watermelon_chic, posts by tag: work - LiveJournal

haven't posted in forever, i know, i suck, i'm sorry. doesn't matter that much as my friends list has died and i think i'm posting into the abyss.

life has been hectic. i've  been fighting my thesis and trying desperately to start writing seriously, but every time i go to write something i can't help but feel i'm completely unqualified to say it and i need to read like another billion books/articles before i can make any kind of argument. unfortunately i don't have time to read a billion books and its due sooner and sooner.

so the logical thing to do, obviously, is socialise a lot with people who feel my pain! i've been hanging out quite a bit with the other kids from the honours room at uni, who are a beautiful bunch of people, and considering its just a random bunch of people who are doing honours on completely different topics in political science, its exciting that there is a group of us who get along so well. so we had drinks the other night, and had the most amazing indian take away and played scrabble last night. just random stuff over the last couple of weeks thats been a welcome distraction, but also a nice change of habits.

will have to repent my social ways and shower brendan with love and attention - he's been in exam/study mode so i've been staying clear because I had no exams for honours. but will have to spend time with him, looking forward to it.

what else? i go to Norway in just over two weeks which is amazing!! am terrified of losing three weeks of writing my thesis - which is precipitating my current panic - but it will be fantastic, and i'm sure i'll be ok. we're staying in helsinki for three days on the way on england because we are flying FinAir. Then a week in england - seeing family and friends and then norway! very looking forward to it.

my other news is i've been asked to be a team leader at the oxfam shop, which means i'll get some paid shifts during 'peak times' (like stocktake and christmas) and get to learn some of the management stuff which will be both interesting and good work experience. have started doing some of it, and its so daunting, but im excited about it. and excited that Nic thought I was good enough that she offered me the spot.

i should feel bubbly - look at all my good news. but ive been feeling flat lately and i'm sure its just part of stress about uni and other things. but its frustrating. i'll get there.

love   

I haven't updated forever, and this is mainly due to the fact that I come on LJ and open the update window and then have nothing to say.

Life is pretty boring in a good way at the moment. I'm working about 3 days a week, except this week when I've taken extra shifts for the money.


Its nice to have nothing to do some days. I've been really tired lately. If it keeps going I'll grit my teeth and go to the doctor. Hate it though, so will avoid it if possible. Still feel its partly just because I've actually stopped and let my body rest after the quite insane second half of the year.

Haven't heard from uni about Honours yet, and despite everyone's assurances that I'll get in and they are slack in letting people know, I'll just be happier when I have a bit of paper saying its all good. Espeically after the ridiculousness it took to get my forms in and get sorted to graduate and qualify for Honours. We live in hope.

The downside of the being-in-limbo is that I can't motivate myself to tidy up my desk/room and start donig some serious reading. In a stupid way its a bit of a jinx, in case it all goes to shit and I didn't hand in Form 82B to the person whose name starts with F on the 3rd day of the month if it isn't a tuesday (which is what getting my applciation in felt like). Anyways.

I have cleaned out all my clothes, including hte two bins of stuff that have been sitting under the stairs at home since I packed to go to Leeds more than two years ago and I haven't worn since. Had three garbage bags almost full of stuff for the Op Shop. That felt good. The flat smelt like mothballs for days after.

Now the garage does, because there are a few bits I want to keep but that smell like mothballs. It has, however, been raining pretty continuously for almost 2 weeks and so haven't done much washing. Its really humid and hot when the rain stops for the morning though.

See, I knew if I started typing it would all be rubbish. Life is going ok. I shouldn't complain but everything feels a bit meh while its all up in the air. I wish that I could just clear everything and get through to people. Its frustrating to feel like you are shouting through glass sometimes, and its tempting to walk away sometimes. Unecessary drama and it brings me down. Loving people and caring about them is a double edged sword.

Life goes on. Oxfam is good. Christmas and New Years were both good. I promise to put up some Japan photos soon. Just haven't felt like hanging out on the net lately. Don't despair Jay!

Love you all.

