Busy Week.

Good evening dear readers! I trust you've had a good week? :) It's amazing how fast these last couple of days have gone by. I wrote my home exam tuesday to thursday, I even stayed up all night before handing it in on thursday morning. It was very difficult but at least I did my best! Cross your fingers for me! Anyway therefore I was exhausted on thursday and went home to sleep a few hours during the day before meeting up my friends K, L & M for a sleep-over at L's place. 

It was the best way to end the exam by having a girl's night and doing things such as painting our nails, talking and just hanging out just the four of us which we haven't done in a while. Anyway it was very cosy! Friday we had a long breakfast together before K & L had to go to town for some errands. Meanwhile M and I where still a bit sleepy/tired so we decided to stay at L's place and watched tv-shows on L's laptop which was very cosy! 

Friday evening we changed location and the four of us went home to my apartment to get ready for a big party at M's boyfriends place. We had lots of fun and went to the local student pub here in Örebro and continued dancing until 2 AM.. Saturday and Sunday have consisted of work at IKEA and now I'm just enjoying a nice and calm evening at my place. All the candles are burning and I might just make myself a nice cup of tea before turning into bed in one hour or two. What are you up to tonight?

Fun Friday.

Rise & shine dear readers! For the first time this week I was able to sleep more than 8 hours! Wonderful and so I'm loaded with lots of positive energy for today and the weekend. Friday and all, it's our last day at the intro course at IKEA, Örebro. I've had so much fun getting to know lots of new co-workers and I must say that the work atmosphere is so unlike many of my previous jobs with that said in a very positive way! People truly enjoy going to work and that's the way it's supposed to be. 

Today's plan is to work from 11 AM - 8 PM (in other words I've got a long day ahead of me). After work I'm heading to E & F's move-in-party at their place in town. Lots of friends and classmates are going to hopefully I'll have some energy left to stop by and say hi at least :) Time for a shower, I just wanted to wish you all a fantastic Friday! Later skaters!

Introduction week at IKEA.

Good evening dear readers! I hope you've had a good start of this new week. I spent the entire weekend with my friend L, studying and hanging out at her place during Friday and Saturday evening.

M came home from New York on Saturday and arrived to Örebro yesterday evening so L, M's room mate M and I surprised her with home made American pancakes which turned in to a big success and most important above all, we made M so happy! Welcome home once again sweetie! ♥

Another fun announcement I would like to share with you is that, today was my first day at IKEA Örebro, a day I've been looking forward to for over a week and that met all my expectations. I met twelve new faces that all looked as lost as I did when I walked in through the staff entrance at 07:45 AM this morning. After a few minutes of conversation it turned out that I actually had lots in common with the friendly new faces. 

The HR team have arranged an introduction week where we will get to know the company, organization and it's history, business idea, the IKEA foundation, the leading project called "People and Planet" where the employees of IKEA focuses on taking a social as environmental responsibility  learn more about their main focus, selling home furnishings, kitchens, beds, sofas and thousands of other functional and modern articles well suited for the many homes around the world. 

It's been a very busy day, meeting lots of new faces/future co-workers as we've also received so much good and valuable information about the organization and all the smaller units within the store of Örebro. I've attended several other introduction courses at previous companies that I've worked for and I must say that the people I met today did a great job.

The various presentations which I've listened to today have all been characterized by genuine enthusiasm and an in-depth knowledge about the company as a whole. Thumbs up! I have yet another long day tomorrow so I better try to get some sleep. Stay tuned for more info tomorrow! Sweet dreams

Morning Monday.

Rise & shine people! I trust you all slept well? :) Monday and new week has just begun. I headed out for a 45 min long power walk in the morning sun, best way to start a new day. Anyway just finished breakfast and will take a shower now before I'll dig in my books for the new course starting today! 

I also received some great news during the weekend which I believe I forgot to mention in yesterday's post. On the 27th of September I had the privilege to attend an interview at a company which I've been curious about for a long time. My previous work experiences have all involved selling women's clothing at different companies I figured it was time to try something new! I've always had an interest in arts, colours, working with different fabrics but most important above all the creative processes one creates when working with fun and functional products. I've also been keen about working with people and what I love the most to serve and help customers in order to give them the best possible shopping experience! 

I am therefore so happy and proud to announce that I am now a part of the IKEA family! I will begin an introduction course next Monday and will be working part time in their customer-relation department as a cashier. I believe its is the best part-time job for me, as I'm in the middle of my studies but I shall also say that one can continue "growing" within the company since there are so many different careers and  other working challenges ahead! I honestly couldn't be any happier right now since I'm having the time of my life!