As you all know I was between jobs. Last Friday was my last day and I couldn’t be happier it was over! My job consisted of a lot of emails and phone calls, all from this horrible cublicle that took away my will to live and be happy! The only thing that really bothered me about leaving was my boss…I love her and I will sure miss her! She is one of the nicest persons I have ever met. She is strong, but is always smiling and her work ethics taught me that you don’t have to be a bitch to be successful.

Monday arrived, after my fabulous weekend, with an enormous sense of possibility. My new internship, at a pr office, is for nine months and there’s a REAL possibility of being hired. The office is small, which I love. It’s only me, S (a really sweet girl that has the exact same taste in music as I do), Cl (the nicest girl I’ve ever met) and N (the boss, one of the most beautiful and pleasant women I know). The office represents three international designers, two French ones and a very exciting project that I will be handling soon. The first day was full. Full of information, full of names, full of phone numbers and email addresses, full of processes to learn... It went smoothly, mainly because of S and Cl who are always available and explained everything to me. The first thing I noticed was that there is a lot of work and always something to do. For me this is perfect! I love working, I am a workaholic, and after two months on a job where I had days when I had nothing to do, this is a very good change! I still don’t know if this is a job I love or if this is what I want to do for the rest of my life. But I can say, with absolute certain, that I will love working there and that I will learn a lot! The experience will be priceless and the contacts to my little black book, precious. On my second day I invited the girls for a drink. After all, we’re going to be working together for a long time and it doesn’t hurt to know each other a little better. The drink, mojitos, was a success and we decided right there to do it a once a week tradition. Cl worked in New York for two years when she was my age, she is 26 now, so I can relate a lot to her experience and most of all she can give me good advices. When she was faced with the ultimate decision of staying there or coming back she told me the reason that made her return was because she felt she was building a career but not a life. As soon as I heard these words I heard my biggest fear out loud. What if this happens to me? I didn’t come to Paris to work a little and then return to Portugal. I am here to stay, for good! And for that I need a life. I need friends and a social network to back up my professional life. Although I am a workaholic, my social life is of utmost importance to me! So my new goal is to work as hard as I do on my job on that. I have never had any difficulty making friends…I am outgoing, I talk a lot, I am interested in other people and their stories. So I guess, I hope, I can be successful on my both goals.

So all of you out there, my dear friends, fingers crossed for me ok?

"It's all happening...!"

Until next time,

Papillon