well this is fun !! stumbling on my old blogger and reading the last post. well i certainly managed not to post afterwards :). i even managed not to visit the blog :) or to remember what i wrote before.
so lets begin by again stating what changed since the last post :)... a lot that is :D. lets just say all of the three biggest things in 2009 post are no longer a part of my life. 2 i am very saddened by third actually for the better.
so here we go :
its 2012 !! i am BLOND again ! and with all the wits one gets in 3 years period i must say the red head episode was really a terrible mistake. one i hope i will not do again. i just never ever got used to the redhead staring at me from the mirror. every morning i had little heart.attack and mini disappointment when i saw what i look like. not really the way one should start the day :D. luckily i got back to my senses and transfer to blond self :). you know what is the most awkward thing is about the whole episode. its that to the day some still say it was my best look. i just give them the stink eye and silent think "dude you really don't know me !! didn't you see how miserable i was back then. inside out ?!?! "
ok enough of the hair talk :)...
so from 2009 to now i really had a whirlwind of situations happen to me. i am now sitting at my 5th job. yup ! 5th. i left BBDO in 2008 for much higher salary which proved to be such a mistake. more money definitely didn't mean more happiness. its was stressful hateful and horrible. and due to this everlasting recession we cruised in the money dropped and then stopped coming after few months. I quit that horrid place early 2010 after successfully wining a position in a bigger marketing agency among 250 candidates. i thought my troubles are over. once again .. i was so wrong. the agency was horrid i stuck out like a black sheep and i was so worn out and disappointed from last job that when the decided they couldn't keep me after 4 months i kinda was relieved .. deep down inside... on surface i was shocked, mortified, scared, disappointed... Oh yeah right about that time they stole my Electra Cruiser. a loss that i still didn't recover from and i still moan. so life throw me a another curve ball. but as cheesy as it is every cloud has a silver lining.
those short 4 months proved to be very very important in my life.
i met a boy. an interesting boy who played in my friends band. a drummer. we started chatting ('coz most of the relationship nowadays start so and i do not mean just love ones). and then lo' b' hold. twist of fate and touch of destiny turns out he was working in the building just opposite of my work. waaaaiiittt... no AWWWWWWWWW's yet. turns out we were window to window... yup just like that awesome Schwepss short movie i hope you all saw. rest is history! few lunch breaks. few coffees. After-work drinks. morning window signs and a music festival later we were a couple. and still are :D
so yeah back to me being fired. Edi (the guy from the window) was here to comfort me... and to help get a new bike on the day i was fired. ok that didn't prove to be most wise financial decision but it was what i needed. that summer i spent going to many many job interviews. doing many many last round tasks those interviewers did and finally losing my temper and accepting a job on the most popular Croatian TV station. as brand manager for news department. turns out i really like the job. it was new. it was different then agency. new people new scenery, new boyfriend... you see a sun on horizon started to appear :)
oh then come Christmas 2010. i went to Sisak, where Edis family lives to celebrate. coming back with him i got a call from police from my little apartment :(.. it appeared someone tried to break in but was obviously startled by neighbours and left. Police said it looked like nothing was taken .. however my first question was... do you see a white kitty there. NOPE !!! i started sobbing right away as my gut told me the worst was happening. as i came policeman was sadend as i was since he couldn't find Damian. nowhere in the apartment or building. someone left him out of the building. all fluffy and white and house cat. someone from my "DEAR" neighbours kicked him put in the cold. night were up to -10 at that time...
oh boy my stomach still hurts and my eyes swell as i think about that time. i spent weeks after on street all night calling all the cats in the neighbourhood. Damian never showed up ! all the other cats did. i finally came to conclusion someone took him in. like his fluffines and charm and didn't want to return him. and that is how i will always believe that story ends.
after that Edi and I decided we should move in together. after 6 months of dating. OK we actually decided to maybe look in the better apartments than the little 32 sq meter one and take our time but as it happens opportunity just presented it self and we found awesome 2 story 70 sq meter, rooftop apartment in my old neighbourhood for price lower then i was paying alone for my place. AMAZING !!
still everyday i look at our apartment and can't believe how lucky or blessed we were to get it :D.
so in 2011 we moved to new apartment. i worked at TV station. Edi and I growing in our relationship everyday... all in all.. very good. then in summer my dad called and asked to join family business on the Golf Club. to be the CEO and to help them supervise the staff as well as bring in all my marketing experience to finally set the business on the new track. Ofcourse i said yes. there really wasn't any other option. i just asked i finish a year on TV because i do not want another change of work place in less then a year. dad agreed.
so preparing myself for golf another awesome opportunity just pop out. i was asked to lecture on VERN university of applied science. i took it with arms wide open. so i am a lecturer of Advertising agencies there. i love it and the " kids" (some older then me" seem to love me :) ... its a part time job so i still came to Golf & country Club in November as their new CEO. it's hard. it's different. it's opposite of all i knew from my agency years. it's struggle but it's good. it will be better .. i know. i just need to adjust more.. and knowing i am helping my dad really really makes all the difference. i wouldn't want it any other way.
what else :).. oh yeah ! new job on a course meant Edi & I could finally get a pet! a DOG ! since i can take him to work ! so we took the plunge. chose the breed and on December 17th became proud parents of healthy baby boy Basenji named MANU! he's 5 months now and such a joy.
Ofcourse all the "grandparents" think we need to make human babies but we decided that a four legged one is perfect ease into family life :). if poop, womit and pee all over the apartment, or walks all through the night rain or hale didn't break us apart marriage and baby shouldn't either :). we could do this.
so on June 21st Edi and will have our 2 yr anniversary. and i can say life is good. we struggle. but who isn't today. all we here is bad news from everywhere. i fret about financial situation. i fret about future. but all in all. life is in a good place now. i am happy... and content. in love. with life..my life :) !
