I'm at the half way point in my rotation, with only 3 months left- I'm in full scramble mode both professionally and personally.
My projects, which started a bit slow while I caught up and was trained in my new role are now full speed ahead. So I essentially, have 3 months to do 4 different projects. Challenge Accepted. I'm having a great experience working well out of my comfort zone. I'm learning a whole new way of working, that I'm not used to. In my nutrition role, I'm global. I'm the only one on my team in my office. I spend all day pretty much alone emailing and listening in to meetings on the phone. Here, my days are 90% interaction- face to face meetings, one on ones, people stopping by all day long. I didn't think I would enjoy it, all this relationship building, but I really am. I think I'm going to be lonely when I go back home. At least Mary will be there and I can bug her all the time.
On the personal side, I'm running around trying to get to every corner of Joburg that I can, meet as many people as I can and experience as much as I possibly can. Meetup.com and Inter-nations have been my best friends- Meetup a little more than the Inter-nations. My list of places I need to go and things I need to see is pages long- and that is just for Joburg!! That doesn't include the 3 weekend trip T and I have left or the travel with Phil and Dil. HA! I just realized that sort of rhymes.
Meet-up led me to Science and Cocktails on Tuesday. It was pretty fabulous.... a bonus, it was at a Jozi hotspot that I wanted to check out- The Orbit. The bartenders were all wearing lab coats, the bar was decorated with smoking flasks and the drinks were themed for the occasion- I had a Fire and Ice, which was literally served on fire. The highlight was the talk- set up in the style of a TED talk a Professor gave a lecture on climate change and how it relates to South African weather. A little over my head at times (it was 9pm at night), but very interesting, especially the lively Q&A session after. I learned a lot about El Ninos. I didn't stay for the Jazz part of the evening- early meetings on Wednesday, but I plan to next time. Like usual, I made some new friends and I picked up a couple of travel tips for Phil and I's Cape Town trip. Looking forward to next month's talk on Eyes and Visual perception. Woot Science!
To combat some of the stress, I've started a home yoga program, Yoga Camp with Adriene. I highly recommend it. It's for all levels, it's stretchy and relaxing and Adriene is funny. I hate yoga and I'm enjoying this.
There's also been a whole lot of doodling... I guess it's my version of adult coloring.
All this craziness is resulting in me losing my mind... I spent the last two months working on a surprise Valentine's Day gift for Phil...when I was finally ready to buy it today, I was trying to beat the clock on the sale price and didn't notice that Phil's credit card was saved in the account and not mine. So he bought his own present and I ruined the surprise. :(
I have several things planned for the weekend- lots of reviews and pictures anticipated, so I thought I'd break it up a little this week. :) Have a great rest of the week everyone!
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