happy new year
Well 2007 is about to come to a close and i am ready to make a fresh start with 2008. I have been a salck arse with this thing because, well i dont really have a specific reason i just have!
My holiday was awesome despite a few minor hiccups. Firstly my flight from Adelaide to Sydney was cancelled and i was told they couldnt get me to Sydney till the next day. I had to fly out of Sydney that night because that was when my flight was leaving and i had 2 other connections to get me to New York so tomorrow wasnt going to work for me. I did the only thing i thought reasonable in a situation like this and started crying. And not just sort of crying, semi-hysterical sobbing. If there is one thing i have learnt in my time as a customer service officer its that crying will get you a lot further than yelling. There were a lot of people yelling, they got stuck in Adelaide, hysterically sobbing me, managed to get a seat on flight that was leaving in 5 minutes time. So i thanked the super helpful Virgin blue staff and got on my flight. Minor issue number 2. I arrive in Sydney with 2 hours till my flight to hawaii but my luggage didnt. Eh, i didnt really care, luggage smuggage at least i was in sydney. I filed the lost baggage with the baggage ladies, told them where i would be and where to send my stuff and headed to the check in desk. Got to Hawaii, got my connection to LA and my connection to New York, discovered with so many connections no luggage is awesome. Arrived in New York at 10am on a Saturday morning and headed to my hotel in the hope that on an off chance they might have a room that i could have. No they did not iwould have to wait 4 hours. So i have just flown for about the better part of 24 hours, i had had a bit of stress, i had no luggage and therefor no change of clothes, i had very little sleep and i was wearing thongs and it was only 8 degrees celsius in New York. I thought no matter i will find some shoes and some clean clothes and get some soap and shampoo and stuff and i will claim it all on insurance no problems. Took me 3 of the 4 hours to find somewhere that had shoes that werent heels or slippers or ballet flats and in that time a sales assistant at the Gap tried to pick me up. I was not in the mood to have anyone chat me up i just wanted damn shoes. Eventually found shoes, then was able to check into the hotel have a shower and go to bed till my friend arrived, she had been in texas visiting friends of hers and got to New York later that night. The next morning my luggage arrived so i had clothes and it was the day of the new york marathon so we thought we'll get up, head for central park and watch the people finish the race. That was a great idea but what i decided to do instead was spend the whole day vomitting. Yep much more fun. But you know that was 3 things so the rest of the trip was going to be fine. Saw the Lion King and Hairspray on broadway, saw the Knicks play at madison square garden shopped like a mad woman, had a ball.
Headed to Anaheim for Disneyland, i love that place, went on all the rides saw the parade, felt lime a kid again. Then off to Santa Monica which is a beautiful place. Went in to Hollywood, and then Rodeo Drive where i bought EXTREMELY expensive shoes but they are so beautiful and i needed them. Then that night because i guess i thought it was so much fun the last time i spent the entire night in the bathroom throwing up again. The good news with all this vomitting is that with all the shitty food i was eating i managed not to put on any weight, so there is a positive and i jsut have to keep looking at that.
Thankfully Hawaii was relaxing and incident free, i swam with sharks which was the most amazing thing i have ever experienced, it was absolutley breathtaking and petrifying and i recommend it to anyone that gets the opportunity because it was AMAZING. Met and shagged a lovely marine who i met one night while we were on a pub crawl and yeah had a nice relaxing time.
So that was my fun time holiday. I came back to work and i guess they had forgotten i was coming back because they didnt have anywhere for me to go so i had to go back to customer service for 2 weeks which at first was the worst possible thing that i thought could happen to me, but they put me in a branch i had never worked at before and i actually enjoyed it. I am now in my new position as trainer and its wonderful. I sit at my desk and no one asks me stupid questions, and my phone never rings and i jsut sit and do my work. The area i am in is with the director and executive director and they think i am fantastic and wonderful because its such a rare thing to find young ambitious women in departments such as this one these days, apparently, and its a very big job i am taking on but if i do a good job at the end of the 12 months there may be a permament training position that would come available and i would be the front runner for that, and everyone is singing my praises through the coridors already which is bloody awesome.
SO since i have come back from a relaxing holiday, i have the job thing happening for me, i have decided that 2008 is my year to shine. No more feeling sorry for myself and being down about things that are in my capacity to change. If i need to change something i will. No more boys who just want the booty call, no more friends who are inconsiderate, no more self esteem issues, just get out there and live life and make myself happy, because no one else is gonna doing for me. I am about to turn 26 and its about time i took some charge and set some goals and made them happen instead of sitting around waiting for them to happen. I have set a gola for myself, which isnt a big adult type save money buy a house type thing but a personal goal to prove to myself that i am mentally strong and before i turn 30 i will rund the New York marathon, so i have secretly started some light training to get myself back in shape, which at the moment is a 5km run every day and as i get fitter and start going further start looking for training partners and running in fun run type things here and then in a couple of years time go to New York and run that marathon, if Katie bloody Holmes can do it, so can i!!!
