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Somewhere 6 weeks vanished on me again. I think I know where I lost them though this time. They got left at work in amongst all the 12 hour days and stress.
So yeah, it's been a hectic few weeks at work. Our bosses decided to participate in a trade show at the last minute which prompted 1.5 weeks of 12 hour days in preparation and a whole load of stress. The show was a reasonable success though and there was one amusing night out with a guy from work and Cate.
Following that it was time to get ready for the RSPCA annual open day which although I wasn't helping to organise this year, I am still a registered volunteer and offered to help out in any way I could. This eventually led to a discussion with the Campaigns team about helping them produce their Cat Kingdom for the event. Originally it was a few banners but it grew into a monster and resulted in a few 6.30pm finishes and one massive 11pm effort with a guy from work assisting me out of the "goodness of his heart" (man I owe him FOREVER!).
5 hours of cutting corflute signage with a blade is not easy on your fingers and I don't recommend trying it unless you have to LOL.
Then the weather turned nasty nasty and I was so paranoid that because our laminating machine had broken and I couldn't further protect the images that it would all fall to pieces, but it didn't and the Cat Kingdom was easily the most popular marquee on the day!
The Cat Kingdom and all it's furry eared attendants - I'm on the far right
On the day we had face painting, princess hat/prince crown decorating (the kids could become prince of princess protectors of the realm of cats), a pledge board for kids to pledge to always protect the welfare of cats, story time with picture books of cats the RSPCA has rescued, and while the parents stood around waiting for their kids to finish all these activities we hit them with the cold hard facts about the life of a stray cat and the 40,000 other cats one un-desexed cat can lead to over 3 years... Most people were in absolute shock once they read the figures and we think we made a real difference to the way some people think about cats!
Once the Sunday was over it was time to throw myself back into work and prepare for the Open Day, more 8pm finishes and a grumpy husband at home but work is finally now back to normal and I will hopefully get more sleep, drink less alcohol and eat better food! Well, maybe :)
As for the eating better food, I had put on over 5kg since starting this job and decided about 6 weeks ago to sign up Lite N Easy. I've lost 6 kilos since beginning it, and that is with many lapses into easter eggs, mcdonalds and other such terrible terrible foods like my new favourite Chicken & 5 Veg Burritos *drooooooools*.
Right now I am counting down til 5 days off at Easter and also til K and her NEW HUSBAND will be here in July and when Shaf hopefully visits in August! Good times.
Well my back is aching and Cate should be here soon to take Amelia to the waterfalls (the local pool which has a kids play centre with all kinds of moving water activities!). We try to go once a week with Amelia and I am trying to go swimming twice a week on my own, but it's been hard the last few weeks with so much going on. This week will be back to it!!
I hope everyone else's lives are going well!!!
So yeah, it's been a hectic few weeks at work. Our bosses decided to participate in a trade show at the last minute which prompted 1.5 weeks of 12 hour days in preparation and a whole load of stress. The show was a reasonable success though and there was one amusing night out with a guy from work and Cate.
Following that it was time to get ready for the RSPCA annual open day which although I wasn't helping to organise this year, I am still a registered volunteer and offered to help out in any way I could. This eventually led to a discussion with the Campaigns team about helping them produce their Cat Kingdom for the event. Originally it was a few banners but it grew into a monster and resulted in a few 6.30pm finishes and one massive 11pm effort with a guy from work assisting me out of the "goodness of his heart" (man I owe him FOREVER!).
5 hours of cutting corflute signage with a blade is not easy on your fingers and I don't recommend trying it unless you have to LOL.
Then the weather turned nasty nasty and I was so paranoid that because our laminating machine had broken and I couldn't further protect the images that it would all fall to pieces, but it didn't and the Cat Kingdom was easily the most popular marquee on the day!
The Cat Kingdom and all it's furry eared attendants - I'm on the far right
On the day we had face painting, princess hat/prince crown decorating (the kids could become prince of princess protectors of the realm of cats), a pledge board for kids to pledge to always protect the welfare of cats, story time with picture books of cats the RSPCA has rescued, and while the parents stood around waiting for their kids to finish all these activities we hit them with the cold hard facts about the life of a stray cat and the 40,000 other cats one un-desexed cat can lead to over 3 years... Most people were in absolute shock once they read the figures and we think we made a real difference to the way some people think about cats!
Once the Sunday was over it was time to throw myself back into work and prepare for the Open Day, more 8pm finishes and a grumpy husband at home but work is finally now back to normal and I will hopefully get more sleep, drink less alcohol and eat better food! Well, maybe :)
As for the eating better food, I had put on over 5kg since starting this job and decided about 6 weeks ago to sign up Lite N Easy. I've lost 6 kilos since beginning it, and that is with many lapses into easter eggs, mcdonalds and other such terrible terrible foods like my new favourite Chicken & 5 Veg Burritos *drooooooools*.
Right now I am counting down til 5 days off at Easter and also til K and her NEW HUSBAND will be here in July and when Shaf hopefully visits in August! Good times.
Well my back is aching and Cate should be here soon to take Amelia to the waterfalls (the local pool which has a kids play centre with all kinds of moving water activities!). We try to go once a week with Amelia and I am trying to go swimming twice a week on my own, but it's been hard the last few weeks with so much going on. This week will be back to it!!
I hope everyone else's lives are going well!!!