Reunited

So my sweet lil' Nicles will be back with me before too long. As I've said before we both leave at the same time tomorrow (accounting for the time difference) and we arrive in Edmonton exactly 12 hours apart. Poor little Swell has 20 hours of traveling ahead of her.

Not a lot of fun. Especially by yourself.

I don't think I'm speaking out of turn when I tell you that she had a lot of fun. She was able to visit everyone that she wanted in the Bucharest area but wasn't able to get out to see some other relatives in other parts of Romania. I'm sure she'll post more pictures or stories when she's back in town. She ran out of internet time and didn't feel that it was important to buy more just for a couple of days so she's been out of contact with the world for the last little while (although I've spoken with her by phone).

I had an interesting phone conversation yesterday with a woman who works for a large eye care "charity" ("charity" because I'm trying to be as non-descriptive as possible as I don't want to say anything inappropriate).

It was an awkward conversation and I'm not sure if I heard all of it. Anyway I had sent in my CV for a temporary "consulting" position after having the job description forwarded to me by a colleague/friend.

I was then contacted via email by someone I met last year at the conference in South Africa. He was given my name and contact information by another colleague/friend and was writing to encourage me to apply for a job he had available. Turns out it was the same job I had already sent my CV in for.

Small world.

So I said we were interested and that I had already "applied".

Well I end up getting an email from the person in charge trying to set up a time to speak by phone.

We spoke.

But we spoke about a completely different position that she thought Swell and I would be a good fit for.

Rather than temporary this one would be a two year contract.

It is doing basically what I've always wanted to do in a very nice place. It is with a big enough "charity" that there is room for advancement/other opportunities and will look good on my CV in the long term.

Swell is less excited than I because of "money" and "safety" and "family" but she's excited.

Its an interesting opportunity and Swell and I will have to sit down and talk it out but we are interested enough to say "we're interested now how much can you pay us?"

Not that we're after money but again - student loans.

Well short update. I'm looking forward to seeing my family in Edmonton this week.

REALLY looking forward to seeing my little wife and having her back full-time.

That's that. May not be any updates for awhile unless the hotel in Drayton Valley (the "city" where my sister is getting married) has WiFi.

We want to wish Gilda a good, safe, fun trip (she's leaving on a Greece, Turkey, Italy cruise on Friday).