wow!
what a hard working week!
but it's the sorta work that makes me feel good afterwards, like i've made a difference or something like that...
i'm looking forward to pay day... finally able to pay bills properly and get my credit card under control...
i know i will have to pay my own income tax and super, but i'll deal with that in the new financial year, that way i can use the full amount of money in the next month to pay everything under control and feel like i'm back to the starting point again - well that's the plan anyway :-)
picked up a small maintenance job, ordered some extra office furniture, did a couple of deliveries, helped out with some fork liftings here and there, did some drawings and worked on a few quotes..... so i think i'm going alright...
surprisingly i didn't feel quite as tired as i thought i was going to last night after i got home from work.... that was also a nice feeling :-)
monday i'll be meeting brent at 5.30am which means i can let the alarm go off an hour later, about 4.15am or so...
right now i'm just lounging on the lounge in front of the fireplace and it's just a beautiful feeling.... bit of rain on the tin roof, and i'm snuggled in some daggy jamies enjoy the sight of the fire and the sound of the occasional crackle and popping of the timber in the fire box.....
had a great night tonight at sharon's place for dinner, beautiful crispy skin chicken breast with mustard cream sauce, some lovely salads and nice desserts and a couple of glasses of wine... it's the sort of social event i absolutely love to attend and be a part of :-)
got asked by a few people tonight if i missed my old job.... i said no.
not in an abrupt way like "get stuffed are you kidding me?" kinda way..... just "no, i don't"
but i added that i really missed my team and a few others i worked with... i just didn't miss the wankers who worked there and made things difficult for the rest of us...
so i'm in a good head space at the moment, and that's a real good feeling... especially when it's next to the fire hehehe
i guess it's one of those "i love my life" moments..... and i cherish the those moments when they turn up to give me the opportunity to bathe in its' glory.....
Saturday, 31 May 2014
Monday, 26 May 2014
back to work monday......
so first day back in the construction game
fingers crossed for no bikie gangs, mafia builders, threats of closure and whatever else could happen.... not for a long time at least lol
wasn't too difficult to get out of bed at 3.30am, although i should've just gotten up straight away instead of listen to the radio for 10 minutes.... slightly forgot i had to be on the road by 4am lol i'll put the alarm on fifteen minutes earlier for tomorrow just in case.... although it reminds me as to why i used to have the alarm on at 3am back in the hey day.....
got a bundle of quotes started and in a position to get them to a finishing stage
finished the set of shop drawings i started on the friday a week ago when i spent the day there to see what the situation was.....
i think it'll do just fine for the time being... see if i can help make the business grow and earn a better dollar for myself...
so in the meantime i'm back on my rotation of early rises, later arrivals home and earlier nights to bed.... see how long i can last this time :-)
time to chill out for an hour or so then hit the bed :-)
fingers crossed for no bikie gangs, mafia builders, threats of closure and whatever else could happen.... not for a long time at least lol
wasn't too difficult to get out of bed at 3.30am, although i should've just gotten up straight away instead of listen to the radio for 10 minutes.... slightly forgot i had to be on the road by 4am lol i'll put the alarm on fifteen minutes earlier for tomorrow just in case.... although it reminds me as to why i used to have the alarm on at 3am back in the hey day.....
got a bundle of quotes started and in a position to get them to a finishing stage
finished the set of shop drawings i started on the friday a week ago when i spent the day there to see what the situation was.....
i think it'll do just fine for the time being... see if i can help make the business grow and earn a better dollar for myself...
so in the meantime i'm back on my rotation of early rises, later arrivals home and earlier nights to bed.... see how long i can last this time :-)
time to chill out for an hour or so then hit the bed :-)
Sunday, 25 May 2014
sunday afternoony...
it's 5.30pm.....
i've had dinner and just having my cup of tea now...
back to early rises tomorrow..... tomorrow will be 3.30am.....
hoping i can sort out my days and what hours i'll work when i'm there tomorrow.....
i think i'm feeling optimistic about the imminent future... if i can get in a position where i'm financially self sufficient again, that would be a dream come true..... fingers crossed and here's hoping!
another beautiful sunny morning today. got up at 9am and had a shower then i went and layed on the floor in the lounge room whilst on the computer just relaxing in the sunshine....
the chookies stayed close by which was a lovely comforting feeling, moving from the back window, around to the sliding door, back around to the back window and vice versa for a couple hours lol
i just wish they'd let me pick them up so i could give them a great big cuddle to show em how much i love em :-)
not much else to report..... might do the ironing before i head to bed and flick the dishwasher on.....
i've had dinner and just having my cup of tea now...
back to early rises tomorrow..... tomorrow will be 3.30am.....
hoping i can sort out my days and what hours i'll work when i'm there tomorrow.....
i think i'm feeling optimistic about the imminent future... if i can get in a position where i'm financially self sufficient again, that would be a dream come true..... fingers crossed and here's hoping!
another beautiful sunny morning today. got up at 9am and had a shower then i went and layed on the floor in the lounge room whilst on the computer just relaxing in the sunshine....
the chookies stayed close by which was a lovely comforting feeling, moving from the back window, around to the sliding door, back around to the back window and vice versa for a couple hours lol
i just wish they'd let me pick them up so i could give them a great big cuddle to show em how much i love em :-)
not much else to report..... might do the ironing before i head to bed and flick the dishwasher on.....
