Libres des contraintes du travail et des vacances scolaires, nous partons en Australie le mois prochain, le 17 avril. Nous avons payé l'accompte et il nous reste à donner nos passeports à l'agence pour les visas et il faudrait aller à la sous-préfecture pour faire faire des permis internationals. J'ai prèsque fini de lire The Fatal Shore et j'ai lu Bill Bryson. J'ai bien parcouru les guides. J'ai hâte de partir.
La semaine dernière, j'ai subi une dernière intervention chirugicale. Ca c'est bien passé, mais une intervention est toujours une intervention et je dois être patiente encore un peu avant de retrouver ma mobilité. D'ici un mois, ce sera parfait.
En rentrant de l'hôpital, j'ai vu une annonce pour un contrat de six mois à partir de mai. Cela me conviendrai, je crois. J'ai envoyé mon C.V. et en ce faisant, j'ai reconnu l'adresse email d'une copine. On verra si je suis prise. Ils souhaiteraient quelqu'un qui commencerai au début du mois, pas vers le 19.
J'ai raté la conférence STC France. C'est décevant, vu le travail pour la rendre un succès. Il parait que c'était un grand succès. C'est dur de rester "professionnelle" quand on ne travail pas et qu'on n'en a pas trop envie. Mais je continue. Je suis les listes et les "communautés" sur l'internet.
Demain, c'est le deuxième tour de l'élection municipale. On se retrouve avec la liste de J. P. Martin (qui s'est allié avec l'indépendent du premier tour), la liste de Marie-Anne Montchamp qui s'est alliée avec son ennémi, Debaeker, et en dernier, la liste socialiste. Je serais tenté de voter pour la liste socialiste pour les renforcer dans l'opposition. Martin a besoin d'une opposition forte pour le tenir.
S'il fait beau demain, peut-être j'irais voir les équipes qui préparent le début de la saison de baseball. Je ne m'occupe plus d'organiser le scorage cette année. On verra si on a besoin de moi. Ce serait bien d'être plus libre. Pour l'instant je ne pourrais pas le faire de toute façon.
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Saturday, March 15, 2008
Friday, March 14, 2008
Back to Work?
Just home from the hospital (operation successful) and saw a job offer on the STC France site. Since they are looking for someone for only six months, from May to November, I thought I should look into it. When I clicked the link to email my resumé, I noticed that I knew the addressee - in fact, when she was just starting out as a technical writer and was a bit in a panic about using FrameMaker, I met with her and helped her through the beginning of it. We have exchanged several emails since yesterday and it looks like I may very well be in the running for her job when she is off on maternity leave. Just when you least expect something, it just turns up.
Of course, if it doesn't pan out it's no great catastrophe either. Paul thinks that he might start his retirement with our trip to Australia. He has so much vacation and untaken RTT days (those are the days off one gets to create the illusion of a 35-hour week) that he must take before retirement, that he could stop working in April and not officially retire until late fall.
Also, I was thinking of getting back to the States for a visit sometime during the summer. I got an email from Erica suggesting a bunch of us Girls' High orchestra girls try to meet in August. I'd like to do that and go to Pittsburgh. If Paul were with me, we could then continue on a bit of vacation elsewhere. If I took this job, I wouldn't be able to do it.
While at the hospital, I read several Alexander McCall Smith novels -- mostly the ones from the No.1 Ladies Detective Agency series. They are very pleasant reading -- ideal for the hospital, actually, when you can't concentrate on heavy stuff. I'm also trying to finish The Fatal Shore, about Australia, but keep getting bogged down in it and not advancing.
Of course, if it doesn't pan out it's no great catastrophe either. Paul thinks that he might start his retirement with our trip to Australia. He has so much vacation and untaken RTT days (those are the days off one gets to create the illusion of a 35-hour week) that he must take before retirement, that he could stop working in April and not officially retire until late fall.
Also, I was thinking of getting back to the States for a visit sometime during the summer. I got an email from Erica suggesting a bunch of us Girls' High orchestra girls try to meet in August. I'd like to do that and go to Pittsburgh. If Paul were with me, we could then continue on a bit of vacation elsewhere. If I took this job, I wouldn't be able to do it.
While at the hospital, I read several Alexander McCall Smith novels -- mostly the ones from the No.1 Ladies Detective Agency series. They are very pleasant reading -- ideal for the hospital, actually, when you can't concentrate on heavy stuff. I'm also trying to finish The Fatal Shore, about Australia, but keep getting bogged down in it and not advancing.
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