I don't really feel I can sum up my time in Spain in one blog entry without boring you all half to sleep, but i'll say that I really enjoyed the whole time. I was working in an office for a company called Dream Espana. It is a British owned business who operate in Spain and rent out apartments/villas for holiday makers that mostly originate in the Uk. I lived with my bosses Paul and Sally, and they extended every kindness to me they possible could, making me feel like one of the family. They had two young girls, so I was completely in my element, and to their bemusement spent most of my free time playing with their kids (not that they were complaining of course!) Whilst I was there they also got a puppy which was a very fun experience, as I got to see what it would be like to get one, without actually having to do a lot of the work. Having seen how much work Polly was, I think i'll hold off on a dog for a while!!!
The job has given me invaluable work and life experience and I really hope that it will help me in my placement search for my second year. This has already begun and Sarah and I have been spending the last few days reading up on lots of placements, companies etc and trying to work out how we are going to pass our verbal and numerical reasoning tests. These are really hard, I am hoping the online ones are harder tha the real ones. In other news relating to tests, I passed first year with a 1st! Pretty shocking since I was only aiming for a 2:1. I am still aiming for that overall as the next years will be a lot harder, but finding a placement should hopefully be easier with a 1st in my first year. (Fingers crossed)
I have moved into my new house for this year. I am living at 86 Station Street, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 5EF for anyone who wants to send me post! It is a four bedroom house, and I am living with Sarah, Anthony and Tash. Anthony was in BillMo last year, and Sarah met Tash through Lacrosse in the first year last year. Its a really nice house, and I already like my room, although it is on the bottom floor and I actually have a front door in my bedroom (complete with letterbox...!) The entrance to the house is actually around the back, but my door is fully functioning onto the street which is a bit bizarre! No photos yet, but i'll get some up soon :)