Saturday, 24 May 2014
the saturday show.....
what a great productive day i've had today so far. and you know how much i love a productive day :-)
- washing done
- slow cooked dinner almost ready
- ironing pile ready to be done
- vaccuummmmmedd the house
- the garage hinge door got painted
- back of the front door got first coat of paint
- cut up the old garage door
- emptied the bin
- emptied dyson's bucket
- let the chookies run around for half a day
- ran the desktop computer for a while (have to remember to turn it off lol)
- went to the shop and stocked up on some supplied and bought an invoice book
the front door looks damn sexy, i love it - it's exactly how i thought it would look when i chose the colour 4 years ago lol
the guy painting it asked me if i was sure i wanted it painted black (well, monument), and i said yes cause it has to be the one colour anyway
he said to me "personally i don't like the look of it, i'd rather keep it white"
and i thought to myself "personally, i don't like that you voided the warranty of my doors by not painting the top and bottom edges, but i won't mention it at this point" hehehe
it was a beautiful sunny cool day today, perfect autumn weather...
still debating whether i'll light the fire tonight.... i might leave it i think, i'm not that cold inside...
and currently awaiting whether a mate is stopping by for dinner on his way back to melbourne, as that'll dictate the rest of dinner planning, rice, garlic bread etc etc
at one point today i thought to myself "hmm what should i do now?" to which i replied "i don't feel like doing anything, and i don't have to, so i won't!"
so i layed on the floor in the lounge room with my back facing the stream of sunlight coming through the glass door and played some games on facebook whilst waiting for the painter to arrive
i'm very pleased with my efforts today...
brent text me this morning saying he needed me at his place an hour earlier on monday morning - so it's 3am for the alarm clock - nothing i haven't done before when working with him :-)
i'd be more inclined to ask for a 3-4 day working week again like in viewmaster days depending on what work is going on and what he needs me to do.... just give it some time and see how i go.....
dinner smells good........
the (almost) year that was.....
i no longer work for masters home improvement.
i'm still unsure how i feel about that.
yes, someone i no longer associate with, wrote my application and did up my resume.
i guess i'm feeling a wide range of feelings.... happy, sad, relieved, indifference, hopeful... list could continue...
i'm very lucky to have met and worked with all the people i have worked with.
it's a lot of these people that makes me regret my decision.
but then it's nights like tonight at dinner that make me realise that i don't have to work with them to stay friends with them.
it was a very exciting experience, being able to become a piece of the "furniture" - having been involved in the initial setting up of the store, back when the tradies still had ownership of the building whilst they finished construction and fitout. i've known of other people who were 'furniture' in other places i've worked, so i felt privileged to have the opportunity in knowing what that is like.
i never imagined i would make such great friends like those i have made working there.
my first day i picked that amanda was someone i wanted to befriend straight away. i picked vin was a larrikin but not in a wanker way - he was just a genuinely fun bloke. there was something a bit odd about robyn when she seemed to appear out of nowhere for training on the wave machine, which i later found out was a delightful quirky and funny personality.
my first day in the store, i reminisced yesterday with her, i met liana, a lovely bubbly girl who had an aura of strength, leadership and maturity, helping sort out hooks in the tool aisles of the hardware dept before going to sweep the aisles of the outdoor furniture area before 'black lining' was to occur.
and steve (steve, steve, steve!!!) in hardware, a very lovely older gentleman. good all round aussie bloke. lots of fun to hang around with, muck about hanging shit on each other, stirring up trouble, he's a true gentleman deep down.
and paul, a.k.a. ballarat paul... with him i made a truly amazing friendship. i am very lucky that he is a great friend of mine. a man of the world, very intelligent, lots of life experiences, lots of amazing stories to tell, heart of gold and personality to match.
gav, brett, slash, boads, kristy, lesley, nicole, jaye, mel and many others, i have made great connections with, and will do my very very best to maintain, as i cannot say a bad word against them, truly, they are all wonderful people.
i no longer work for masters home improvement, but i thank god that i was able to work there for as long as i could sustain myself being there.
for were it not for the fact of my working there, i would not have left with a lot more life to live.
and for that, i thank everyone there for being nice to me (the ones who were indeed nice to me lol)
i'm still unsure how i feel about that.
