So it looks like this blog has gone the way of my other great passions in life (learning to play the harmonica, becoming an world class sportsman, catching all the Pokémon…) – it’s fizzled out shortly after I realised that it required hard work.
I’m not sounding the death knoll on this blog though, just pointing out that the ‘once a week’ posting policy I tried to keep to has become a ‘once a month a best’ policy. And although a large part of this can be attributed to apathy/laziness on my part, I will protest that I’m working far more than I did in Spain and that life is considerably more boring than I am led to believe it is on TV (I break out into song much less frequently than they do in Glee).
That isn’t to say I’ve been (overly) boring though – I’ve done a few interesting things, like watching the start of the Brussels 20km run from the top of the arc de triomph…
… and travelling to places like Madrid and Maastricht…
Geck?
… and visiting the lovely sea-side town of Knokke – though I went here hungover and with a mild case of food poisoning. I didn’t get round to taking pictures that day, mostly I just tried not to die (I was quite successful).
Most recently, I can report that the merger between our office and that of the world’s largest independent PR firm is complete and I now have new colleagues in my office. This started at the beginning of last week with the company retreat to Bruges which was thoroughly enjoyable but the highlight so far has to be an office email asking if anyone had seen the PR team’s box of condoms which seems to have been misplaced while settling in.
Life in Brussels has been continuing as it always has, I’ve spoken next to no French and my to-do list keeps growing, while the time to do it in keeps shrinking. Mostly I’m thinking about media preparations for next year (I’ve been elected Media Officer at Bath next year) and writing a 3,000 word essay, which isn’t especially long – my biggest difficulty is just finding time to do it in.
The thing I’ve come to notice among my stagiaires friends though, is that our (their – I’ve got 2 months left) time is drawing to an end. People are already starting to pack their bags people are being replaced by the next generation. Still there’s a little bit of time left and we’ll just have to use it wisely…
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