpets were all removed and the decorating had been done!!! although its not a nice experience getting up at 4 am to start painting :-(
We spent Saturday evening and Sunday shopping because I had to fly to Bratislava on the Monday morning but by Thursday of the following week the new carpets were fitted and Macky was backwards and forwards to the house receiving the furniture deliveries.
We did a trip to Ikea whilst I was still there and bought all of the essentials such as kitchenware's blankets towels etc because all of our stuff was still in storage in Prague :-( as it turned out Kat helped me out with a courier that was next to the storage place and it all got sent on Wednesday 24th by truck. I flew to the UK for the weekend on the Friday and it all arrived Friday evening!!! We ended up unpacking as much as we could and I was assembling furniture for 2 days but it meant we could actually move in :-) we now have enough crockery and cutlery for a 24 seat dinner party and still not need to do the dishes.
Macky's done a great job of putting the house together and it looks really good now, she has been very busy over the past 2 weeks:-)
Daniel is still going to the same school even though we've moved area but we are only 10 minutes away so it made no sense to move him. Macky now has to get up earlier though to drive him there instead of a 1 minute walk. He's happy to have his own bedroom all to himself again and needless to say there are toys everywhere but he's happy.
Macky is driving around on her own now and she is doing really well considering she didn't really have much driving experience since passing her test, and she's never driven right hand drive or driven in the UK before. We ended up getting a Ford Focus Zetec 3 door, its a great car that's not too small but not too big, if you know what I mean.......... it looks good too but she still wants a convertible... hmm.... maybe next year.
Anyway that's about it for now, its Sunday but still got work to do :-( at least it keeps me busy.
next post soon, ish
