Best wishes!

Hope everyone had a wonderful christmas. Just a couple more days and 2012 will come to and end. So I want to wish everyone all the best for 2013. That you may find love and happiness and a bit of security in these times of crisis. 

Last year I wrote about 2012 hopefully being the year of living together. Here we are, one year later and I am typing this in my own home :) I also wrote about being happy in my job. Well that turned out a little bit different. Hopefully 2013 will bring me a new job in which I can develop myself professionally. And then let's see in december 2013 what has come of it.

Happy Holiday's

Ciao!

Ixis 

Wrapping presents and baking cake

It's windy outside, really windy and rainy. Not exactly how you picture the surroundings to be around Christmas. But hey, in the 24 years I have been around there have been like what, 2 maybe 3 white christmases? 

Did some final shopping for the christmas presents yesterday. They are all wrapped up now, and ready to be put under the three. Tomorrow, on christmas eve, my parents and my boyfriends parents are coming to visit. starters and main course is quite small and simple. Just little bites because in the two days after there will be enough food already. The desert however, not that simple. I am making my own tiramisu in little glasses. And now... I am baking a cake :)

Since I have all this spare time now, for the past three weeks. My boyfriend said he thought I would  have started baking already. But it may be that I won't have all this spare time much longer. Last week I was approached by someone in my network to talk about a possible job. Well the vacancy is there, inside the company at the moment. But because they expect that no one will be suitable for the job they already started to look outside the company. And that is were I came into the picture. How awesome is that! This networking thing really works in two ways! So in the second week of January an exploratory 'job interview' is planned :) If it works out and they find me suitable for the job, then what about my former company? If there is still an option to come back? The what? I don't know yet. Maybe let it be christmas first and let all this job hunt sink in a bit. Hopefully it will clear my head and then first of all, let's wait and see. Maybe they don't want me for the job and then all the worries are for nothing.

Ciao!

Ixis

Christmas feeling

It is not exactly the christmas spirit, so hereby some pictures which for me capture the christmas feeling.

Ciao!

Ixis

Networking

Yesterday and the day before that I had two networking appointments (hope it is the correct English). Anyway, I went to two contacts I met at my former employer to talk about my wishes in a job, and whether or not they know some possibilities inside or outside of their company. I learned a lot from these meetings, but not yet very concrete plans were made (although, the second one may be a little more concrete). 

However, I realized that I still very much into my old employer. It is not strange I think as you know that the topic of going back there is discussed. Well, it is touched, but not for sure spoken out. The chain of contracts will break after a period of three months and one day. But nobody knows what the situation will be in three months. But knowing there is a slight possibility to go back to this job, the lovely colleagues, the very learn-friendly work environment, makes looking for a new job more difficult for me.

As I liked it there very much, I would love to get the chance of going back there. But who knows if this chance is still there after three months? I don't know what to do. I have to apply for jobs ofcourse, but what job do I really want? And then I have to start all over again in learning the people, the organization and my job.  Hope that time will bring the answers.

Ciao!

Ixis

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What comes easy won't last, and what lasts won't come easy.

It's coming...... Christmas!

I am becoming in the mood.... Now that I am home most of the day I am (in between of applying for jobs) watching tv shows about christmas or listening to christmas music. And of course already decorated the christmas tree!

So I am becoming in the mood. I love it. Especially last friday when the world was so beautiful in the snow! Surfing on the internet I stumbled upon this beautiful picture on weheartit.com

How cute! My little precious cat aged 14 is sick. She may not even be here anymore around christmas. So being without a job means spending most of the time left with my cat love.

Ciao!

Ixis

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Unemployed

Ugh... And it starts all over again. Luckily these are good times for finding jobs (NOT). Next week I'm having two networking appointments. Hope those will lead up to something.

Ciao!
Ixis