11 posts tagged “work”
Ohhhhh My last day was lovely.
This morning I went to the dentist and had a quick final checkup. Then, back home, out again to collect a bajillion prescriptions from the pharmacy.
Then onto the bus to work.
They took me out to lunch at Medusa's which is a really lovely Greek restaurant quite close to work. Everyone shared entrees of pickled vegetables, olives, haloumi cheese, spicy sausages and pita bread with tzatziki dip, and then chose their own mains. I had lamb souvlaki. Delicious:
Then when we got back, we had a coffee and cake!
What else? tomorrow is my big waxing day and my farewell with friends. I'm so exhausted at the moment, I have a feeling I'm coming down with the flu! it totally sucks, I really cannot afford to get sick at this point, so I'm totally going all out with the ecchinacea and immune boost tablets. Anyway! I'm off to bed!
Ciao voxies!
I have so many things to tell, that i don't even know where to start!
my day off this week was tuesday, and I went into the city with Anna and mum. They were going to the art gallery, and I had plans to meet up with an old fitness first work colleague, Lyly, for shopping and coffee.
I had some time before I had to meet up with L, and Anna and mum were in no hurry, so we stopped in martin place. We saw a sign for the Australian Currency Museum at the reserve bank - I think it must be new since I've never seen it. It was really interesting, seeing all the designs that were put forth for our currency and stuff in the past - there was a really cute cartoon that was on tv in the 60s telling people about the change to decimal currency, and apparently the plan was to call our bank notes 'royals' although they eventually settled on dollars!
Anyway. It was interesting for me from a professional point of view, if you follow me.
Outside the hospital near martin place is a large brass pig, and it's nose is all shiny because you are supposed to rub it's nose and make a wish. After we'd done that, we went to the cafe in the courtyard of the old hospital in the sun. It was really nice to have a chat and to feel the warmth of the sun on my skin.
I left them after that to go to the art gallery and I wandered really slowly up to the QVB to meet L. She's very chatty, but also full of philosophical comments - she always seems so clear sighted, which is a wonderful gift. We window shopped and then had dinner at City Extra.
Then today I worked in the morning, and tonight I went to see Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince with Anna and Mum. I loved it. I thought it was by far the best movie so far - the story line followed what I remembered of the book but also made sense overall. I found some of the earlier movies were quite disjointed and too much of the story was missing for them to make any sense, but this one was really good. I'm looking forward to the last movie, which is going to be divided into two parts.
After the movie we had dinner at Nino's, which is an italian restaurant with an amazing view all the way across from Bondi to the harbour bridge.
Anyway, so now I'm in bed with the electric blanket on watching 'spirited away' - I love that Miyazaki films are all about learning to be independent and yet also relying on the help and friendship of the people you meet - about being adaptable and creating a family out of nothing. It gives me hope that my transition into Italian society won't be impossible or too painf
while i recognise that my trip should be amazing, awesome, and that I will learn more than i can even imagine right now, I also forsee difficulties, lonliness and hardship, although I'm stepping out of my comfort zone entirely - some difficulty in adjusting is completely reasonable!
I guess I'm just hoping that I can make the most of the lessons that will be thrown at me, and that I'll make the most of this amazing experience.
Anyway, that's enough rambling from me, I want to snuggle with my baby and fall asleep.
Night voxies!
Isn't this poem beautiful? I read it when I was browsing the web.
Sandinista Avioncitos
The little airplanes of the heart
with their brave little propellers
What can they do
against the winds of darkness
even as butterflies are beaten back
by hurricanes
yet do not die
They lie in wait wherever
they can hide and hang
their fine wings folded
and when the killer-wind dies
they flutter forth again
into the new-blown light
live as leaves
Lawrence Ferlinghetti (b. 1919)
And today after work, I bundled myself into my coat, collected up the mail as normal, locked all the doors and rushed out of the office - then I posted the mail, went shopping, and came home.
On arriving home, I realised that I had left the work cordless phone attached to my belt! can you believe it? I did all that stuff and never even noticed it was there! headsmack. I'm such an idiot. Anyway. I'll take it back in to work tomorrow!
Night night voxies!
It's been a long, somewhat productive week.
Monday and Tuesday I was at work, boring boringness and such. Then wednesday and thursday I was off, doing uni work, searching for gumboots (and not finding any) and going to the new cafe slash second hand bookshop at randwick. (Which is really cute btw! it has big 'morris' style chairs and tables and stuff nestled in between the bookshelves!
Then today I was playing with my baby willum, my mum and I got some really adorable pictures!
I'm really relieved this week is over. Tomorrow is the Scottish festival at Bundanoon, and even though it's been raining all week and it'll probably be super muddy, I'm still really looking forward to it.
