Checklist

Travel insurance check
Airticket off island check
Airticket to the Americas check
Excited, nervousness check

Now all I need is the rest of my money, and 3 1/2 weeks to pass.

Note to self - check with manager if he knows I am leaving on said date!

Today was a fairly pleasant day - I had some freaky customers in though. Some lady with shocking pink hair, who would talk to herself and insist on seeing a male employee, and proceed to tell him that she used to be an exotic dancer (she was about 65 years old). Some other cranks, who shouted at one of my colleagues, and another man who, bless his soul, asked to speak to a male employee because he was angry and didn't want to shout at a lady.

I had some lady comment at 4pm about how lovely the day had been, to which I shoved my head outdoors, and noted that it was indeed pleasant weather outside - alluding to the fact that I had not left the building since 8:20 that morning. It's the first day we have not had rain, although saying that, we did have the windscreen wipers on over the mountain.

Anyway, back to be mundane. I have washing to fold, and orders to chase up!

See you later, alligators

Posted by kat at 7:25 PM | Comments (0)

Hi

Once again, it has been a while since I updated my beloved blog. Life, is, well, lifey. I'm getting there slowly. Bad things still seem to be happening to me, but I'm coping a lot better, in fact I came home smiling from a not so great day. Money is the main issue at the moment. Everything I'm earning and am yet to earn is going into my dentist bill. Word of warning kids, private dentists are expensive, and cola is bad for you. You work so hard, and yet you don't get to enjoy the rewards - it gets a girl down sometimes. I was hoping to get a bit of a financial buffer for my third year, and maybe a bit of spending money for when I go to the States, but it looks like that won't be happening soon =( Oh well, it's a valuable lesson I suppose.

Work is going, knock on wood, quite well. I like the people I work with, and they seem to be happy with me (always the most important thing for me), and I'm helping people everyday which, despite my I hate people and the world attitude, is something I like to do, if only for the fact that I get to solve problems.

So, with no money, and a tough 2 years ahead, I seem to be feeling quite chipper. I went through a rough patch where I was getting annoyed to those closest to me, and I'm coming out of that patch now, things are looking brighter, even if they aren't really all that good. I always keep a slightly negative slant on things, because I like to keep on top, and continue to improve. I hate these parents that tell their kids how fabulous they are, say, at singing, and the kid has this positive attitude about how great a singer they are, then they sing in front of someone else, and that person tells them they are awful - that kid's dreams are shattered because the parent told them to be positive and believe in themselves. My view on things is - if you expect the worse, things can only get better. If you go into a situation expecting the worst thing possible, your expectation will either be met, or you will end up with a better result - no disappointment there.

Right now I want to be that tone deaf kids singing my lungs out. Just for a bit. I can strive for greater things next week, right now I'm going to be happy I'm alive, and all those simple things.

Posted by kat at 7:01 PM | Comments (0)