Inspired

Wow! I was at a great meeting yesterday at the department that I am hopefully joining in a couple of weeks. We discussed course literature, scheduling, hopes and aspirations for "my" course and a lot of other things related to teaching at the uni. It was magnificent! ;D

I can honestly say that I don't think that I have ever been so inspired when it comes to my career so I just can't wait until the necessary paperwork is pushed through. I want to start working now!

Just as I was about to leave, my boss to be asked me about my research preferences as well. My interpretation is that I will be allowed to do some research of my own related to the big project that we will be a part of and that we are managing. It's a dream come true! ;D

So I'm totally inspired, and I walk around with big ol' smirk on my face. It's good to be me! :D

Cheers!

Un-even is the word

It truly is. As I said in my last post, I haven't been frequent with my blogging, and I really need to force my self into writing... Once again I will promise to be better at it.

So what's new? I'm still unemployed, but hopefully not for long. An opportunity has arisen that would allow me to work in academia, both in a research project and as an educator of young minds. :D The topics? Urban logistics with an environmental twist, something that I really would love to work with. So fingers crossed that it will hold... :)

Apart from that? I exercise a lot. I normally go for 4 - 5 fitness classes every week, and I think it's amazing! I never was much of a fitness kind of guy before, but this past year has really turned that around for me. I have even been to a fitness instructor course, so I am now qualified to hold BodyBalance classes. In the next two months or so, I need to make a video of me teaching a class, and after that I will be a certified Les Mills instructor.

I have recently re-discovered climbing as well, and I fell in love with it. So next on my "developing myself" agenda is to participate in a course to learn more about securing others as we go climbing. It's great fun, and if you have ever thought of learning to climb, all I can say is: Do it! You will not be dissapointed... :)

So, I once more resolve to try to be better at updating this blog, and hopefully I will be able to tell you more about my new life at the university soon. :)

Cheers!

My blogger style

...is what you might like to call un-even... In my last post, my only post in 2008, I wrote that I would try to write another post within eight months. I didn't! ;) I wrote one post in 2008, now it's the 29th April 2009.

Weeell... Anything new? You bet! Even though it might not be as new anymore... I have had one of the most upturning half years of my life, actually the most upturning half year of my life.

Last time I wrote anything here, I had a wonderful girlfriend and we had bought an apartment and I was stuck at my job which I didn't care that much for... Now, a year later (minuse two weeks) I have none of these factors left in my life. We did move to our new apartment, and it was nice! I loved that place... It was newly built, it was all new and shiny... It was good...

And I loved my girlfriend, I think I still do... We actually got engaged, and I was as happy as I could be at that time, but it was not to last... She called of our engagement and my world plummeted... Of course this meant that we had to sell our apartment as well. With the ongoing recession, this was not the easiest thing to do, but we did it. We lost some money, but I honestly feel that was nothing compared to losing Her (with a capital H). I hope I can win her back some time... Hey, weirder things have happend! ;D

The week that we were moving out of the apartment, I had a meeting with my boss. I went to that meeting, thinking that I would get a new assignment, boy was I wrong! I left the meeting a job shorter... I had lost everything within six months! At least I had my health... ;) And I still do.

So now what? Well mostly I am stuck here in my new apartment, which is a nice place, but it's not the same. I look for jobs, I exercise alot, I think alot and contemplate my life. I am sad that I lost my fiancee, and I wouldn't mind having her back. I wouldn't mind having a job to go either, but I feel stronger as a person now than I have in a long time. I guess I have a new view on life and what's important...

Well, I guess that's it for now!

Cheerio!

/Matsey