She's busy writing the critical analysis component of her final APC submission and is entering the final furlong of the graduate scheme she's been on since September 2008.
It's been so far so good because she's already passed the Postgraduate Diploma in Real Estate that she went to South bank Uni once a week to study and received welcome pay rise. Fingers crossed there will be more to come come the end of October.
I've often thought that I'd like to get back into education. I'm going to keep on with the Spanish and sign up again for another year in September, but sometimes I wonder if I should jack in the job and do a GIS masters. Birkbeck Uni offer a part-time course which is an option but I don't know if I'd be able to handle working and then having to study in the evening. It's hard enough trying to motivate myself to do a few pages Spanish homework and I've got a verb drill book that I haven't opened in 18 months!!
Then there is the cost. Sarah's course has been paid for by her work as part of the graduate scheme she's on, are there employers out there that would pay for a 32 year old to go back to Uni for two years? Maybe there are and I've just not been looking hard enough, it's tough to find the motivation after 10 years at the same company!
Anyway, enough of all that. We've started to look for somewhere head off to for our winter long weekend away. At the moment Prague looks to be the favourite and we might even be able to drag my best mate Dan and his wife along with us.
Last year we went to Montreal and we've been to Iceland and Cologne in previous years. Sarah did have an eye on New York but I seem to have been able to fend off that idea ;)
I like to make it to one new country a year and I've not been to the Czech Republic before so Prague will tick off another country. Saying that we did fly into and out of Geneva when we went skiing but I don't think I can really count a couple of hours in an airport as 'doing' Switzerland!
If we do book the trip with Dan and Jen Prague it's bound to be a great weekend away. When they come down to London or we head up their way we always have decent weekends. Beers, wine and good food are always top of the agenda and now that there's a Jamie's Italian in Westfield we can even have a rivalry with their nearest branch in Oxford!
On the subject of Westfield I've just seen an item on BBC London about the possibility of courts opening up in empty premises in said shopping centre and others around the country. Is it a coincidence that this has been proposed the day Brentford's #1 blogger rocks up there with his accomplice, Robin Hood, in tow? Rob from the rich and give to the poor wasn't it?!?
Only joking lads ;)
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