We have been really busy since last post, but of course that's no excuse for not posting on the blog... so here's a bit of news on what's been going on since last post.
First of all, we picked up our new car :-)
It is quite big, as you can see on the picture below...
In the last couple of months, I (Yasmin) spent some time considering what to do with my career, and I decided to try to change industry and go into real estate, which I have been considering a few times before. This time, I decided to try to get into the New House sales area, as we have quite a few Display Villages around this area where we live where they sell new house & land packages. So essentially, you work for a builder who builds new houses according to the client's specifications.
I sent off 3-4 applications, and luckily I was invited to two interviews. The first interview was with a recruitment agent, sort of a preliminary interview which only lasted 15 min, and the main activity was filling out an application form. I managed to get the client details out of the recruitment agent,... Mimosa Homes, to where I had also sent an application directly, as they also advertised directly. The day after, the recruitment agent emailed me and said I had been unsuccessful :-( so you can imagine my surprise when I received a call the same afternoon directly from Mimosa wanting to see me for an interview!!!
The interview with Mimosa went well, and I had a 2 hour trial working in one of the display homes with the sales manager on Sunday 13th June, which went so well that they offered me a job :-)
So now I am a Sales Consultant at Mimosa Homes!!! You can check out their website here: www.mimosahomes.com.au At the moment they are still building the website, so they want more content there, but it gives you an idea. Because it is real estate, and most clients only have time to look around on weekends, my working hours at the display homes are 12 - 5 PM Saturday to Wednesday, and a few meetings/activities in the office on some mornings, which means I have my "weekend" on Thursday and Friday. But with those working hours, I'm pretty happy with that! :-)
Kasper also picked up a new contract - at Woolsworth (one of Australia's biggest supermarkets) in Sydney!!! So starting this week he works in Sydney Monday to Wednesday, and then at Transurban in Melbourne Thursdays and Fridays.
In our "spare time" we have been getting on with our garden project. Not only do we have a proper lawn now :-)
... we have also started construction on a patio area, so we can enjoy the outside a bit more when it gets warmer again. Kasper has been doing most of the work, even though I have helped a bit with raking the base and sand to level. See images below.
