Thinking that I was worry free of my back pains, Dan had booked me an hour snowboarding lesson. Ok, first, I never ever thought I would get in to a snowboard. It's such a guys thing to do and too outdoorsy for me. I think I may be a bit too prissy for snowboarding. BUT, I wanted to try something that Dan was really interested in, so I gave it a go. Dan was so excited for me. He helped me put on the massive boots, he gave me some gloves to wear, he showed me where to go to get the rental gear, etc.
The first step was to give us instruction on how to put the snowboard on over the boot. Then they wanted for us to lift it up with one foot attached and hop in a circle to turn the snowboard around. Once the little tutorial was done, we went up to the bunny slope. They gave us more instruction on how to stand and how to stop and what not to do. They were also giving us instruction on how to fall backwards. I watched everybody else do it as I stood there. I wasn't about to re-injure my back. I told the instructor about my injury, so he was aware.
So, I have my first try going down the slope. I'm screaming the entire way down and digging my fingers in to the snow. I didn't quite get how we were suppose to stand. I didn't think it was going to be THAT difficult! The second time down, one of the instructors walked me down and I was able to get a better understanding of how to go down the slope. The third time down, I was screaming again and fell backwards. The fourth time down, we had to go allllll the way down. The other times, it was just part of the way. They showed us how to zig zag (I don't know the proper term). The first few seconds of the last run, I ran in to another lady. Oops. I waited for everybody to go so I wouldn't run in to them and I ran in to her anyway. But the rest of the way down, I was ok. I didn't fall. I just tried to relax and think of what they taught me. I was so proud of myself! I even ziggy zaggyed! But, not so sure I would do it again as my back was killing me all day for the next couple of days. So much for the therapy!
Yesterday, we went to this little cafe for lunch and afterwards, we went to Harrods for some gelato. Yummmmm. That was by far the best gelato I have ever had! I hope it tastes that good when I go to Italy in a few days! (kidding... I know it'll be better) We walked around Harrods for a bit until I got really frustrated that everything I saw was so far out of my price range that I had to leave there.
I forgot to mention that last Friday was my last day as an Intern. WOO HOO! The team took me out for a really nice lunch and they gave me a bonus of £250.00. I thought that was such a nice gesture. Earlier in the week, Mark (my boss), had invited for me to come back through to the end of April. They are going to pay me this time around... not much, but I wasn't too picky since I don't have to pay rent at the moment. If I'm still working there when I do have to pay rent, I will have to ask for an increase in pay. I thought it was such a nice compliment for them to ask me to come back. They are implementing a new financial system, SAP, and he wants for me to help them with getting that sorted out. It's probably going to be rather tedious work, but I'm sure it won't always be that way. He told me today that he would like to go on a month-to-month basis, as he is sure there will be a lot for me to do over the next several months. :)
Still waiting to hear from Azadi on the full-time position. He hasn't been in the office lately. Rumor has it that he has been sick. Lots of people are coughing in the office these days. Humpf.
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