yes, someone i no longer associate with, wrote my application and did up my resume.
i guess i'm feeling a wide range of feelings.... happy, sad, relieved, indifference, hopeful... list could continue...
i'm very lucky to have met and worked with all the people i have worked with.
it's a lot of these people that makes me regret my decision.
but then it's nights like tonight at dinner that make me realise that i don't have to work with them to stay friends with them.
it was a very exciting experience, being able to become a piece of the "furniture" - having been involved in the initial setting up of the store, back when the tradies still had ownership of the building whilst they finished construction and fitout. i've known of other people who were 'furniture' in other places i've worked, so i felt privileged to have the opportunity in knowing what that is like.
i never imagined i would make such great friends like those i have made working there.
my first day i picked that amanda was someone i wanted to befriend straight away. i picked vin was a larrikin but not in a wanker way - he was just a genuinely fun bloke. there was something a bit odd about robyn when she seemed to appear out of nowhere for training on the wave machine, which i later found out was a delightful quirky and funny personality.
my first day in the store, i reminisced yesterday with her, i met liana, a lovely bubbly girl who had an aura of strength, leadership and maturity, helping sort out hooks in the tool aisles of the hardware dept before going to sweep the aisles of the outdoor furniture area before 'black lining' was to occur.
and steve (steve, steve, steve!!!) in hardware, a very lovely older gentleman. good all round aussie bloke. lots of fun to hang around with, muck about hanging shit on each other, stirring up trouble, he's a true gentleman deep down.
and paul, a.k.a. ballarat paul... with him i made a truly amazing friendship. i am very lucky that he is a great friend of mine. a man of the world, very intelligent, lots of life experiences, lots of amazing stories to tell, heart of gold and personality to match.
gav, brett, slash, boads, kristy, lesley, nicole, jaye, mel and many others, i have made great connections with, and will do my very very best to maintain, as i cannot say a bad word against them, truly, they are all wonderful people.
i no longer work for masters home improvement, but i thank god that i was able to work there for as long as i could sustain myself being there.
for were it not for the fact of my working there, i would not have left with a lot more life to live.
and for that, i thank everyone there for being nice to me (the ones who were indeed nice to me lol)
Thursday, 22 May 2014
good people, good times, soon to say good byes......
rates are paid *tick*
pasta is on the boil *tick*
dinner is on it's way *tick*
one more day to go...
not very excited, but not un-excited either... just ready i think...
so today was the usual nil event with all the wankers that turned up...
it was just a training session... so nothing that we plebs had to worry about...
plenty of cakes and sweets to be eaten though, which i was only too happy to assist.....
otherwise it was a deeaaaaadddddd day in the store..... bugger all customers.....
about the most exciting thing that happened was the idiot old man who proceeded to drive his van and trailer down one of the aisles in the trade timber yard, and then started to try and turn right at the very back end..... geeze! lol
had a good hour of laughs as our manager was telling us stories about the other bloke in our team back in their hey days of using the internet at work for inappropriate usage... video chat rooms etc... we were killing ourselves in tears of laughter, fucking hilarious stuff :-)
i was teased by this amazing tradie bear who hired out one of the trailers for a few hours.... damn he was nice.... and the girl behind the counter was eyeing him off too lol nice big solid body, just light fur all over... wearing shorts so you could see his tree trunk legs.... hadn't shaved for almost a fortnight.... just perfect.... perfect for a good cuddle anyway - you know how it is ;-)
i've had my bullet drink this evening and was a good mix of the fruit i picked out of the container... so i was able to drink it relatively quickly.....
said my goodbye to the store manager today as he's not there tomorrow... that was good of him to wish me well on my merry way..... and also said bye's to a couple of others who aren't in the store tomorrow.....
dinner has been booked at a location where i get to flex my eating capabilities.... or is that stomach storage capabilities.....?? hehehe
i'm really looking forward to that, spending a few hours with some good people outside the work environment and celebrate the time we've spent together, but i know i will be friends with most of them for a very long time - they are a good bunch :-)
pasta is on the boil *tick*
dinner is on it's way *tick*
one more day to go...
not very excited, but not un-excited either... just ready i think...
so today was the usual nil event with all the wankers that turned up...
it was just a training session... so nothing that we plebs had to worry about...
plenty of cakes and sweets to be eaten though, which i was only too happy to assist.....
otherwise it was a deeaaaaadddddd day in the store..... bugger all customers.....
