Killarnage

The poor little village of Killarney will not know what hit it when over two thousand co-workers and I invade its village streets this week.

G hosts annual sales conferences for each region, and this year it will be in Ireland. (um...last year, it was in Greece and the years before, Spain and Germany....grr... I'm being a total brat, here- it is a recession year after all.)

Recession or not, G always does it right and we're being whisked down to hear about new products, initiatives, blah blah blah, but there will be two nights of fun!

The first night, G has essentially rented out the village streets and bars and is having a street festival for us complete with comedy shows, traditional Irish Music, Karaoke, Ceili Irish dancing and more goodies that they have yet to reveal.

Then the next night, there's a dinner gala and a talent show.

Can't wait! What I am NOT looking forward to is my 6:35am train back to Dublin on Wednesday after a long night of fun.

Two Desks!

So no corner office yet at work for me, but yesterday I found out that I will have TWO DESKS! Woot! Woot!

At work, we're allowed to devote 20% of our time working on projects that interest us which is outside of our core job. Starting in Q3, I'll be working on two different teams. My core job will still be working with agencies in the UK, but my 20% project focuses on agency education. The first project will be creating and designing a website exclusively for their use. I'm so very excited to be starting on this project because I get to be a bit more creative (ie... pick out logos and colors for the site) as well as create the content.

It will be great to get to know different teams in the office. Now how am I going to decorate my new desk?!