2 weeks till japan. which means two more weeks here. 

today is almost over so 2.5 hours left
plus 5 x 8
DN&A = 42.5

Woolies is 22 x 2 = 44

and Oxfam is 4 x 2 = 8

So 54.5 hours of work until Japan.

Hell yes. 

And 6 days till my epic 13 days work finish and I get a day off.

I can't concentrate today, its really bad. Also my fingers have had pins and needles since I woke up, which is worrying me a little bit. I'm putting it down to the work I did at Woolies yesterday where I spent 5 and a half hours cutting almost 40kgs of cheese into cubes - thats a bucketload of cheese. My arm is really achy from that, so I'm assuming to wierd fingers are too. Its better than any alternative,so I'll stick with that.

Alice is coming over to show me her album from the States, which makes me think I've been home for a year and a half and haven't done mine yet. Whoops

Hope everyone else's weeks have started more productively.

Love

I think the clock is broken.  I haven't even been here for two hours. WORK IS BORING!

love 

So I'm days late and the ENTIRE internet world knows already but Dumbledore is gay!!! 

Bet that'll go down well with the people who already think JKR is the devil. I think they missed her message of 'tolerance'. 

In other news I saw Ben Lee last night with Alice and her friend and it rocked my socks. He was supported by Wons Phreely (and yes, that is his real name) who was adorable, and Lisa Mitchell, who is apparently an Idol final 12, who played really lovely songs just her and a guitar. Ben was wearing a GOLD sparkly suit and it was great fun all round. 

Work is boring and my tummy is cramping really badly :(

That is all.

LOVE

 Firstly - Brendan's story is fantastic, and I can't wait to keep finding out more. I love listening to him read it out, and being able to see what is happening. The world he is creating, and the characters that are developing are believable (well fantasy believable!) and interesting. So if Brendan is reading this I have to say KEEP WRITING - but do your Japanese first :P 

Secondly - I had an awesome day yesterday. Brendan and I had a lazy in bed morning and then we got up and I DROVE to West End where we had a freaking awesome breakfast. Brendan had the 'Big Brekky' (eggs, bacon, sausages, tomato etc) and I had Chocolate French Toast, yes that's right, with mascapone cheese and strawberries. It was heaven in my mouth! Then we walked around the shops a bit, spent far to much money at this awesome awesome bookshop, where I bought the complete Brothers Grimm. I have a bit of a fascination with fairy tales and folklore. Brendan bought a book about the creation of 'story' and it sounds really interesting. We then had a drink in the little cafe there. Brendan had an iced coffee and I had delicious berry tea. I dropped Brendan in town at work and then went to see Mum and Dad, which was very lovely. Drove home via Narn's place, who I haven't seen in forever coz she's been on a stupid detox diet, and we had chamomile tea and a good chat. Did some shopping, got home, chilled out, picked Brendan up from work in the middle of a storm, which was a bit scary with my newness of driving, and then we had a lamb roast which was awesome. 

I also have used the word 'awesome' FAR to much in this post. 

Oh and Saturday night I went to a BBQ which was fun, for a little while, then dropped past a friend from Woolies to show off my car and see his house. Two hours later I figured I probably should go as it was 11pm. Really good random D&M, which was unexpected but very cool. 

Driving is pretty cool. Freaks me out a little though, especially on Saturday night when I forgot to turn my headlights on until a nice guy tooted at me at the lights. Scared me a bit and made me stress out. Driving in pouring rain isn't good either. But I'm feeling a lot more confident than I expected in a lot of ways. Which is good. And I LOVE my little car. Yes yes Jay, I promise I'll get photos up soon :).

I drove to work this morning, good thing it was against the traffic. Now I'm at work, going to Yoga tonight then Mum and Alice are coming over to have dinner at our place (Dad is away so I was going to drive Mum home, but now Alice will come over and eat and go home :)). Brendan is going to cook for us, which will be wonderful. 

Only 7 1/2 hours to go. Dennis went to talk to the Real Estate guy who is looking at the units here to rent them out, and he's been gone like 30 minutes now. Hope he hasn't been eaten. I should go find out. 

