I know I know, it's been a while. Somehow it's just so hard to find time to sit down to think about what I want to tell you guys.
So over the last few months I've been really busy with work, project management and dewatering impact studies, all new things as well as settling in my new position as a team leader. Great challenges, and not all good, but mostly. Difficult to have to juggle with making friends at work and having to lead/help/hire/review them and making sure our team is busy, happy and functional. It's a part of the job I never clearly asked myself about. I'm learning a lot and hopefully will end up doing a good job at it. It's a perfect way to understand the strategic thinking that underlies my company and how we make our decision as far as people are concern. I'm learning about people interaction, leadership and team dynamic.
This forces me to get out of my shell and make more friends outside of work. I've been playing beach volleyball, touch rugby and soccer, I'm also really into surfing even though I'm not so good at it (yet). All those made me meet a bunch of interesting people. I have also met a few people through friends of mine in Vancouver and I most say that having girls who know where I come from and have friends in common is the most precious thing I had. It helps when you're feeling like you don't belong anywhere and are disconnected from your past. I also really appreciate the folks I have meet that come from Quebec and/or speak French.
Lately, I went to a mine site for a few rotations on a particularly interesting project with lots of politics and dramas, but also great moments and great people. I am reviewing my geology background more than anticipated, I'm pretty rusty at it, but it reminds me of uni and those are fantastic memories. You never realise how much you learn from it until you need to use the notes you have stored in one of the drawers of your mind. I find myself looking through a lot of those forgotten drawers lately and it feels good.
Anyways, driving through open pits next to big dump trucks, I felt as little as an ant on the road. Also, after that, I must confess I love Landcruisers and driving manual with my left hand feels completely normal and easy. Now that the fieldwork is over, I can't wait to go back on site and do some more. Wanted to share some pictures of the field work with you.
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