about the most exciting thing that happened was the idiot old man who proceeded to drive his van and trailer down one of the aisles in the trade timber yard, and then started to try and turn right at the very back end..... geeze! lol
had a good hour of laughs as our manager was telling us stories about the other bloke in our team back in their hey days of using the internet at work for inappropriate usage... video chat rooms etc... we were killing ourselves in tears of laughter, fucking hilarious stuff :-)
i was teased by this amazing tradie bear who hired out one of the trailers for a few hours.... damn he was nice.... and the girl behind the counter was eyeing him off too lol nice big solid body, just light fur all over... wearing shorts so you could see his tree trunk legs.... hadn't shaved for almost a fortnight.... just perfect.... perfect for a good cuddle anyway - you know how it is ;-)
i've had my bullet drink this evening and was a good mix of the fruit i picked out of the container... so i was able to drink it relatively quickly.....
said my goodbye to the store manager today as he's not there tomorrow... that was good of him to wish me well on my merry way..... and also said bye's to a couple of others who aren't in the store tomorrow.....
dinner has been booked at a location where i get to flex my eating capabilities.... or is that stomach storage capabilities.....?? hehehe
i'm really looking forward to that, spending a few hours with some good people outside the work environment and celebrate the time we've spent together, but i know i will be friends with most of them for a very long time - they are a good bunch :-)
Wednesday, 21 May 2014
2 days to go.....
so there's more big knob managerials coming to the store tomorrow....
geeze the big songs and dances they make (as usual).... same level of urgency as any other time, but different focus on insignificant things..... that ticket doesn't look good enough.... there's a space on that shelf..... everyone get a brand new vest...... mop the floors..... then use the floor polishing machine which makes the floor look dirtier than it bloody well started out!
everyone, quick, shit your pants, some big wankers are coming to walk through the store so they can ignore you, ignore anything we did over the past few days, then probably eat free food that we never get, and leave the store without giving a shit..... so what's new.......!
it's 100% true what one of the guy's in the team says "it's just moving deck chairs on the titanic".....
one of the other guys is organising a pub for friday night for my send off, so that will be nice..... see how many people turn out for it..... it's really very sweet of them to care so much about my leaving.....
be great if amanda is back in time for it but not sure if she'll arrive from interstate from her trip with time and energy to make an appearance..... just felt like yonks since i've seen her....
so i'm having a bullet drink right now... and i think it's better for me at this time of year, when it's cooler, to have it in the evenings as opposed to the mornings..... and coming into the new job i think i might value the extra time in bed in the mornings rather than making a bullet or some breakfast lol
tonight's dinner is the little meatloaf i bought from the butcher last week... just have to look up how long to cook it for so i don't bugger it up! might have some veggies with it......
and pay some bills *groan* lol
geeze the big songs and dances they make (as usual).... same level of urgency as any other time, but different focus on insignificant things..... that ticket doesn't look good enough.... there's a space on that shelf..... everyone get a brand new vest...... mop the floors..... then use the floor polishing machine which makes the floor look dirtier than it bloody well started out!
everyone, quick, shit your pants, some big wankers are coming to walk through the store so they can ignore you, ignore anything we did over the past few days, then probably eat free food that we never get, and leave the store without giving a shit..... so what's new.......!
it's 100% true what one of the guy's in the team says "it's just moving deck chairs on the titanic".....
one of the other guys is organising a pub for friday night for my send off, so that will be nice..... see how many people turn out for it..... it's really very sweet of them to care so much about my leaving.....
be great if amanda is back in time for it but not sure if she'll arrive from interstate from her trip with time and energy to make an appearance..... just felt like yonks since i've seen her....
so i'm having a bullet drink right now... and i think it's better for me at this time of year, when it's cooler, to have it in the evenings as opposed to the mornings..... and coming into the new job i think i might value the extra time in bed in the mornings rather than making a bullet or some breakfast lol
tonight's dinner is the little meatloaf i bought from the butcher last week... just have to look up how long to cook it for so i don't bugger it up! might have some veggies with it......
and pay some bills *groan* lol
Tuesday, 20 May 2014
la, la, la.....
listened to some music on the way home tonight, first time in ages.... was nice to sing along to something :-)
picked up a hammock cheap at work tonight, look forward to hooking it up, came with frame too! be nice to have a snooze in it :-)
3 days to go.....
more people coming to wish me luck for my future endeavours.....
some others asking if i'm doing anything after work on friday, i said it's not up to me lol if people want to catch up for my leaving, then someone needs to organise it and then i'll turn up.....
really don't have that much on my mind tonight which is nice....
going to watch some more mrs brown's boys before bed time.....
picked up a hammock cheap at work tonight, look forward to hooking it up, came with frame too! be nice to have a snooze in it :-)
3 days to go.....
more people coming to wish me luck for my future endeavours.....
some others asking if i'm doing anything after work on friday, i said it's not up to me lol if people want to catch up for my leaving, then someone needs to organise it and then i'll turn up.....
really don't have that much on my mind tonight which is nice....
going to watch some more mrs brown's boys before bed time.....
