New places and unfamiliar faces

I need to record all of the events that have happened this week as its very significant for my life.

13/04/11

This was the last day of my placement. Sad times. We finished all of the hand over operations and I stayed until home time to say goodbye to everyone. My replacement will have started now, so I wonder how he's doing??
My 11.5 weeks there were really special to me and has made me able to do the job I am doing today. Without realising it, I had fallen in to a lil bit of a rut, almost being content to be unemployed.
Whilst I was on my placement though I got a real sense of job pride and of the significance of being able to serve others by doing seemingly small things. I only hope I was able to be an encouragement to them in some way too.

Now, I am glad to share the news...I have a new job!! as of 14/04/11

So I now officially work for Park Holidays at Beauport Holiday Park on The Ridge, St Leonards on Sea! I'm doing three full days a week there and my basic role is to welcome all the holiday makers and provide them with all the details they need to start their holiday smoothly. Additionally, I provide the usual admin support around the office. This involves using the park's online booking system and liasing with others around the park to solve problems.

You can see the place where I work here: http://www.parkholidaysuk.com/uk-holiday-parks-caravan-holidays-breaks/east-sussex/beauport

Today was only my second day, so everything is still strange and new for me, but everyone is extremely nice, so I feel it should all begin to slot in nicely in a few weeks time. I mean it took me 3 months to really settle in to my placement and to feel like I belonged there and to realise I would miss it. Of course when you consider how long I've been at Argos too, its no wonder this feels like a big change!!

My "office" is half of a static caravan (shared with the sales team) and I also get to drive a golf buggy around the site, which is scary/dangerous/fun/crazy all at once!!

I shall report more on this exciting new development as and when I get taught new stuff and find out more - or indeed make a big mistake that causes mass-meltdown!

Thanks to all of you lovely people who have sent me congratulations and asked me how its all going. Your support, as ever, is soooo awesome and I love you all :-)

Disneystrology

Sooo the wonderful person that is Megan Thorne has a wonderful new book "Disneystrology" that tells you what your birthday character is!

Mine is Jack-Jack Parr from The Incredibles!

You have the enthusiasm and determination to reach your goals. It doesn't take long for others to notice your super-human achievements, because what comes naturally to you sets you apart from your peers. Uninhibited and inventive, you like trying different approaches just to see what happens. Sometimes just being you can confound less imaginative people, but that doesn't stop you from enjoying life or having fun.

Soooo despite me being a bit of a Disney freak, I haven't seen the Incredibles, so I had to google it. Here's a picture of the lil dude:

That's all for now peeps, I'll inform you about my actual life and new-found love of Greggs' sandwiches in a later blog as this is a very busy week!