What Do You Do All Day?

Today I am linking up with one some of my favorite bloggers Helene and Sarah for their #totalsocial link up. This months theme is your typical 9-5 workday.

My weekdays are starting to blend together but for the most part they follow the same basic schedule. That is for one more week at least, after that it is 5 weeks summer holiday for me! Back to my current 9-5 though.

7 am : I like waking up a bit earlier to spend sometime reading blogs, making last minute edits to my post for the day, and most important enjoying coffee and breakfast. I am a breakfast gal all the way and my day does not start until I have a nice meal in my belly.

I wish this was my breakfast every morning!

8 am : H has finally gotten up, and because I am such a polite girlfriend I try and stay quiet until then. This results in the next 20 minutes being pure chaos as I run around the bedroom throwing clothes everywhere trying to get ready. It seems to not matter how much time I give myself I am always rushing last minute to get out the door. My bike rides to work (on good weather days, or days that I don’t get pooped on by seagulls which may or may not of happened to me this morning) along the sea are more than welcomed after a hectic rush in the morning.

9-4 : My work hours are really flexible but I usually arrive to work a bit before 9 and am rarely every at work past 4. I love my work hours!

My mornings usually start by listening to my co-workers greet each other with small talk and challenge myself to listen in. Sometimes I succeed and can respond to the conversation (in English) other times they see my confused look and summarize things in English for me. I really have the best co-workers and they have welcomed me with open arms, which is not always the case when you work in a office full of ladies! After some morning chat I being my tasks for the day.

I work at a University where I’am the program administrator in the Computer Science Department. I handle the graduate program, which lucky for me is taught entirely in English. On a daily basis I answer student questions, deal with applications for our program, assist the professors in scheduling classrooms etc, and any other little thing that may come up.

My favorite part of my job though is handling the English website and the marketing of our program. Like I said, the masters classes are all taught in English, but the majority of faculty is Icelandic and our English website was in need of some help. Getting to create the website and see my own ideas put into action has been really rewarding and I am loving that aspect of my job.

Even though I really enjoy my job there are some cons that I experience during my daily 9-5. With the majority of the faculty being Icelandic this means that most of the conversations around me are in Icelandic. At first this made me feel really uncomfortable but I am slowly getting use to it. I will say it is not the most fun sitting at a lunch table having no idea what is going on around you but I guess it is one way to work on my Icelandic skills!

I mean really, my job gives me 5 weeks paid vacation, fun work parties, a ridiculous amount of flexibility, and a standing desk, and sends me to places like the Blue Lagoon, what more could I want!

Question of the Day?
What is does your typical 9-5 look like?

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