Monday, 19 May 2014
living the home body life....
what a lovely day i've had today :-)
it was so cute at one stage i was in the computer room dealing with things in there and i could hear black calling out for me at the sliding door to the kitchen lol so i walked down the hall and looked out the door and there they were, both black and tails standing at the door lol cute buggers - i think they could smell the soup cooking and might've wanted a taste hehehe
the guy that came to do the door hanging turned up around 8.30am..... and damn he loved a good chat.... well he just seemed to want to tell someone his life story.... half hour later he managed to let me go and started work lol
he finished when i was in the middle of baking the second batch of cookies so i was worried they were going to burn cause he wanted to talk some more lol
mum called and mentioned that dad had also suggested that i should work 2 jobs or take unpaid time off from my current job to try out the other one just in case it doesn't work out.... it's good in theory but i don't think either option would work, given i've just had 3 weeks off so wouldn't be likely able to have more time off even if it was unpaid, and i certainly wasn't going to work 2 jobs cause i'd never get a day off.....
i understand their concern, but it's a bit of a hindrance to hear it..... bit like the "don't go and tell everyone you're gay" speech the day before we went overseas.....
it's either one way or the other.... and i'm going one way, i'm just going to do the best i can with it and try to pay off as much of bills, the credit card and mortgage as i possibly can, so if in the unlikely event the business folds or i lose my job for some reason, then i'm in a good position with my bills.... bit like the last time it happened at denon and i was ahead by 2-3 months on the mortgage.....
finally had a bit of rain this afternoon so that was nice.... gives the plants some water to drink... i'm hoping all the veggies grow up nicely without issues of birds trying to eat them while they are growing up.....
so the last week of work at the current job starts tomorrow.... have to remember to pickup paul on the way in.....
been finding it difficult to get back into my bullets for breakfast.... i think it's the mentality that when the weather is colder, i don't really feel a need to drink a cool beverage when i get up in the morning as compared to summer when i can guzzle bucket loads of water and water based drinks.....
similar to salads in the winter time, they don't appetise me quite as much as they do in summer months...
and i need a haircut..... i should do it this weekend perhaps.....
- washing done
- ironing done
- slow cooked a pumpkin and ginger (and damn hot chilli) soup
- dishwasher done and put away
- baked a double recipe batch of butterscotch shortbread rosettes
- the garage hinge door was hung
- the painter came around and booked me in on saturday for the doors to be painted
- let the girls go for a run around the house for the day
- sorted some emails and paperworks
it was so cute at one stage i was in the computer room dealing with things in there and i could hear black calling out for me at the sliding door to the kitchen lol so i walked down the hall and looked out the door and there they were, both black and tails standing at the door lol cute buggers - i think they could smell the soup cooking and might've wanted a taste hehehe
the guy that came to do the door hanging turned up around 8.30am..... and damn he loved a good chat.... well he just seemed to want to tell someone his life story.... half hour later he managed to let me go and started work lol
he finished when i was in the middle of baking the second batch of cookies so i was worried they were going to burn cause he wanted to talk some more lol
mum called and mentioned that dad had also suggested that i should work 2 jobs or take unpaid time off from my current job to try out the other one just in case it doesn't work out.... it's good in theory but i don't think either option would work, given i've just had 3 weeks off so wouldn't be likely able to have more time off even if it was unpaid, and i certainly wasn't going to work 2 jobs cause i'd never get a day off.....
i understand their concern, but it's a bit of a hindrance to hear it..... bit like the "don't go and tell everyone you're gay" speech the day before we went overseas.....
it's either one way or the other.... and i'm going one way, i'm just going to do the best i can with it and try to pay off as much of bills, the credit card and mortgage as i possibly can, so if in the unlikely event the business folds or i lose my job for some reason, then i'm in a good position with my bills.... bit like the last time it happened at denon and i was ahead by 2-3 months on the mortgage.....
finally had a bit of rain this afternoon so that was nice.... gives the plants some water to drink... i'm hoping all the veggies grow up nicely without issues of birds trying to eat them while they are growing up.....
so the last week of work at the current job starts tomorrow.... have to remember to pickup paul on the way in.....
been finding it difficult to get back into my bullets for breakfast.... i think it's the mentality that when the weather is colder, i don't really feel a need to drink a cool beverage when i get up in the morning as compared to summer when i can guzzle bucket loads of water and water based drinks.....
similar to salads in the winter time, they don't appetise me quite as much as they do in summer months...
and i need a haircut..... i should do it this weekend perhaps.....
Sunday, 18 May 2014
Train goes choo choo
Sitting on the train waiting to head off home from work...
Good busy productive day today...
Word spread quickly about my imminent departure from the building so had lots of lovely wishes of goodbye and good luck...
The ring leader of the boys club actually spoke to me about it too. He thought today was my last day. Be nice if it was his last day.....
