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Interesting.
Well over two years ago I applied for a job at a multinational very close to where I live (I could crawl into the office). It was a pleasant enough interview, nice chap to talk to, but after a few rounds of interviews, they told me no and said they decided to go ahead with candidates a little more experienced. Fair enough. I was a little disappointed at the time, but life goes on.
A short while after that, they contacted me again, saying the had an entirely different position available, which they thought might suit me. I'm not entirely sure what happened with that then, but that one didn't particularly feel right anyway, so I wasn't too worried.
Now, almost 2.5 years later, an HR woman called me to ask me would I still be interested in working with them. They are now looking for someone a little more junior and apparently I had made such an impression, the guy I had the first interview with still remembered me now.
I told them I'm quite happy where I am now, but I'm not going to say "no" straight away. So I go in one of these days to check how far they want to go to get me on board.
Quite flattering, really.
Solon and me were being adventurous yesterday. First time ever doing XC. He was such a good boy, feeling very steady and more or less doing his thing, saying in his non speaking way "Never mind, I know what needs to be done, just go along for the ride". Except of course when there was water involved, at which point he threw a temper tantrum :-]
And to continue the horsey news... I added another beastie to the family. Barones. She's a 2 year old Dutch Warmblood. Still needs to grow up a little, but she's lovely and sweet (and has beautiful paces for a showjumper)
Fingers crossed today for Blondie's vetting...
I just realised I haven't posted in weeks. That's probably a lot to do with me never being online anymore when I'm at home ever since my laptop died a miserable death. Usually I post from work, but it's been a rollercoaster for 4 months straight, but I think we're nearing a temporary end now. I could use a bit of a breathing period.
Solon has been doing a few more showjumping courses and doing quite well. He's going to a huge show this weekend. Only downside is that his class on Saturday is starting at 8:00 am *yawn*.
Szep is doing great. He's just started teething now. He's a very good natured dog, always happy and quite well behaved. Quite surprising considering his breed(s). I think even the vet was impressed.
Storm and Sterre are suffering from a spring bug. Poor Storm was having a real hard time breathing. He's cleared up a little now and the whole family seems to be enjoying their time on the balcony. Little Sterre is still a brat though and scares me everytime she hops over to the neighbour's balcony.
Tonight I'll be seeing Nick Cave at the Heineken Music Hall, even though I kind of forgot about it, so really have to rush to get there.
Not a whole lot going on. I must be growing old and homely.
In a way, it felt like I had won the lottery, but with a massive BUT to it.
I've had my horse for 6 years now. In that time, he's grown to be my buddy, my master in crime, most irritating beast ever and superduperbeastie. We've had wars and make ups, ups and downs, great rides and big falls.
And then someone came along last sunday, after seeing him jump an almost all clear with the words "Are you interested in selling him?". My initial instant response was "no way!". My friend told me not to say no right away, so I said we'd discuss it and get back to them. She's more savvy in the wheeling and dealing of horse business, so she caught up with the people later.
The situations was... a huge, HUGE sum of money to sell him to an international rider. I mean, we're talking brand-ne- middle-class-car-amount here. A lot of money for a 9 year old horse, who has never done anything in his life and can be very stroppy to boot.
So I had to consider it, and it was terrible. I didn't sleep most of the night, and was completely absent at work. Every hour my decision would change from "yes" to "no".
Now, all my more commercially inclined friends are calling me crazy, but I don't care, 'cause I'm still quite happy with my little pony Solon and he's going to stay with me for a little while yet.
But what a difficult decision to make...
Meet Szep.
WTF?
Anyway, pictures. The view from my balcony this morning.
So 3FM Serious Request hit the country again. A race for charity where 3 DJs get locked up in a glass house for a week or so, presenting their show from it. Meanwhile, there's auctions, songs request and all kinds of stuff going on around it. With this, they try to draw attention to whatever good cause catches their fancy. Last year there was a huge rally against landmines, and this year the focus is on water.
At work, someone started a bit of an auction themselves, where everyone can suggest a record, but has to put their money where their mouth is. The song that gets most votes becomes the official request and gets sent on to the 3FM studio.
Our current count is roughly 2000 euros already! I just suggested U2's - Walk to the Water, because it's so fitting. It was hard to decide though... Bowie's "Looking for Water" was high up on my list too, as well as No Pussy Blues, but that was just because it would rock so much to hear that song being played on the radio.
I went to see Of Montreal a couple of nights ago and made a couple of pictures. These guys play fairly big venues in the US, or so I've been told, but over here, they played Paradiso's small upstairs room, while Marillion played downstairs. I rather enjoyed them, and they're great for shooting pictures at. First time I shot in RAW mode, but I didn't spent enough time at processing the pictures properly... My computer is just too slow. I think I need a Mac ;)