Sisterhood of the Travelling pants 2 is out on DVD as well, so I'm really looking forward to hiring that out!
Ciao for now!
OMG. Woah. I have had a hell of a crazy week! let me tell you aaaall about it!
So. Where were we up to? Oh yeah. No photos of my novelty earrings.... but I did get a shot of all the presents I brought home from work today!
Then my boss gave me some things that she bought in Cambodia & vietnam - that gorgeous scarf you can see there, it's beautiful! and, that black bag with the lucky coins attached to it... aaand a voucher to use at a hair place (I wanted to get my hair done in the new year anyway, so I was excited!)
And we also got a present from our company - a hamper! this is what it had inside: some fruit jellies, some salted peanuts, a little tiny christmas pudding, a box of chocolates, a mini bottle of wine, some of those traditional ginger biscuits that Alison loves and a miniature xmas cake! so cute!
As well as that, at the Christmas party, we had to buy a $10.00 gift. I got a vanilla scented candle (which smells really good actually! I'm burning it right now!) and some chocolates.
So all in all, I got away with some really nice gifts!
So that was all at the christmas party! and then afterward I went out with Matalena, Rosie, and Rosie's friend from PNG. I got home around 1:30 after going home on the BUS! I've never been home that late by myself. It was one of the last buses going, and SO many people got pulled off it for not paying the right amount!
Anyway. So I was hungover and tired on saturday, and I thought, great. I have to do this aaaaall again tonight. So I drove out to Charlie's house, and alison was supposed to already be there. But she was getting a lift with Lisa and Rob, and Rob was late, so they were stuck at Lisa's house waiting for him.
So Charlie and I chatted to his mum for a bit and then went and picked up Kari and his brother on our way to the Albion in Parramatta.
And in the car, they asked if I was single, and then argued about who had hotter friends and which I'd pick, and I was like, uhhh... do I get a choice?
So when we arrived there are a huge heap of guys that they've been chatting about in the car, everyone is pretty much well over 5 foot 7, so at least a few inches on my 5 foot 5, men only, talking about cricket. Greaaat. I had no idea what was going on.
And then Alison and Lisa arrive, and they are normally taller than me anyway, but because I cut my feet to ribbons on friday night, I was wearing flats, and they're both wearing killer heels, so I'm looking tiny compared to them. And it was sooo loud in this place that everyone had to bend down to hear me, which made me feel like a child, haha!
One of Kari's friends was like 6 foot 4! so I'm trying to talk to him, and I had to full launch myself onto my tiptoes and grip his arm so I could reach, since you really had to scream into each other's ears to be heard.
We all had a lot to drink. We got back to Charlie's at around 2:30am I think? god I am feeling sick just thinking about it. Woke up the next day, and realised that I didn't have my wallet. Great.
So, we rang the place, called Charlie's friends who'd given us a lift home etc etc...
no luck.
Then yesterday night, after dinner with the girls, sobbing about how I had $150 in cash in that wallet and OMG what about my personalised starbucks card....
Celia was driving us all over to Jasmine's bf's house to drop her off, and video ezy called. I very rarely answer a call if I don't recognise the number but I thought it just might be someone else. So I'm thinking, I don't have any videos out?
AND!!! they were calling to say that the people from the Albion got their number from my video store card! THEY HAD MY WALLET!! I called the guy an angel and he laughed, and then I called the albion and also called the guy on the phone there an angel, and he called me the luckiest woman in sydney, (although secretly I think just the stupidest!)
so this morning I drove all the way out to Parramatta and picked it up. AND! It had the $150 inside! whoever handed it in or found it has got to be OMG super honest. I know they probably won't ever read this... BUT OMG THANKYOU!!!!
(phew this is long! almost done!) so yeah. Then work today, brought all those presents home. And! I have a date tomorrow. I will see how things go and if they work out I will spill the proverbial beans :D wish me luck!
buonanotte voxies!
I got an HD!!!! (high distinction). I'm so stoked! now I can really enjoy Christmas!
and speaking of Christmas, check out these pretty flowers one of our business associates sent us at work!
xox
This weekend I had two things I wanted to accomplish:
Thing Number One:
I wanted to finish the last 300 words of my last essay of the year. I have until next monday to complete this, but next weekend I'm holding that dinner party, so I won't have time to complete it.
Thing Number Two:
I wanted to tidy my bedroom ready for next week.
Of those two things, I did not finish EITHER of them! what happened!