I'm hoping that with my new job o might be able to branch myself out a little bit..... have some spare money to go out a bit more.... Visit the pub from time to time and don the leathers in public on the odd slightly more frequent occasion than yearly.....
Just have to ride the waves and see where this particular trip takes me.....
Chicken kiev and chips for dinner tonight. Looking forward to getting home and shutting the door on the world for the night.
Earlyish rise tomorrow for when the builders tradesman comes to hang the new garage hinge door and hopefully it'll get painted on the same day.....
Train now departing. Please stand clear.
Saturday, 17 May 2014
it's time to go.......
handed in my resignation this morning.
yes it's officially official and officiated in full. ok now i'm dizzy lol
will be finishing up on friday.
already some people giving me their best wishes and telling me they'll miss me - that's very sweet and means a lot to me to have touched people that way..... (no, not *that* way lol)
so now it's really real, it does become a little bit scarier but i'm sure it'll all be ok. i'm needed at my new position to help grow the business, so if i can be of assistance in that area, then that's where i want to be.
the more i provide my assistance to a place of employment, the less i feel the need to 'save' or 'assist' someone into a relationship....
but in either instance, i'm still pretty adamant about staying single for the time being....
i reminded myself for a couple of minutes today about the last time i got hurt when i opened my heart.... just came out of left field really, nothing to dwell on about... but putting it down in this thing helps to clear the thought from my brain.
i'm starting a bit later tomorrow cause i had to swap shift with vin so he can open the shop in morning.... but i worked it in a way that i can catch the train to work yay! :-) that will be an excitement for the day and hopefully help the day pass quickly as i'll be there for most of the day when customers are actually in the store, as opposed to first thing in the morning when 2-3 hours will pass with noone around lol
i will miss working there, more for the people in my team and others i have become good friends with around the store...
i won't miss the boys club, not one iota, especially their joker of a 'king'..... they can stick it lol
and i won't miss that farkin radio, damn that thing drives me wild!!!!!!!!
but as they say, one door closes, another door opens..... hopefully the forthcoming door stays open a while and only closes when i want it to, and not the other way around.....
yes it's officially official and officiated in full. ok now i'm dizzy lol
will be finishing up on friday.
already some people giving me their best wishes and telling me they'll miss me - that's very sweet and means a lot to me to have touched people that way..... (no, not *that* way lol)
so now it's really real, it does become a little bit scarier but i'm sure it'll all be ok. i'm needed at my new position to help grow the business, so if i can be of assistance in that area, then that's where i want to be.
the more i provide my assistance to a place of employment, the less i feel the need to 'save' or 'assist' someone into a relationship....
but in either instance, i'm still pretty adamant about staying single for the time being....
i reminded myself for a couple of minutes today about the last time i got hurt when i opened my heart.... just came out of left field really, nothing to dwell on about... but putting it down in this thing helps to clear the thought from my brain.
i'm starting a bit later tomorrow cause i had to swap shift with vin so he can open the shop in morning.... but i worked it in a way that i can catch the train to work yay! :-) that will be an excitement for the day and hopefully help the day pass quickly as i'll be there for most of the day when customers are actually in the store, as opposed to first thing in the morning when 2-3 hours will pass with noone around lol
i will miss working there, more for the people in my team and others i have become good friends with around the store...
i won't miss the boys club, not one iota, especially their joker of a 'king'..... they can stick it lol
and i won't miss that farkin radio, damn that thing drives me wild!!!!!!!!
but as they say, one door closes, another door opens..... hopefully the forthcoming door stays open a while and only closes when i want it to, and not the other way around.....
Friday, 16 May 2014
times are a changin'
today was a good day i think...
sort of a side step... but a bit forward too.... let's call it a diagonal step then lol
it all comes back to risks and gut judgements
i think at this point in time it's the best option for me to progress in the queue of my life
so i best give notice when i get to work tomorrow.....
it's a little scary now i've come to the conclusion but i think that's a normal reaction at this point
i slept well with the splint last night.... i just keep reminding myself that i can't rip my teeth out with the hook on the splint, and that calms me down and helps me to relax and get some proper rest with it lol
i'm pretty tired so i best make it a short night and get some rest for an early rise to work tomorrow.....
sort of a side step... but a bit forward too.... let's call it a diagonal step then lol
it all comes back to risks and gut judgements
i think at this point in time it's the best option for me to progress in the queue of my life
so i best give notice when i get to work tomorrow.....
it's a little scary now i've come to the conclusion but i think that's a normal reaction at this point
i slept well with the splint last night.... i just keep reminding myself that i can't rip my teeth out with the hook on the splint, and that calms me down and helps me to relax and get some proper rest with it lol
i'm pretty tired so i best make it a short night and get some rest for an early rise to work tomorrow.....
