Catching up

The past couple weekends I have spent around Dublin. I am finally completely settled into my new apartment and am very happy with everything. It is really nice having the extra space and a big kitchen to cook in.

Work has been really busy because we have been having all of the brand review meetings so all of the people important to the business have been in town. We also announced the close of the Solvay aquisition which is exciting because 120 of their products fall into the MBO (division where I work) business model. Todd Chermak (the person sponsoring my position and the reason I am in Dublin) also visited recently. It was good to have him visit and our group went out to dinner in Malahide. I also was able to go out to dinner with a woman who is a commercial director in charge of $1.5 billion in product. She tried to convince me that Regulatory was busy and I really needed to get into marketing/commercial. I tried to convince her that she needed to give me job- so we'll see how that plays out. I have been able to have some really incredible experiences at this job so far interacting with people who make MBO a successful $4 billion a year business. I finished my first milestone last week and am getting involved with introducing a new drug product into 8 new markets in Southeast Asia and Africa.

Driving is getting a lot easier and I don't get lost nearly as much which is a definite plus.

Last weekend I had some fellow PDP visitors. Katie was visiting Ashely in the UK and they caught a cheap Ryanair flight over for the weekend. It was fun to have some visitors and entertain at my apartment. Daliana drove up from Clonmel and decided to play tour guide all weekend. We took them around to all of the Dublin highlights and had a Guinness or two.


I want to say congratulations to Stephanie and Craig for welcoming my first niece into the world today. I'm glad everything appears to be going well and that Sam and Eli will have someone new to terrorize. Hopefully she gets her looks from her mother...

Abbey Lorraine Schurter
born 2/21/10
5#, 6 1/2 ounces
17 inches

My Contact information in case anyone wants to send me any wonderful care packages is:
89 Hill of Down, Spencer Dock
North Wall, Dublin 1
Ireland

+353-086-877-0152

Most efficient means for staying in contact with me though is:
djschurter@gmail.com
skype: djschurter21

It is great to be able to chat with people from home to catch up so skype me if you get a chance.

This weekend we are heading to Manchester. I am excited to explore a new city/country. Will post again after the trip.