LOVE YOU ALL LIKEWOAH! Don't forget it!

Soooooooooooooooooo. The boss is out, and I kinda have no work to do. And not in a 'there is work, but I don't want to do it' way - in a .... hrm..... empty to-do list kind of way. 

Interweb it is! 

Tonight I'm going to Yoga with Mum and a friend of hers. Feel the relaxment. 

Saw Stardust on Saturday night. It was good. Have to keep telling myself its not the book (read Neil Gaiman's Stardust - its beautiful. Actually read all of his stuff. Its fantastic). It had a few major flaws that really disappointed Brendan and I, but overall it didn't take itself too seriously, but managed to have the off-putting-ness that Gaiman does so well. Don't expect miracles, but its definately worth seeing. 

Love to you all. Hope your weekends went well.

The best thing about this weekend was that I got to speak to my sister on webcam/microphone over MSN for like 2 hours yesterday. She stayed with Mike (from Leeds) in Washington DC and so the three of us had a good chat! 

She is home in just over two weeks which is exciting/sad. She has been to NY and DC, and is now in Chicago, and will go to San Francisco before heading down the coast (similar to Mum and I's backpacking) to LA and home. It will be good to see her again.

Today I'm at work, which is boring but bearable. What isn't bearable is this horrible headache I've got that won't go away. Early to bed for me again I think tonight. 

Saturday went faster than expected - working from 6am to 4pm meant I got into work as the sun was rising and had about an hour and a half as the sun set after I left work. That was really strange. I'll have to make a point of going and sitting in the square or something on my lunch break. 

45-50 hours a week is an effort, but I'm hoping I'll just get in the swing of it. At least its two different jobs to break up the boredom. And Oxfam is always interesting on the side

Hope other people had good weekends too.

Much love

OGMOSH

Here are four reasons (in ascending order of importance) that are making me thrill today:

1. I'm (almost) all alone in the office ALL DAY. Only one architect doing some of his own projects.

2.  Tomorrow I have my first volunteer shift at the Oxfam Shop

3. I booked my driving test *nail biting and white knuckles*. And I'm not saying any more about it until I pass, because I will be stressing out about it enough.

and....

*drumroll*

4. Unless you've read Brendan's lj ( 👁 Image
keogh123) then: WE'RE GOING TO JAPAN!!!!! For two weeks in Nov/Dec. I'm SOOOO excited!!! We got ridiculously cheap tickets from Jetstar. So that shall be teh awesome. 


Hope you are all finding things to make you smile

Love!

Yesterday I had a suprisingly productive day. My only plan originally was to go and talk to the Deli manager at Woolies. So I did that (well I talked to the 2IC and they still want me to work). The downside of that part of my day was they were meant to call me and let me know about induction in the afternoon and i haven't heard from them. Typical. 

So I did that, and saw Duk, and then went home to bum around for a couple of hours before I went driving. 

Just before Harold (my instructor) came to pick me up, Nicole from the Oxfam Shop called me and asked if I could come in for a chat. 

So I had my driving lesson, which went well, although I just don't feel confident yet. I talked to Harold about booking a test, and I might for about 5 weeks time, if I can get a few additional lessons with him (than the ones we have booked) and if Dad can drive a bit more with me. So thats good, but scary. 

Then I popped back to the flat, picked up my bag and went back into town to talk to Nicole. Good chat, long story short: I have my first shift next Thursday morning! Which is exciting. Its good to be doing some volunteering again, especially with something I'm interested in. 

So yesterday turned out to be quite productive and positive. 

I also listened to a lot of Bloc Party and The Cops. Both of which I'm enjoying a lot.


Today on the other hand is so far crap. I didn't want to get up or go to work, then a train broke down on the platform I was waiting on, so my train was 25 minutes (and 3 platform changes) late. Then people at work were shitting me. I know its just because I'm hurting and therefore grumpy. But I really really really just want to be in my pjs under a doona with hot chocolate and a crappy movie, so I can stop thinking about hurting and bad things. 

Only 7 and half hours to go.