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)