Good News

So we finally got all of the contracts worked out and are moving to a new team in Barcelona. We think that everything will be much better there and are very happy to move on. The new team is much more organized, respectful, and professional. The Coach is nice, and the team has some more mature players. Chris had only one practice with them last night and he is already on the road with them in Mallorca for their game tonight. We are moving to a new apartment on Sunday when he returns. The apartment is almost as nice as the one we are in now, and Chris can walk to the gym since we will be so close to it. The team is called CB Prat Joventut and their website is www.cbprat.net. Good luck understanding it though, it´s all written in Catalan! He is number 17 and the colors are still blue and white!

On another good note, I just finished my first full week at my new job. I am working for ACS, Inc. of Spain. http://www.acs-inc.com/index.html It is an American company and they do IT and Business Process outsourcing for companies, but our office is doing only HR and finance outsourcing. I am working as an ISP Database Administrator for a project called GM Europe. We are basically doing all of the HR work for General Motors. They have factories and offices all over Europe, so it is our job to stay in contact with those branches and do all of the HR work for the employees in Europe. My team is responsible for the work involving expatriates and all Executives of GM. Our office has over 300 people and they are from all over the world. My team right now has a girl from Belgium, one from France, Sweden, and a few from Germany. It is really interesting and fun to meet all of these people and make new friends. The only downside is that the office is outside of the city and it takes me 1-2 hours travel time depending on traffic. I am happy to finally have a job, and I think that I can learn a lot from it.