Firstly, on saturday I did do a lot of tidying, but there is more yet to be completed before it's even remotely presentable. A lot will need to be done closer to the time like vaccuuming, changing the sheets etc. We also went shopping for a new phone since our house phone died... and I gave Willum a bath since it was SO HOT. Like, 35°C hot!
I got some photos of him, he looks so cute when he's all wet. It was actually really hard to clean him since whenever I thought I'd got right through to his skin I realised that I hadn't. Their fur is VERY thick and fluffy so it's hard to soak them right through.
Here he is pre-bath, lying on the floor with my sock monkey slippers:
And here he is post-bath, trying to arrange his fur:
As you can see, it took some savage rearranging on his part! Now here is my upcoming week, and I'm trying to think how I will cram everything in:
Monday - I need to finish editing my essay. It's my boss' first day back at work since her 3 week holiday, so there will be probably lots of things to correct and fix up too. I also need to call the italian consulate and ask them some things.
Tuesday - I need to to all my room tidying and stuff for friday! eek!Wednesday - surprise dinner for A in the city!
Thursday - TWILIGHT with Celia!
Friday - Dinner party!
So somewhere in there, I need to tidy my desk and my room, make a frozen dessert with enough time to set for friday night, finish my essay and hand it in, return all my library books and then yay! I should be done with everything stressful!
I have a few christmas things left to buy also, but otherwise I'm pretty well organised. The FOLLOWING week is going to be even more of a drama. We have my work office christmas party, as well as our office dinner. The christmas party will be me pouring drinks and eating a lot and being nice. The dinner is an expensive one at wildfire. I'm just hoping I can find something I like on the menu!
Later voxies!
Ok, I think this is so random bearing in mind yesterday's post name. Last night I had the most graphic nightmare. I get the feeling it is because I was watching Mamma Mia before I went to bed. In my dream I was getting married, but in the middle of the ceremony, there was some kind of unspecified hitch and we had to leave the church for a while.
Everyone was congratulating me, but I wasn't actually married yet. Then the longer we were waiting, the more I was questioning whether or not I wanted to be with the guy (whose face kept changing - I don't know who it was.) And he started questioning it as well.
In the end he said he didn't want to get married and I went into shock. I remember the feeling of not being able to take a deep breath - of hyperventilating.
I mean, to me, the meaning of that is pretty obvious - I'm ready to start dating again, but I'm also terrified of making the wrong choice and/or being rejected.
It was such a vivid dream, that even now - almost 12 hours later, I'm still feeling a bit weird about it.
On the plus side, my sis and her guy are official. I went to dinner with her last night and she told me all about it. I really hope it works out for her!
Other than that, today was my boss' last day for 3 weeks! she's in Vietnam. I am SO nervous, she's asked me to do the new tenant inductions while she's away. It's like a huge long list of things to remember to tell them, and I'm also handling enquiries. I don't know why I'm so nervous, since I've done this kind of thing at other jobs heaps of times, but I just DO!
Oh yeah, I also entered the MakeUpTalk Dare2Be competition. The theme at the moment is Disney Princess, so I did mine to look like snow white. It was heaps of fun!
Is my mum the only one who uses the word pogged? as in, stuffed, overeaten, totally, utterly, stomach stretchingly full of food? I think she is.
Anyway. I want to share pirate stories and photos but I cant find my camera connection cable thingo.
So yes. Suffice to say that add to ex #2 and #5 contacting me along with italian teacher, at the pirate party I had my friend's 18 year old brother and a close friend hitting on me. All incredibly flattering but makes me wonder what kind of vibe I'm putting out.
Tonight we had a work function at a greek restaurant. The food was delicious and it was really nice chatting to work people. My boss read my coffee cup, haha, I honestly have to write down what she says every time so I can check back to see if it came true.
- She asked if I was going to be speaking at my graduation or in front of an audience any time soon. Not that I know of!
- She asked if I was going to the circus (as in, people circus like circe du soleil) but I didn't have any plans to. It's funny, ex # 2 and i spoke about that last night when we caught up.
- to spray my shoes with hairspray to stop me falling over, as the floor at graduation would be super shiny
- watch out for the guy sitting behind my parents at graduation, 3-4 years older, well dressed, sitting by himself.
- she heard the song 'maneater' by nelly furtardo, like, hope that isn't a reflection of my personality, LOL.
- a lot would happen between now and the end of the year, a lot more than in the first two thirds of the year.
- she saw a dove with it's wings outstretched sitting on top of the hat, symbolic of changing life directions and a fresh start and peace etc.
Honestly, peace is what I want more than anything. I'm so tired of being stressed and worried, and I don't deal with confrontation well at all. In fact, to say I don't deal with it full stop would be a fair assessment!
so yes. I wish i could win a billion dollars. I think I'd quit my job and take a holiday in the carribean :D
In fact, I'm really into the caribbean at the moment, it sounds awesome.
