A pound of camembert has 37pts...
What does that mean you say??? Well what it means is that in the very near future I could be in France, for work, eating Camembert so I better know how many points it is!
First things first. Erin, who I love, mentioned to me a new project going on at work in France and that they might be looking for project managers. I followed up on Monday, dropped an email, they got right back to me and THIS VERY MORNING I had two phone interviews with the head honchos over there about a position. Turns out they had JUST hired an external candidate to be a project manager but that they have TONS of work and could use my skills. The contract is huge, the work is very interesting and right up my alley and of course it is IN FRANCE - in NICE no less!. I was upfront with them about how much I use my French today and how I would need an immersion program and then indicated that would be no problem and they could help me with that. They asked me about travel and timeframes and then we all thought it would be best to meet in person and get a better feel for this love fest. We aren't going to meet until next week and that is a good thing because there are lots of things to talk about and lots of questions to formulate.
What do I do about the dog?
What do I do about my house?
How often can I come home?
Where will I live when I am there?
What about Matt and I?
The opportunity is phenomenal and I will be working with high level executives starting on the ground floor of this project. And let me know forget that I can use my French. The year I spent in France was so-so education wise, but the travel and the language skills were priceless. This would allow me to enhance and solidify my skills and then give them practical application in my adult life, something that interests me very much. In addition to the fact that this is just a great opportunity to go out there and grab an opportunity that has been passed to me!
Today has been just crazy - crazy good in lots and lots of ways and I am as usual surprised by the turns my life take and blessed at the same time that all of the opportunities God presents to me. I am feeling very blessed and overwhelmed by the wonderful things that have come into my life in the past three months and a bit undeserving of it... but I hope I can do justice to the gift I have received.
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Wow-WEE.... that sound totally exciting... and panic attack written all over it! wow- what an amazing opportunity :) Take today and enjoy the excitement of the possiblity.. And then do your homework- prepping your questions, detailing the logistic, etc...
Why not? France??? bringing past and present experiences together? France is a nice place to be in love, get married, etc... I bet Matt could learn French very quickly.......
so great- keep us posted! :)
Jesus loves you and so do I! Yay! God is so good!
(Oh, sidenote: send this post through spell-check)
I'm so happy for you! ...But selfishly, I will miss you at work :-( Oh well, I will make the sacrifice for the greater good...
How do you say "Yay" in French?
Jesus loves you and so do I! Yay! God is so good!
(Oh, sidenote: send this post through spell-check)
I'm so happy for you! ...But selfishly, I will miss you at work :-( Oh well, I will make the sacrifice for the greater good...
How do you say "Yay" in French?
You can say "Chouette!" which means Great! in french....
I did run it through spell check and corrected the errors, thank you for mentioning that 2nd, your pouncing is getting better!
I am glad to see the peep is back on your site - I love that peep