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This week is pretty much deserted where it comes to training. Seriously, I only had 1 person to train this week. Three webinars/consultancy calls on Monday, but that’s been all. Now I know that I was begging for some quiet time early December, but the amount of trainings have really fallen since then. I understand that December is supposed to be quiet, but January has been a snorefest as well.

You won’t believe how caught up my administration is, it’s a work of beauty! All my statistics are up to date, and I’m currently planning in training dates up until the end of May – just so the clients have a schedule to choose from. While this is all very useful and stuff, it’s also boring as hell. Especially with Manager P hardly being in the office (she gets time off to apply for new jobs) it’s very quiet here. On the upside, this DOES mean that I get to use the ‘Artist Radio’ function in Spotify a lot. So I do have a lot of good music.

Entertainment wise, it’s very quiet here, though. I think I’ll go and harass a few colleagues. If I have to stare a lot longer at these excel sheets I’ll go nuts. :’)

These are the darkest days of the year, where the sun rises at 8.45am sets at 4.30pm. For people who don’t live in this hemisphere it’s hard to imagine how terribly depressing it is, the darkness. (I weep for you, England – living an hour earlier than we do… and Finland, where your winters would make me jump off a bridge) Especially when it’s coupled with endless days of rain and the beginning of frost. It’s weird to imagine that we were up to our knees in snow this time last year. This year it’s all sludge rain and more rain and did I mention that it really sucks to be a dog owner this time of the year? Ugh.
Thankfully though from tomorrow on, the days will get longer again. We’re right at the hardest part and the light will return.

And I’ve had a good couple of days. As a christmas present from work we got a night of hotel stay in a luxurious hotel in Antwerp and I had a blast partying it up with the colleagues and their partners. Made some friends, too. Lots of laughs and good times were had! As far as company christmas presents go, this is about as good as it gets. Sure beats the stuff I got last year. Although I’m also cool with a bottle of champagne; this was pretty awesome.

Tonight I put up christmas decorations and it’s really criminal how much of a kick I get out of making my livingoom all sparkly and shiney. We don’t have a christmas tree (I don’t dare to take the risk – Bodhi has his playful moments where he bounces around the room sometimes) but by God do we have a lot of christmas lights and tacky decorations! And I’m not done yet. I do want tiny christmas trees that I can set on tables. More sparklies are needed. Aren’t they always?
I need to do SOMETHING to battle the darkest days of the year, you know?