KEENE

The city itself is quaint … there is no other way to describe it.
The insurance company has its headquarters here (other offices all over the US and Canada), and approx 500 employees located in Keene, so I guess it’s a significantly large organisation.
One thing that has come out in last week or so is that the Moscow project has been staffed, and that I have been allocated to this project for next 9 months (4 weeks on, 1 week off flying back to London) …. So I guess Im still taking it all in.
I find it a bit ironic that I move all the way to London (to be in Europe), and I end up in the middle of nowhere in the US of all places (no reflection on Keene, it is quite a nice place) …But on the positive side, the skiing here is supposed to be great … so I guess its one way to learn to ski.
So that’s where Im at …Im heading to London for Xmas & New Year… and I think I will re-asses everything then … talk it over with Pamela (we are thinking of going to Egypt over the Xmas week, a cruise down the Nile) … so it will be a nice break, and time to take the last few months in, and assess the upcoming year.
From a Career point of view … I still think its an amazing career opportunity …. However there is the sacrifice of being away 4 weeks at a time, in a city the size of Mount Gambier!!
New York is a 4 hour drive south ... so i will defiantely aim to see it .. and if I choose to stay in Keene instead of flying back home (during the week off), my UK firm will pay for Pamela to fly down ... so that is a positive too!