busy girl!

SO im back from my sales trip and im MUCH better for it :) i have officially found my little place in the workforce for now and im going to sit back and enjoy it. I had a feeling i'd be okay at face to face client meetings....and i was right. It felt so much better! When i met all of my clients who i'd been talking with on the phone for over a year, they were so excited to meet me and show me around their property. We stayed at this awesome resort just out of the main area and it was perfect. We had meetings booked every minute of the day and it was just the BEST. My sales for next years guide are going to be through the roof and i cant wait to be involved in more! The key account manager Suzanne seemed to be really happy with me too. She said she could see the passion i have for the tourism industry in my eyes and in the way i talk about the company with clients. I think she's going to be someone good to have on my team too. She's already talking about more trips and having me be her junior which would be fantastic. BUT i have been burnt before so im going to sit back, relax and enjoy my job now and see what happens. Im getting busier and busier with the Young Tourism Network that im on the board of too so i dont want to run myself to the ground. Although life sure is getting exciting....

The plane ride from Sydney to Melbourne officially SUCKED and i really did think we were in abit of trouble for abit because of the wind! the plane basically did a back flip and i nearly lost my $10 chicken sandwich.. a lady next to me basically went green and she had this look of death in her eye. This does not help my feelings towards my long flight tomorrow night.

I got home to find my mother cleaning my entire apartment and doing about 4 loads of laundy at once. She is officially my angel. I am now almost ready to have a half day at work tomorrow as ive gotto go in for my Performance Review ( nervous/excited about it) and then im back to the airport and off to london!

im nervous about the length of the flight! ive done america a few times but this is a huge step up! 8 hours to Kuala Lumpur and then 14 hours to London! i just hope i'll be able to sleep or just chill out.

Alritey well no posting from me for a while. Hopefully i'll be running around Europe having adventures and enjoying the sunshine :)

peace and love to everyone!
xxxxx

p.s... on a good note.. ive also been thinking about camp a whole lot less.. this = good.

Big things!!

wow so the past few weeks have been crazy long/boring at work but this year is flying by at a very scary rate....i have been checking the camp website every morning to see photos and can very happily say that im okay with not being there now. I just get this vibe that camp is so different and i think i made the right move by staying in Aus and giving my career a red hot go.

Last night i went to a cocktail party with my dad. Let me explain a little bit more about the character that IS John McGaw. This man is honestly the best salesman/marketer i have ever seen. Last night i watched him walk into the room, and i actually saw peoples faces light up and start to gravitate towards him. He works the room like his life depends on it, shaking peoples hands, remembering the smallest details about them so they feel like he's their best friend. Lately ive been really watching my dad as he is the national sales and marketing developer for the Official Visitors Guide for Melbourne. also known as "the biggest selling melbourne tourism magazine" and obviously this is the path i want to travel down eventually as well. Dad introduced me to so many people last night it was quite a blur, but the man really does have my back in every way possible. Although we're technically working for competition magazines, he was working it for me last night. Introducing me as his daughter but then quickly explaining where i work and what i do and then leaving the conversation for me to finish up by handing them my business card and telling them i'd call tomorrow to set up a meeting. It was SUCH a rush!

Anyway so as i said, work has been boring and ive been looking for my next adventure. Today during our weekly sales meeting, my boss announces that the key account manager suzanne is going to Coffs Harbour ( 2 hour flight out of melbourne) and he thinks i should go with her. YES! FINALLY! face to face client contact! AND Coffs Harbour is a region that i have been managing for 2 years so i have clients that i have been wanting to meet for a long time. I am really pumped to get on the road and talk about the magazine and see what i can do. Only issue im facing now is getting a business suit, drain, and then getting all my thoughts together for my massive week. i also have my performance review on monday where im basically going to ask for a better job role and more money. HA the possibility of this happening is slim to none.. but it doesnt hurt to ask...

AND THEN... after my flight lands back in Melbourne on Wednesday night.. i have to run home.. wash.. pack...go to work on thursday for half a day and that night i'm OFF TO LONDON! wwaaahhhhh! so so so excited about all the adventures that are ahead of me. nervous about being on time and organised but i just have to push myself. Its all about taking myself to the next level now..
long story short.. ( although its ended up being quite long) im excited/nervous/happy/pumped for the next few weeks....
OHHH ANNND my besties from america FINALLY bought their ticket to see me today and i am over the moon. i have got SO much planned for them and i cant wait to spoil them rotten..

Signing out,

Sarah
xxx

officially shattered...

I am in SUCH a grand slump right now and im trying to pull myself out. I cannot stop thinking about camp and its actually affecting my day to day life! ive been having regular coffee sessions with this girl called Sam who lives about 20 minutes away from me and she's been hired for camp this summer!! she is super cute, super happy and i couldnt imagine a better person to go to camp. Of course, apart of me just doesnt want to like her..BUT of course i do cos she is just great. She flies out in the morning and i just spoke to her on the phone. She is beside herself but i kept reasuring her she's in for the best time of her life. Poor me...sitting here watching the devil wears prada for the 100th time..

Work was a massive bitch today because we just found out the magazine i work on went to print with SO MANY mistakes... it then got distributed to our clients and they started calling and screaming things like "you've ruined my business" and "you owe me thousands of dollars". So needless to say, it was just a delight.

ive recently figured out something about my neighbours. Theyre a great indian couple who always check up on me and have even been known to help with my washing... the last few weeks... right around 7pm at night.. dirty and i mean.. DIRTY rnb comes blarring from their apartment and it lasts about 20 minutes and then it stops. Every night like clockwork. And this isnt just music that you can kinda hear.. it actually comes screaming into my apartment and i have to turn my tv up... anyway this morning on the train i bumped into my neighbour and i said to her " sounds like your apartment is a party house after 7 every night" and her reply was " ohhhh yes my boyfriend gets home from work and likes to get abit frisky before our room mate comes home"

oh. dead.lord. theyre rocking the kazbaaaaaar!! haha and now that i know..7pm.. A TV time slot that i normally enjoy is ruined cos i know theyre doing the nasty! i will never look at them the same way..

Alritey well the countdown to the UK is officially on 22 days! and there is only 198 days until my besties land from the US... thats not too far away right?