My holiday was awesome despite a few minor hiccups. Firstly my flight from Adelaide to Sydney was cancelled and i was told they couldnt get me to Sydney till the next day. I had to fly out of Sydney that night because that was when my flight was leaving and i had 2 other connections to get me to New York so tomorrow wasnt going to work for me. I did the only thing i thought reasonable in a situation like this and started crying. And not just sort of crying, semi-hysterical sobbing. If there is one thing i have learnt in my time as a customer service officer its that crying will get you a lot further than yelling. There were a lot of people yelling, they got stuck in Adelaide, hysterically sobbing me, managed to get a seat on flight that was leaving in 5 minutes time. So i thanked the super helpful Virgin blue staff and got on my flight. Minor issue number 2. I arrive in Sydney with 2 hours till my flight to hawaii but my luggage didnt. Eh, i didnt really care, luggage smuggage at least i was in sydney. I filed the lost baggage with the baggage ladies, told them where i would be and where to send my stuff and headed to the check in desk. Got to Hawaii, got my connection to LA and my connection to New York, discovered with so many connections no luggage is awesome. Arrived in New York at 10am on a Saturday morning and headed to my hotel in the hope that on an off chance they might have a room that i could have. No they did not iwould have to wait 4 hours. So i have just flown for about the better part of 24 hours, i had had a bit of stress, i had no luggage and therefor no change of clothes, i had very little sleep and i was wearing thongs and it was only 8 degrees celsius in New York. I thought no matter i will find some shoes and some clean clothes and get some soap and shampoo and stuff and i will claim it all on insurance no problems. Took me 3 of the 4 hours to find somewhere that had shoes that werent heels or slippers or ballet flats and in that time a sales assistant at the Gap tried to pick me up. I was not in the mood to have anyone chat me up i just wanted damn shoes. Eventually found shoes, then was able to check into the hotel have a shower and go to bed till my friend arrived, she had been in texas visiting friends of hers and got to New York later that night. The next morning my luggage arrived so i had clothes and it was the day of the new york marathon so we thought we'll get up, head for central park and watch the people finish the race. That was a great idea but what i decided to do instead was spend the whole day vomitting. Yep much more fun. But you know that was 3 things so the rest of the trip was going to be fine. Saw the Lion King and Hairspray on broadway, saw the Knicks play at madison square garden shopped like a mad woman, had a ball.
Headed to Anaheim for Disneyland, i love that place, went on all the rides saw the parade, felt lime a kid again. Then off to Santa Monica which is a beautiful place. Went in to Hollywood, and then Rodeo Drive where i bought EXTREMELY expensive shoes but they are so beautiful and i needed them. Then that night because i guess i thought it was so much fun the last time i spent the entire night in the bathroom throwing up again. The good news with all this vomitting is that with all the shitty food i was eating i managed not to put on any weight, so there is a positive and i jsut have to keep looking at that.
Thankfully Hawaii was relaxing and incident free, i swam with sharks which was the most amazing thing i have ever experienced, it was absolutley breathtaking and petrifying and i recommend it to anyone that gets the opportunity because it was AMAZING. Met and shagged a lovely marine who i met one night while we were on a pub crawl and yeah had a nice relaxing time.
So that was my fun time holiday. I came back to work and i guess they had forgotten i was coming back because they didnt have anywhere for me to go so i had to go back to customer service for 2 weeks which at first was the worst possible thing that i thought could happen to me, but they put me in a branch i had never worked at before and i actually enjoyed it. I am now in my new position as trainer and its wonderful. I sit at my desk and no one asks me stupid questions, and my phone never rings and i jsut sit and do my work. The area i am in is with the director and executive director and they think i am fantastic and wonderful because its such a rare thing to find young ambitious women in departments such as this one these days, apparently, and its a very big job i am taking on but if i do a good job at the end of the 12 months there may be a permament training position that would come available and i would be the front runner for that, and everyone is singing my praises through the coridors already which is bloody awesome.
SO since i have come back from a relaxing holiday, i have the job thing happening for me, i have decided that 2008 is my year to shine. No more feeling sorry for myself and being down about things that are in my capacity to change. If i need to change something i will. No more boys who just want the booty call, no more friends who are inconsiderate, no more self esteem issues, just get out there and live life and make myself happy, because no one else is gonna doing for me. I am about to turn 26 and its about time i took some charge and set some goals and made them happen instead of sitting around waiting for them to happen. I have set a gola for myself, which isnt a big adult type save money buy a house type thing but a personal goal to prove to myself that i am mentally strong and before i turn 30 i will rund the New York marathon, so i have secretly started some light training to get myself back in shape, which at the moment is a 5km run every day and as i get fitter and start going further start looking for training partners and running in fun run type things here and then in a couple of years time go to New York and run that marathon, if Katie bloody Holmes can do it, so can i!!!
