things that have happened this week

1. Went to use the vaccuum cleaner, only to discover a great big hole in the tube. Am very displeased - I only just forked out for a new pack of bags for the wretched thing! Have patched it up temporarily, but sooner or later will have to bite the bullet and stump up for a new one. How annoying.

2. Looks like this temp gig is not going to last much longer, which seems rather a waste of all the time and effort the company put into training us. Turns out, there just isn't the volume of work they had anticipated. Also, despite knowing that they were hiring and training temps specifically for this purpose, they let the permanent staff take stacks and stacks of overtime to clear the backlog, so that by the time we actually started work there was barely any left to do! It probably doesn't help that the department is in the middle of a major re-structuring at the moment. Madness. I never expected or intended this to be more than a very short-term gig, but still. This is also rather annoying. Fingers crossed for the many applications I have in at the moment, and especially for the interviews I have lined up.

3. I seem to have lost my recapping mojo. My brain is fried. Normal service will be resumed as soon as I have located a replacement...

4. Banging hard on the ceiling or wall with a broom handle works beautifully as a means of shutting up noisy neighbours, both Him Upstairs and Them Next Door (not the Naked Neighbours, the other side). However, having to get out of a nice warm bed in order to do so is very annoying.

5. It is rather difficult to type with a cat curled up in your lap clinging desperately to the arm she wants to use as a pillow and giving you manipulative adoration eyes that she knows are irresistible. Once of these days I will spam you all with Poppy pics by way of illustration.

6. It is nearly Christmas. This is rather scary, since a) I'm not the slightest bit prepared, b) I have no money, and c) I'm not entirely sure where the year went. This has not been a good year. I would say I am hopeful of better things next year, but I said the same thing last year and it turned out to be a disaster! So instead I shall just focus on appreciating the moment. Perhaps I should also write a few Christmas cards, since the Scout post closes soon. Also, the arrival of the Christmas Craft Fair in the city centre always cheers me up, no matter how inconceivable it is that Christmas can possibly be that close. And the lights in town are very pretty.

7. Why are there so many cameras around town? I can't seem to move without falling over cameramen, sometimes with accompanying sound engineer, sometimes alone, usually filming completely randomly - stock shots of some kind, for something or other, perhaps? Strange.

things that have happened this week

1. Went to use the vaccuum cleaner, only to discover a great big hole in the tube. Am very displeased - I only just forked out for a new pack of bags for the wretched thing! Have patched it up temporarily, but sooner or later will have to bite the bullet and stump up for a new one. How annoying.

2. Looks like this temp gig is not going to last much longer, which seems rather a waste of all the time and effort the company put into training us. Turns out, there just isn't the volume of work they had anticipated. Also, despite knowing that they were hiring and training temps specifically for this purpose, they let the permanent staff take stacks and stacks of overtime to clear the backlog, so that by the time we actually started work there was barely any left to do! It probably doesn't help that the department is in the middle of a major re-structuring at the moment. Madness. I never expected or intended this to be more than a very short-term gig, but still. This is also rather annoying. Fingers crossed for the many applications I have in at the moment, and especially for the interviews I have lined up.

3. I seem to have lost my recapping mojo. My brain is fried. Normal service will be resumed as soon as I have located a replacement...

4. Banging hard on the ceiling or wall with a broom handle works beautifully as a means of shutting up noisy neighbours, both Him Upstairs and Them Next Door (not the Naked Neighbours, the other side). However, having to get out of a nice warm bed in order to do so is very annoying.

5. It is rather difficult to type with a cat curled up in your lap clinging desperately to the arm she wants to use as a pillow and giving you manipulative adoration eyes that she knows are irresistible. Once of these days I will spam you all with Poppy pics by way of illustration.

6. It is nearly Christmas. This is rather scary, since a) I'm not the slightest bit prepared, b) I have no money, and c) I'm not entirely sure where the year went. This has not been a good year. I would say I am hopeful of better things next year, but I said the same thing last year and it turned out to be a disaster! So instead I shall just focus on appreciating the moment. Perhaps I should also write a few Christmas cards, since the Scout post closes soon. Also, the arrival of the Christmas Craft Fair in the city centre always cheers me up, no matter how inconceivable it is that Christmas can possibly be that close. And the lights in town are very pretty.

7. Why are there so many cameras around town? I can't seem to move without falling over cameramen, sometimes with accompanying sound engineer, sometimes alone, usually filming completely randomly - stock shots of some kind, for something or other, perhaps? Strange.

Birthday wishes for catsdownunder

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GEORGINA!!

Birthday wishes for catsdownunder

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GEORGINA!!