It’s fun going away on business trips, but there’s nothing better than coming home and seeing this view from the plane.
What a way to say “welcome back”.
Okay, I get that this is going to sound crazy, but bear with me…
A few weeks ago, I checked out this Danish band with Jason. The short jist is, they were pretty impressive - rich, atmospheric sounds that sent shivers down my spine.
Since seeing them, I’ve been having a really, really silly (but oh so exciting and fun) online romance with the bassist from the band. I saw the band the weekend after the random hand job incident so I was still reeling from the previous weekend and being ballsy and confident. I pretty much laid it all out on the table with the bassist and told him I wanted to get to know him more and couldn’t wait till he got back to New York and since then, we’ve just been writing back and forth. Whilst I know he’s single, I am not a complete moron. I am well aware he is probably meeting hundreds of girls on this tour, but I would love to know if there could be something between us, and as long as he’s living in Copenhagen and I am living in New York, I am never going to find out…
So here’s the crazy part… are you ready for it? Here it is…
I am in the process of trying to get a short term transfer to our Copenhagen office.
I know it’s nuts and whilst he is admittedly the main motivating factor right now, there are so many reasons for me to do this. For starters, I’ve always wanted to work in Europe. Secondly, our Copenhagen office has amazing clients I’d love to work with. Thirdly, it’s going to look kick ass on my resume. And lastly, the potential romance. I mean, planning this takes anywhere from 4 months to a year so anything could happen during that time. If I get there, and nothing happens between me and The Bassist, I’d like to think there’s always the opportunity to meet other handsome Danes, right!? I realize there could be heart break, but bring it on. I am sure it will make a great story later.
Also, I just want to emphasize that this would be a short term transfer - there is no way I am ready to permanently leave New York. I love this city!!! I know this is nuts, but I gotta do this crazy shit whilst I’m still young and have nothing to lose. Right…?
So here I am. Stuck in Chicago. I flew over for client business yesterday morning, only to be rushed to the hospital emergency room diagnosed with H1N1 - more commonly known as Swine Flu. Crazy!
It all started with a scratchy throat cough then 24 hours later (whilst in a meeting with clients!!) I was shivering. I put my heavy winter coat on but couldn’t get warm. But the next hour I had a fever and was dripping with sweat. I kept falling asleep and it was a struggle to concentrate. It was super embarrassing and a stressful situation with my clients there. My colleagues rushed me to the hospital which was kinda scary.
I’d never been to a hospital here in the States and knew there were all these things I had to think about, like whether my health care provider would cover my treatment and if I was in network, out of network, all this health care mumbo jumbo. The doctor acted like it was no big deal, gave me a prescription for drugs and told me to stay away from people. So I’m shacked up in a nice hotel here in Chicago till I can fly back to NY. To be honest, I can’t wait to get home.
Work had to decontaminate my work area and sent out an email to all employees which is super embarrassing. They don’t mention names, but when I woke up this morning I had 16 messages asking if I was ok. Everyone’s sweetness is so lovely, but can’t wait to kick this!!
