First Two Days in Victoria
Well, here I am amongst my boxes in my lovely apartment at the end of day three of my new life in Victoria. Here's the low down on the last couple of days:
The Move
The movers arrived at 9am, and had everything loaded up to my apartment by 11am. This was fantastic because it allowed me the rest of the day to start to unpack and go and grab some groceries. Plus, Cory & Deb came over in the afternoon to help me unpack a little and put together some of my furniture. Their help was really appreciated!
Mind you, I haven't unpacked much else since. I was soooo tired by the end of the day sunday, and last night (after my first day of work) all I felt like doing was having a nice dinner and watching a little telly.
My apartment is fabulous! The views are sooo stunning, and I keep wondering exactly how I ended up with such a great place. I've put some photos on at the end of this post to show y'all!
Work
My first day was a typical first day, I was shown around and met way more people than I could remember the names of. I was given a whole slew of business plans etc to read, and got my pass to the building, and that's pretty much it. Quite boring really.
Today was really my first day of work, in that I started to actually have to use my brain. In the morning I attended my first meeting of a committee that I will be sitting on that is focusing on a montorship program. It should be really interesting. Then in the afternoon, I had a meeting the Exec. Director of one of the branches. Over the next couple of week I am going to be doing a review of their administrative functions within their group, and making recommendations for changes. Its a great first project, and will help me get to know that group really well. However, it will also be my first opportunity to put all that learning to practice, so I'm a little nervous.
Victoria Life
On the way home from work today I decided to walk out to Ogden Point and then home (for those of you who don't know Victoria, its basically walking 2-3 times the distance, for those that do know the city... my office is on Blanshard & Herald, and I live in James Bay). It was a really nice walk, and I am thinking that tomorrow I will walk out through Beacon Hill Park, along the ocean and then home.
The weather has been gorgeous, I mean GORGEOUS!! so its really easy to feel the need to be outside all the time. Perhaps I may even make use of our pool at some point this week!
Other Exciting News
When I got home today, I arrived to a letter from the Canadian Council of Human Resouces Associations. The exciting news?!!? I passed the CHPR Knowledge Exam!!!! Yahooo!! This means that I am now officially a CHRP Candidate!
Anyhow, here's a few pictures of the views from my apartment. Enjoy!
The Move
The movers arrived at 9am, and had everything loaded up to my apartment by 11am. This was fantastic because it allowed me the rest of the day to start to unpack and go and grab some groceries. Plus, Cory & Deb came over in the afternoon to help me unpack a little and put together some of my furniture. Their help was really appreciated!
Mind you, I haven't unpacked much else since. I was soooo tired by the end of the day sunday, and last night (after my first day of work) all I felt like doing was having a nice dinner and watching a little telly.
My apartment is fabulous! The views are sooo stunning, and I keep wondering exactly how I ended up with such a great place. I've put some photos on at the end of this post to show y'all!
Work
My first day was a typical first day, I was shown around and met way more people than I could remember the names of. I was given a whole slew of business plans etc to read, and got my pass to the building, and that's pretty much it. Quite boring really.
Today was really my first day of work, in that I started to actually have to use my brain. In the morning I attended my first meeting of a committee that I will be sitting on that is focusing on a montorship program. It should be really interesting. Then in the afternoon, I had a meeting the Exec. Director of one of the branches. Over the next couple of week I am going to be doing a review of their administrative functions within their group, and making recommendations for changes. Its a great first project, and will help me get to know that group really well. However, it will also be my first opportunity to put all that learning to practice, so I'm a little nervous.
Victoria Life
On the way home from work today I decided to walk out to Ogden Point and then home (for those of you who don't know Victoria, its basically walking 2-3 times the distance, for those that do know the city... my office is on Blanshard & Herald, and I live in James Bay). It was a really nice walk, and I am thinking that tomorrow I will walk out through Beacon Hill Park, along the ocean and then home.
The weather has been gorgeous, I mean GORGEOUS!! so its really easy to feel the need to be outside all the time. Perhaps I may even make use of our pool at some point this week!
Other Exciting News
When I got home today, I arrived to a letter from the Canadian Council of Human Resouces Associations. The exciting news?!!? I passed the CHPR Knowledge Exam!!!! Yahooo!! This means that I am now officially a CHRP Candidate!
Anyhow, here's a few pictures of the views from my apartment. Enjoy!
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