Life in the city

So this week has been interesting........I started a new job last week after being off for just over a year, and I have not exactly been keeping up the old professional banking skills! Don't think I have been completely docile during my entire downtime.....I did some pretty progressive landscaping, got addicted to hot yoga, went to the gym a few times a week...and usually included a couple of lunch dates so I could remember how to have conversations with other people. But a work lifestyle it was not.........and that was welcoming. As a good friend of mine told me; once you start forgetting what day of the week it is you know you have finally settled into a life of relaxing.....that did happen....and I was relaxed.

Last week.........not so much!

I suppose I should expect a little stress...I am in a new city, a new apartment (a VRBO so none of my own stuff)  a new job, and I am alone.....Dwight does not join me until the end of the month. All of these experiences made me think "What is it about our need for routine in our lives, and once we get it we want it to change?"

My first day at work was filled with what, where, when and how is expected of me. Of course, the first thing you try to establish is sense of belonging, and there is no better way to do that then to set up your work area and establish a routine.  Even if its getting a coffee at a certain time of the day, by having something you can expect its can bring you a sense of calm. The building is certainly interesting......rather like Fort Knox, the reason why? Well there are about 350 people that work there and a large part of them handle a lot of cash....not the ones that report to me however even out material is pretty sensitive.....so its best not to know whats happening in the building...the best way to do that....make it a rather boring building....and that it is......on the outside.

There is so much happening right now all I can think of is.......take every moment as a new experience and be happy that I get to have them before they become routine. We often forget that life is just a series of moments, those moments turn into experiences and those experiences become our lives..........when our life becomes routine it just means that we need to branch out and find new experiences.........and from the looks of this town.....that wont be hard to do!!!

I travel back to Victoria this weekend to complete the final details of selling our house and all of the moving stuff......I am looking forward to seeing my friends. Of everything that has changed that is the one this that I do regret.....there is noting more important than the people you surround yourself with and unfortunately they will now be much further away..........I hope that I can be one of their experiences on a regular basis and we don't loose touch, good people are hard to find...........good friends are even harder.

No pictures on this one......but there will be next time..........promise..........


Till next time...........

Welcome...you to my new blog, and me to my new city!

Thanks for coming back...and making the effort to follow my blog posts...I know it can be a pain when people change sites..new bookmarks etc etc, I really do appreciate it! 

So how is Vancouver....well so far so good.  We checked into the Sheraton Wall Center residential north tower yesterday afternoon. We have rented a very tiny one bedroom condo until we find our own condo.....what it lacks in size it makes up in views.......check these out!

I think this place will work out just fine.......

As I type I cant stop thinking about this new job of mine....a Director or Global Retail operations.........big title but really its not that big of a deal! Basically its running two centers that support all of the credit functions for Western Canada, one here and one in Calgary. I am actually looking forward to working again, really I am.....I have never been good at being idle however I have enjoyed the last year off...its taught me a lot. Spending time alone allows you to ponder what drives you and what drives you crazy! I found that I just don't need to be busy, but I need to be challenged....something I hope this new role will do. Based on my nervousness I am guessing it will......! I am fascinated by my anxiousness....its been over a year since I have been in the professional world and I am not sure I remember how to do it...not to mention I don't know if  I am going to fit into my suits!

The next few weeks will unfold quickly.......the house in Victoria closes at the end of June so I will be back in town for that, starting a new job always taxes you, looking for a new home......which will be very different than the one we had.....and all in all trying to stay sane! That usually means that there will be a good bottle of wine, or two, consumed in the process and I will definitely share the details of with you........

I hope you will tune in often to see how things are going........

Talk soon