Still not spring... stop raining!
I haven’t gotten any better at keeping up with this have I. Think I will start trying to stick to monthly updates from now on and see how I go with that! So, events of the last few weeks to recap:
I was very relieved to learn that I had passed both of my December ACCA exams… also for Taxation (the exam I took after worrying all night and getting about half an hours’ sleep) I actually got a pretty decent mark. It’s given me a lot of confidence for my next exams in June, as I had thought about giving up altogether (if after all the work I had put in last year still wasn’t enough) if I didn’t pass. But here I am. I am back at college on the weekends studying Professional Accountant (theory based module on ethics and good governance) and Corporate Reporting (technical paper, but not quite as bad as I thought). It’s tiring though, I haven’t had a day off in 2 weeks now and I’ve started to feel it a bit the past couple of days.
I am now in a different department at work as of 2 weeks ago. A little sad to no longer be working with old friends… but in a short time have gotten used to working with new ones. Since Xmas, I had been feeling the pressure to the point where I was finding it difficult to unwind after each day and having sleep problems worrying about this and that (though I doubt this had anything to do with my move - the only person who knew didn’t have much of a say as to the decision). So I now work for one big client (who manages university properties) as opposed to several smaller ones and my stress is a thing of the past!
Andy went off to Israel for a week to work at his client’s offices (turning into a proper little jetsetter, as he’s off to speak at a conference in the USA later this year too), so I had a nice, but quiet time by myself at home. He came back last weekend with lots of lovely dead sea spa products and 2 huge bottles of Baileys from duty free!
We’re going down to Cornwall to visit my parents for a few days at Easter, which I can’t wait for… will be so nice to get away. Then we have booked to go down to the New Forest for the May bank holiday a few weeks later… staying at the same hotel as we did back in October a couple of years ago - where there's a spa with a hot tub on the veranda and scrummy breakfasts!
I was very relieved to learn that I had passed both of my December ACCA exams… also for Taxation (the exam I took after worrying all night and getting about half an hours’ sleep) I actually got a pretty decent mark. It’s given me a lot of confidence for my next exams in June, as I had thought about giving up altogether (if after all the work I had put in last year still wasn’t enough) if I didn’t pass. But here I am. I am back at college on the weekends studying Professional Accountant (theory based module on ethics and good governance) and Corporate Reporting (technical paper, but not quite as bad as I thought). It’s tiring though, I haven’t had a day off in 2 weeks now and I’ve started to feel it a bit the past couple of days.
I am now in a different department at work as of 2 weeks ago. A little sad to no longer be working with old friends… but in a short time have gotten used to working with new ones. Since Xmas, I had been feeling the pressure to the point where I was finding it difficult to unwind after each day and having sleep problems worrying about this and that (though I doubt this had anything to do with my move - the only person who knew didn’t have much of a say as to the decision). So I now work for one big client (who manages university properties) as opposed to several smaller ones and my stress is a thing of the past!
Andy went off to Israel for a week to work at his client’s offices (turning into a proper little jetsetter, as he’s off to speak at a conference in the USA later this year too), so I had a nice, but quiet time by myself at home. He came back last weekend with lots of lovely dead sea spa products and 2 huge bottles of Baileys from duty free!
We’re going down to Cornwall to visit my parents for a few days at Easter, which I can’t wait for… will be so nice to get away. Then we have booked to go down to the New Forest for the May bank holiday a few weeks later… staying at the same hotel as we did back in October a couple of years ago - where there's a spa with a hot tub on the veranda and scrummy breakfasts!