After returning from London on a Sunday night, I had only a few days left before leaving the flat to start travelling again on the Friday. Each night after work was filled with catching up with friends, going out, packing and reminiscing. I'd also like to add I had a massive cold which is still lingering, weeks later and involved me blowing my nose every 5 seconds. Seriously, not a good look. I moved out of my room for the new girl, Nat to move in on Wednesday and spent the next two nights dossing in my own apartment on the couch. Weird feeling! The new housemates seem cool and I'm sure will be happy in the next chapter of 53 (2f1) George IV Bridge. Diana and Marcos (picture) left on Wednesday to move back to Madrid, with bulging suitcases and smiles about going back to family, warmer weather and Marcos' beloved Spain. I will visit them in December and can't wait to hear how they are going and also to indulge in copious amounts of nutella crepes and chat.
My last day at the RCN was Thursday and I was spoilt rotten by the great colleagues I had come to know over the last seven months. I will miss in particular my "team" - Alan, Pat, Jilly and Aileen. They are a great bunch of people and I hope to keep in touch with them. On my last day we held the obligatory afternoon tea where we ate yummy cakes and chatted over cups of tea for a wee while. Alan (my boss) made a lovely speech which I really didn't expect and gave me a card signed by the office staff and a bag of goodies. I couldn't believe that they had gone to this amount of trouble for me. I'm going to list what I got because there were some really funky things in there, they'd had a good old brainstorm on what to get a travelling wilbury!
-Swiss army knife (which I christened about five minutes after receiving it by slicing my finger nicely...still have a little scar)
-A lipgloss in the shape of a Ferrero Rocher...mmm chocolate.
-An Edinburgh cosmetic bag, which now houses my first aid kit in my backpack.
-A hammock - thanks Jilly! I am so taking it with me to Thailand...there will be photographic evidence of its use.
-A gel handwarmer in the shape of a heart, it has a great saying about listening to your heart and not your head but I haven't got it with me right now.
-A hot water bottle with a knitted cover with hearts on it (are you sensing a theme here of my complaining about the cold?)
-I also got a considerable amoun
t of Euros which helped my budget in Ireland no end and also saved me a trip to M&S to change pounds over.
Pat also gave me a silver necklace with an amber pendant. I think it looks great and was such a nice pick, very special. Pat sure does have an eye for great jewellery.
Lugging all this down to Bierex after work finished, we had a great crowd come down for dinner and drinks. I had my first Hot Toddie (whiskey, hot water, lemon, sugar and cloves) courtesy of Emma, I don't know if I'd rush to have another any time soon. It was good to have some laughs outside of work and again being spoilt rotten by my generous colleagues. this picture isn't from my farewell do but I think this picture of Jilly is hilarious. Did someone say 2 for 1???
Friday I spent packing, finishing last minute jobs and catching up with people. Nic met up with me for a pot of tea and a huge chat, we hadn't seen each other in ages and I am glad she's heading back to Australia over Christmas (she'd be on her way now!) and then back to Edinburgh a little bit into the new year to start a new job. I hope it's a lot more creative than her last one for her sake. Blast from the past, after tea with Nic I met up with Rachael, who I worked with back at Myer. We always talked about meeting up in the UK as she was going on a roadtrip with her cousin and Aunty around Britain...and we did! It was great to hear her stories about Contiki in Europe and how the roadtrip was going so far. She is going to live and work in the UK for the next year I think which is awesome, sad I won't be there to catch up with her again. We went to Monster Mash for a good, stodgy meal.
Soon enough it was time for me to leave to pick up my bags, say goodbye to the housemates and catch the bus with Noni to the airport to take off for Dublin. As usual, an uncouth Ryanair flight took place with rowdy, loud, disgusting drunk Brits. I loathe low cost flights on Friday nights, peace and quiet on the plane is out of the question. Post about Ireland coming soon!
My last day at the RCN was Thursday and I was spoilt rotten by the great colleagues I had come to know over the last seven months. I will miss in particular my "team" - Alan, Pat, Jilly and Aileen. They are a great bunch of people and I hope to keep in touch with them. On my last day we held the obligatory afternoon tea where we ate yummy cakes and chatted over cups of tea for a wee while. Alan (my boss) made a lovely speech which I really didn't expect and gave me a card signed by the office staff and a bag of goodies. I couldn't believe that they had gone to this amount of trouble for me. I'm going to list what I got because there were some really funky things in there, they'd had a good old brainstorm on what to get a travelling wilbury!
-Swiss army knife (which I christened about five minutes after receiving it by slicing my finger nicely...still have a little scar)
-A lipgloss in the shape of a Ferrero Rocher...mmm chocolate.
-An Edinburgh cosmetic bag, which now houses my first aid kit in my backpack.
-A hammock - thanks Jilly! I am so taking it with me to Thailand...there will be photographic evidence of its use.
-A gel handwarmer in the shape of a heart, it has a great saying about listening to your heart and not your head but I haven't got it with me right now.
-A hot water bottle with a knitted cover with hearts on it (are you sensing a theme here of my complaining about the cold?)
-I also got a considerable amoun
t of Euros which helped my budget in Ireland no end and also saved me a trip to M&S to change pounds over.Pat also gave me a silver necklace with an amber pendant. I think it looks great and was such a nice pick, very special. Pat sure does have an eye for great jewellery.
Lugging all this down to Bierex after work finished, we had a great crowd come down for dinner and drinks. I had my first Hot Toddie (whiskey, hot water, lemon, sugar and cloves) courtesy of Emma, I don't know if I'd rush to have another any time soon. It was good to have some laughs outside of work and again being spoilt rotten by my generous colleagues. this picture isn't from my farewell do but I think this picture of Jilly is hilarious. Did someone say 2 for 1???
Friday I spent packing, finishing last minute jobs and catching up with people. Nic met up with me for a pot of tea and a huge chat, we hadn't seen each other in ages and I am glad she's heading back to Australia over Christmas (she'd be on her way now!) and then back to Edinburgh a little bit into the new year to start a new job. I hope it's a lot more creative than her last one for her sake. Blast from the past, after tea with Nic I met up with Rachael, who I worked with back at Myer. We always talked about meeting up in the UK as she was going on a roadtrip with her cousin and Aunty around Britain...and we did! It was great to hear her stories about Contiki in Europe and how the roadtrip was going so far. She is going to live and work in the UK for the next year I think which is awesome, sad I won't be there to catch up with her again. We went to Monster Mash for a good, stodgy meal.
Soon enough it was time for me to leave to pick up my bags, say goodbye to the housemates and catch the bus with Noni to the airport to take off for Dublin. As usual, an uncouth Ryanair flight took place with rowdy, loud, disgusting drunk Brits. I loathe low cost flights on Friday nights, peace and quiet on the plane is out of the question. Post about Ireland coming soon!
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