Thursday, 15 May 2014
*yawn*
so an opportunity has arisen...
i'm going hunting tomorrow...
i think it's already been decided but i have to get through tomorrow to find out one way or the other...
sometimes going with a gut feeling is the best thing to do, and i think that's what this is - i certainly hope so...
went back to work today... geeze... lol
the usual clean up, moving stock around to where things should be... and then started to work out the problems which occurred in the last couple weeks where pretty much all the stocked doors had prices whacked into a vortex and crumpled into nothingness.... everything might as well have been upside down lol but that's under control now i think..... should be sorted by the end of the weekend...
the dude from the builder is coming to install the replacement back door to the garage on monday morning..... hopefully the painter comes the same day as i think the weather should still be fine.....
splint last night was alright... i managed to trigger an alternate thought process in my brain.... it might feel like my whole set of teeth are hooked together, but so long as i remember and remind myself that it's just the splints that are hooked together, i tend to stress less about the possibility that my teeth will be ripped out of their sockets if i'm not careful lol
tonight i have taken my meds so third time lucky (one hopes) for the splint and i should start getting into the groove with it.....
mum said the jet lag has hit her pretty rough this time around..... i think mine is almost gone, but then again it's 7pm and i'm yawning and feeling like it's 10pm.....
getting up early tomorrow so best to try and make it an early night anyway lol but might play some games first to chill out for a bit :-)
i'm going hunting tomorrow...
i think it's already been decided but i have to get through tomorrow to find out one way or the other...
sometimes going with a gut feeling is the best thing to do, and i think that's what this is - i certainly hope so...
went back to work today... geeze... lol
the usual clean up, moving stock around to where things should be... and then started to work out the problems which occurred in the last couple weeks where pretty much all the stocked doors had prices whacked into a vortex and crumpled into nothingness.... everything might as well have been upside down lol but that's under control now i think..... should be sorted by the end of the weekend...
the dude from the builder is coming to install the replacement back door to the garage on monday morning..... hopefully the painter comes the same day as i think the weather should still be fine.....
splint last night was alright... i managed to trigger an alternate thought process in my brain.... it might feel like my whole set of teeth are hooked together, but so long as i remember and remind myself that it's just the splints that are hooked together, i tend to stress less about the possibility that my teeth will be ripped out of their sockets if i'm not careful lol
tonight i have taken my meds so third time lucky (one hopes) for the splint and i should start getting into the groove with it.....
mum said the jet lag has hit her pretty rough this time around..... i think mine is almost gone, but then again it's 7pm and i'm yawning and feeling like it's 10pm.....
getting up early tomorrow so best to try and make it an early night anyway lol but might play some games first to chill out for a bit :-)
Wednesday, 14 May 2014
the risk in life.....
i've been thinking a fair bit about my future.....
what to do
where to go
how to go about what to do and where to go
whether one idea is better than another
trying to anticipate the possible outcomes, successes or ramifications
it's all just risk, really.... no one has the crystal ball... well some have good foresight but i don't want to ask for the answer...
is one place better than another?
can i make a better life if i take another path?
pushing the boundaries and taking risks sometimes gives the best result
other times you could lose everything...
i suppose staying put and doing nothing gives only one result - no result...
all i know is that something isn't sitting right, right now...
the thing i need to do, though, is carefully think about what exactly it is that is not right and try to think about the options available to me, to make a decision to make the forward step.
i dunno....
just take a breather, wait for jet lag to depart from my body, and then reassess things a little bit later on...
right now, i need food.....
what to do
where to go
how to go about what to do and where to go
whether one idea is better than another
trying to anticipate the possible outcomes, successes or ramifications
it's all just risk, really.... no one has the crystal ball... well some have good foresight but i don't want to ask for the answer...
is one place better than another?
can i make a better life if i take another path?
pushing the boundaries and taking risks sometimes gives the best result
other times you could lose everything...
i suppose staying put and doing nothing gives only one result - no result...
all i know is that something isn't sitting right, right now...
the thing i need to do, though, is carefully think about what exactly it is that is not right and try to think about the options available to me, to make a decision to make the forward step.
i dunno....
just take a breather, wait for jet lag to depart from my body, and then reassess things a little bit later on...
right now, i need food.....
Tuesday, 13 May 2014
the organisation king!
got even more organised today!
i'm really quite proud :-) hehehe
i'm really quite proud :-) hehehe
- picked up my new splint
- visited work
- got refund on the dodgy travel adapter i bought
- gave all my presents away
- had a good chat with the crew about the trip
- bought some veggie seedlings
- planted the seedlings i bought including
- carrots (rainbow selection)
- silverbeets (rainbow selection)
- broccoli (or what i chose to believe was going to be broccoli lol)
- cauliflower (i think it was also a rainbow selection)
- asparagus
- baby spinach
- changed the chook water container with fresh water
- chopped fruit for the bullet so i can start drinking nice things in the mornings again
- bought some moisturiser and face wash, finally also got some tea tree body wash to help the ingrown hair situation.....
