bollocks.....

Unfortunately things have made a bit of a change since last week (or last time I posted)! Due to savings on the part of Credit Suisse my contract has been terminated end of next week, so I have only this week left in Switzerland - sob sob! I don't think it is a permanent decision but it's always the same when you are a consultant. You're the last in (to rescue the mess others have made) and the first out (cause you cost more than the people who made the mess) so I guess it's to be expected.

To be honest, this high flying Swiss Franc is slowly choking the Swiss! Just about every company in Switzerland is complaining about lack of sales and people missing their payments. And so it is also with the bank. They have decided to cut 2000 jobs before the end of the year, and that's quite a cut to be honest. I'll be looking around for other contracts to be sure, but I'll relish the time at home with the family towards the end of August, and I hope that the weather will be good.

Other high priority news is that Marc is "FINALLY" using the potty on a regular basis and has stopped causing huge lakes in our living room. His superman suit is getting bigger and bigger in his eyes. AND. Hanna has started swimming without swim wings - YAY! So all good in the Eurogathers household for the moment! Nobody is sick, and Christine has even found a way to start running on a regular basis again.....

From my side I have not been running this week unfortunately but have managed to give my new Kindle a good whirl. So far I'm very happy. For reading it is absolutely perfect - could not be better (and this is the number 1 reason why I bought it). You can read it in any light, even very little light and there is no reflection so you can read it outside perfectly as well. What I'm not so impressed with is the Amazon offer. It is overly expensive and extremely limited here in Europe, the 3G is EXTREMELY slow and the handling is not what I would call intuitive. So for anything other than reading it is really not an option! In that respect I'm very disappointed - before long I'll be looking for ways to jippo the thing......

And that is my news in a nutshell, hope you guys are all well,
R.

Christine with the kids says hi :)