The Beginning of a new routine

After my exhausting week I had a very relaxing weekend and starting a bit of a weekend routine. On Saturday I had a long lie then got up and went shopping in the mall, very American I thought. I also looked into doing to the cinema that night but when I came home for dinner and getting changed I fell asleep. Such a busy week. I continued my weekend routine by with a trip to the farmers market on the Sunday. Getting dinner and bits and pieces for the week ahead. 

Falling in Love 

I have also discovered Delilah, due to my later times home, a soft rock chat radio program which has people phone up and tell their stories. The stories are normally about love, dating or reflection which has lead me to reflect on my time at with the Saltire foundation and GE so far. Below is my own unique story for Delilah.
 
I first met Gees [GE Wind Electrical Systems placements] through our mutual friend, Saltire [the Saltire Foundation]. I was invited by Saltire to an awesome party [ Saltire Foundation Website] where I would have the chance to meet lots of interesting people [read the profile of summer placements]. Talking to friends [past interns] before I went I couldn’t wait to see what the party would be like and when I got there I wasn’t disappointed. There were loads of exciting people from a variety of places although some of them were clearly not the one for me. Across the room I saw Gees, he looked exciting, interesting and stood out in the crowd; he seem a perfect match. As I spent more time at the party with him [researching GE online] and I grew more convinced he was the one for me and decided to make my feeling obvious [applying of the placement]. We spent the most of the party talking to each other getting to know each other better, finding out things we had done and things we liked doing. [Further researching the placement and going through the application, speed interviews, and phone interviews].  By the end of the party I was smitten; I was even more thrilled when we had a date set up [got the placement] for the following week [to start in a few weeks].

As the date grew closer the excitement grew and grew. I had soon chosen what I was going to wear [flights book]; had then decided how I would do my hair [started packing]; the time and place confirmed [accommodation confirmed]. I had even met up our mutual friend Saltire to get more gossip and stories on Gees [information on the placement]. I also got the chance to speak to some others, equally excited, going on dates they had met through Saltire too, a brilliant match maker. 
 

Before I knew it the day was fast approaching, and the excitement started to turn to nervous. At a few hours before [night before flight], it was all of a sudden it was here and the nervousness really started to overtake the excitement.  I was going on a date Gees, it was now starting to feel real. In the taxi there [flight] I tried to concentrate on the positives to overcome the nervous and settle the butterflies in my tummy. Although, they soon spiked again when I first saw Gees [started my first day] although it wasn’t long before I was relaxed and enjoying myself, forgetting about the silly nervous in the last few days.

I can happily say this was just the first date in exciting relationship with Gees which is continuing strongly. It’s surprising to think that so long in [5 weeks] and that I still feel that excitement when I see Gees [go into work]. Maybe it’s true love.   

The attempt on my life

This Friday there was an attempt on my life. I was sitting quiet happily on Friday afternoon with a wee bit of Poalo Nuntini in one ear while I wrapped up my work for the week, when Matthew Richwine had the audacity to wish me a happy weekend over the top of my cubical wall. Well I got such a fright that I jumped, screamed out loud and pretty sure my heart skipped a beat before I bust out laughing at thought of how ridicules I must have looked. I’m pretty sure my response to Matt’s “Have a nice weekend” gave him a fright too so maybe I wasn’t the only one laughing to cover my fear. I’m not going to lie I get small frights quiet easily but this was the biggest fright I had since I can remember. Thanks Matt, and sorry for my odd reply. 

So there we have it, in one week the beginning of something new, a love story and a near death experience. Just another exciting week with GE, thanks to Saltire.  

Flora xxx