I got by today, with a little help from my friends.

Thanks to my boss who went through all my pending projects, helped me to delegate, gave me some good ideas and listened to me talk about how I felt yesterday

Thanks to my work colleagues who took tasks off me and made me coffee

Thanks to my friend who left a gift in my postbox - a Mozart cd to remind me of Monday's concert

Thanks to my lj friends who left me comments

And a new PWG member who sent me the following email:
Dear Helen,
I just wanted to drop a message with a compliment.
I saw your article in the latest “Hello Zurich” magazine.
It was a very useful and fascinating article. I am sure many of readers
learned a lot from your work and the article will attract more professional women to join PWZ events.
I have just signed up for PWZ membership and I am looking forward to joining activities.


Thank you all :-)

I am truly blessed and I should remember this....

After a horrible day at work yesterday and several hours crying at home in the evening, today was never going to be a particularly good day. I got into work and by 09.30 I had given up and walked home. I felt really horrible. Still feel tired and as though everything is too much, I can't cope. I cancelled lots of meetings, but even that wasn't enough. And then I had to have a really difficult telephone conversation with my boss this afternoon. Who was sympathetic, but I think a bit annoyed that i hadn't given him any warning about how badly I was feeling. I feel as though I have cocked everything up and let people down. I hope that tomorrow in work (even though actually I don't want to go into work tomorrow) I can get the important things done and then get home early. I don't actually know how I feel, but I am fed up of crying and feeling crap. I feel that my body has had enough.

Today after a horrible, horrible, stressful day at work, I went to the CS sponsored concert at the Tonhalle with the New York Philarmonic. It was short concert of chamber music from Beethoven, Debussy and Mozart and it was wonderful. I invited 2 friends and saw quite a lot of CS colleagues at the apero afterwards. The small hall of the Tonhalle is gorgeous - over the top Baroqueness! I must make an effort to go to more classical concerts there, music used to be such a bit part of my life :-)

The image doesn't really match today, but it seems a peaceful enough snapshot to go along with my spa visit Panorama Spa!

My friend Karen and I soaked, swam, had a massage, gossiped and then had a meal. It was great and the perfect evening to end the weekend.

Today the team was invited for a team grill at Lucas' allotment, called a Schrebergarten in Zurich. It was great to sit out in a patch of green!

It was a glorious afternoon, really hot, maybe the last of the Zurich summer? His kids and him had created a team quiz (here they are marking the answers) which was great fun. For the rest of the time we ate, drank and I taught his kids to juggle!!

Woke up so early on Sat. morning, that I managed to get my run in before breakfast - go me! Bit slower than last time, but that's okay....

Distance = 5.72 km
Time = 42.45 min
No walking breaks!!

Playing games at work is great :-) Today I organised an afternoon of team building of one of my clients. I brought in an external firm called game solution ag.

The game played was called "The Lost Dutchman's Mine" and consisted of teams of 3 to 4 people who basically had to trade resources and information to get as much gold as possible. The photos shows some of the props. Everyone really got into it, wearing their team bandanas, etc.

The main learning point was that actually it should have been one big team game, but actually everybody just hoards their own information, to the detriment of the greater whole. Lots of good learning points there!

Today was one of those days when I really enjoy my job :-)

I got home early enough today to go running - hurrah me! Did my normal home circuit, although in the opposite direction. Basically ran the whole way round, but found it quite hard going. I have done this circuit in 35.28, so have some room for improvement!

Distance = 5.72 km
Time = 41.43 min
No walking breaks!!

... and the only way is up, according to this lovely blue 70s style painted building.

I have unpacked, my desk is very cramped, the office is hot and my colleagues are even noisier than normal. Just another day in the office then .-/

But had a great evening with a colleague. I need to consider the intersection of where my skills, passions and business needs coincide - that will be my perfect job - will start considering this soon :-)