Today was pretty oddball all round.
For a start, I had to go to another work training day (paid). We're in the process of earning Certificate IV in frontline management, and this was our second training day (the last one was the day before ex #5 and I broke up you will recall! two weeks already!) So I got up early to go to work and I was playing with Willum. He was preening my clothes like he does, but he didn't realise that he was getting closer and closer to my skin, so I'm leaning over him on my hands and knees and kissing his back while he's preening the edge of my singlet top, and he accidentally caught my skin! I know he didn't mean to, but it's just so funny - I have what looks like a love bite on one of my boobs now from where he nipped me! (except that there is a cut from his sharp little fangs, haha!)
Then, I went into work, and embarrased myself on the bus when my earphones came out of my phone mp3 player right in the middle of an Abba song. Like way to get caught listening to shameful music!
The training was pretty ok, we talked about team development and individual development. It kind of annoys me that for this session we had to do two 1 page reports, and for next session (one month from now) we have ANOTHER 3 reports. They're to demonstrate that we understand the content of the units, but why not just get us to complete them in class? no one would know anyway.. my boss said we can do them at work though, and I think I'll do mine this week since in a month from now I won't remember everything we were speaking about.
Anyway! LUNCH! (paid for by work, which is really nice!) and I have a cappuccino. Then I remembered that my boss does coffee cup readings so she did a reading of mine. She picked up on some really interesting things so i can't wait to see what pans out! here is what she said so I have a reference for later:
- I should check the tires on my car - especially air pressure. Not likely to have an accident but could be inconvenienced by being stuck somewhere with crap tyres
- she saw a heart in the cup, but also a shield which represents protecting yourself or not being 100% open as you've been hurt (which is obviously completely natural in my case)
- she saw me going out with friends and having a good time, not being a hermit, or going crazy and over the top
- she saw the rabbit and laughed about him, she said he can tell that my energy has changed recently so if he's been acting really well lately it's because he knows I'm not myself and he wants to spoil me. The way she described it was that he has felt very loved by us so now he wants to show us that he will love me back.
- She saw me getting a lot of enjoyment and pleasure out of listening to music perhaps a guitar or a flute, something like that
- also that I should do things by myself if no one is available to them with me, to prove to myself that I can have fun doing things alone, but also because it's important for my spiritual growth (for want of a better phrase)
- she asked if I was considering moving out and said she saw some kind of distance from the home - maybe travel
- that I was weighing up a decision and comparing possible outcomes
- that I have been or will be soon looking at a necklace or something for around the neck, maybe a scarf, that costs a lot that I will go back and look at again and again (I couldn't think of anything that I've been eyeing off!)
- she saw me going somewhere hot
- basically, she could see in the cup that I am very focussed on my study and very stressed but that it's crucial that when I can I do things for myself and my own wellbeing. That travel/alone time or whatever is vital for me to move on in my life (I took it as changing my possible life direction?)
THEN she read the saucer which was really interesting!
- she saw the letter C which stands for commitment. She said she could see I wasn't afraid of commitment or of love (the letter L was also present) and then she explained that previously, the commitment and love were together, that the cup and saucer fitted (referring to the breakup) and that when I have had that alone time, when I've spent some time just doing things for ME, then the love and commitment that I'm looking for will all fall into place.
I love that kind of thing. Even if it isn't true in the sense that it's semi psychic or what have you, it's still good advice in my opinion and pretty much what I was planning on doing. I want to book a weekend away for just myself after semester is over, and I want to maybe go to the snow or somewhere, I'll be pampered, do nothing.. spend a lot of money. That was the basic plan. I'm happy being single, I'm not seeking out a relationship right now, although if one came along I wouldn't turn it down - I'm open to it, but I really do want to spend some time re evaluating who I am as a person now that I'm not 'Aaron's Girlfriend' which I guess sounds foolish but there you are.
Dinner with just Celia tonight as Janna is on her way to VIENNA (Lucky woman!) and Jasmine wasn't feeling well. Time to go to sleep now since my week is HEKTIK BRO!
quick run down even though this is the longest post ever:
monday-tuesday: assigment due on wednesday, days off work since I'm doing 2.5 full days this week instead of 5 half days.
wednesday: full day of work 8:30-5:30, hand the assignment in
thursday: half day, meeting Alerson for coffee in the morning (will bitch about men, eurovision etc!)
friday: full day
Weekend: start take home exam for HIST109 I imagine! arg!
And that is it from me. Much love, I am going to bed before I fall asleep right here. Have a good week yourselves!