- got confirmation that someone is coming on friday morning to install the new door to the garage
- picked up and installed replacement tap handle for the bath tub
- confirmed brent is working tomorrow so i can visit him after my orthodontic appointment in bundoora
- put away all my goodies from overseas
- connected up my racv connect thing in the truck
so now i'm also enjoying the fact that i'm really not caring much about going back to work.... not to mean that i don't want to go back - i do want to go back... i'm more in the frame of mind of "i really don't care what i'm going back to, i'm just going to take it easy and not care as much as i used to"
also enjoying that people are noticing my weight gain :-)
i'm really looking forward to dinner tonight, my first decent cook of sorts since i got home - doing my mushroom, bacon and cream pasta sauce thingo to eat the tortellini things i bought from nqr yesterday
so i'm organised and calm.....
i crashed out on the couch last night, more jet lagginess i think - my brain was trying to tell me that i had to get up off the couch to turn things off and goto bed but i just didn't have the energy..... i eventually did get up and switch everything off to head to bed....
i must run the dishwasher tonight as it's full, and also put some washing on as there's already a bit to be done and the days are quite clear and sunny so i can hang things outside to dry.......
i'll be interested to see how i get on with the new splint tonight..... fingers crossed it goes well!!!! :-)
Monday, 12 May 2014
getting back into the routines of the home......
thought i'd better get back in order with this thing.
so in the time i've spent after getting home from portugal, i've done the washing and ironing, pulled up all the old tomato plants and ripped up the little garden bed near the compost bin (and let the girls roam the yard to scratch everything up), harvested potatoes.....
today i did a lap of a few shops stocking up on supplies/groceries.....
i had a mate come over and visit my place for the first time tonight - he went to the 'street' as opposed to the 'court' of my street name.... at least the woman that was there directed him down this end of the road along with yet another letter addressed to me but delivered to the wrong address.... bloody council rates notice *groan*
and the damn water meter readers were out in force today, another ridiculously massive water bill is on it's way i dare say! *groan again*
off to ballarat in the morning to go and pickup my splint.... i'll go visit work afterwards and throw a few little chookies around to some of the team that i bought in portugal.....
i'm once again trying to be a bit more social and open to possible social engagements, hence the visit tonight..... might help me to get a bit more lively in some ways.....
was interesting to think that the weekend just passed was a year since all the crap happened with the 2 knobs from up the road and andrew moved in..... it seemed to pass a lot quicker than when i broke it off with kendall and imposed my 1 year of being single..... i guess when it's not imposed, you think of it less than you would if you were consciously avoiding certain things because of the imposement.....
imposing thoughts huh...? nut case.....
the weather is beautiful and cold now..... and i'm still a bit out of it from jet lag...
oh and i've planted seeds for some veggies out the back... i want to try and get some broccoli and cauliflower seedlings to plant as well as it's a bit like to be sowing seeds... also planted some spring onions and shallots in pots to sprout them up before putting them into the ground.......
*yawn*
so in the time i've spent after getting home from portugal, i've done the washing and ironing, pulled up all the old tomato plants and ripped up the little garden bed near the compost bin (and let the girls roam the yard to scratch everything up), harvested potatoes.....
today i did a lap of a few shops stocking up on supplies/groceries.....
i had a mate come over and visit my place for the first time tonight - he went to the 'street' as opposed to the 'court' of my street name.... at least the woman that was there directed him down this end of the road along with yet another letter addressed to me but delivered to the wrong address.... bloody council rates notice *groan*
and the damn water meter readers were out in force today, another ridiculously massive water bill is on it's way i dare say! *groan again*
off to ballarat in the morning to go and pickup my splint.... i'll go visit work afterwards and throw a few little chookies around to some of the team that i bought in portugal.....
i'm once again trying to be a bit more social and open to possible social engagements, hence the visit tonight..... might help me to get a bit more lively in some ways.....
was interesting to think that the weekend just passed was a year since all the crap happened with the 2 knobs from up the road and andrew moved in..... it seemed to pass a lot quicker than when i broke it off with kendall and imposed my 1 year of being single..... i guess when it's not imposed, you think of it less than you would if you were consciously avoiding certain things because of the imposement.....
imposing thoughts huh...? nut case.....
the weather is beautiful and cold now..... and i'm still a bit out of it from jet lag...
oh and i've planted seeds for some veggies out the back... i want to try and get some broccoli and cauliflower seedlings to plant as well as it's a bit like to be sowing seeds... also planted some spring onions and shallots in pots to sprout them up before putting them into the ground.......
*yawn*
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