Bullets
Throughout the day there were a number of things that came to mind that I wanted to write about. I don't really have the patience to remember them all and put them in any kind of cohesive order... so it'll probably be closer to a bullet point type entry.
There has been a lot of change at work lately. Off the top of my head there are six new staff members, and they're not even done yet. It's strange when work friends leave the job. A work friend is a pretty unique position to hold in someones life. They're people you deal with every day, you get along with them well, but haven't really crossed the line to becoming friends... but at the same time, they are people who are just as important to your well being as your actual friends. You have to deal with them for a significant portion of your life, and how well you get along with them influences how happy you'll be for that time.
Nancy, one of my closest work friends is leaving for a few months in two weeks. She'll be missed.
In other work news, my work schedule is going to be changing pretty dramatically. As in... completely.
Currently I work Wednesday-Sunday evenings. Which unfortunately means I work both Friday and Saturday nights, which has been a pain. But starting next week I'm going to be working Monday-Friday, during the day. The two cooks who work during the day have been feuding for a while now, so Tenzing, the daytime hot cook is switching to the evenings, and I'll have the day.
There are so many pros and cons that I couldn't even really begin to weigh them, but the most important factors are that during the night I can eat as much free food as I'd like. During the day, I'm limited to a specific amount. At night there is less pressure since management is rarely around. The staff members whose company I like most have always been split between day and night, so that's not an issue. Lastly, I'll have a normal sleeping pattern again, and I'll actually have Friday and Saturday nights free. How freaking sweet is that? I haven't had either of those nights free since... November-ish?
It was really windy on the ride home from work today. It's been windy in the past, but not anything like this. The wind would practically stop my forward momentum. At time it felt like I was riding my bike in a swimming pool or something. Really though, it wasn't even THAT windy, just the windiest I've ever had to ride though. I wasn't expecting wind to be such an obstacle. Maybe I need to focus on being more aerodynamic? I'll cut through the wind!
Maybe I should just learn to fly home?
I've been doing a lot of thinking about my living situation. In the next few months Alex and Marisa will be moving to Montreal so that'll leave me to fend for myself. There is another couple here in Toronto who I've become pretty decent friends with, Chris and Kristin, and we've been talking about finding a place together. The problem is that they need to find an apartment by May 1st. They really like the apartment I live in now, so what they're going to try to swing is finding a place without a lease, or some kind of temporary agreement, and live there until Alex and Marisa move out. Then they will move in here. That would be great for me since I wouldn't have to go anywhere. The likelyhood of that all working out though isn't too great, so we'll have to cross our fingers.
I even offered to pay a whole months rent in this apartment by myself if they wouldn't be able to move in until a month after Alex and Marisa leave. I figure in the long run that would be better for me anyway. Living here, rent is $400+internet+phone+hydro, but if I were to find another apartment for myself I'd probably be paying closer to $600 (if I was lucky)+all that crap.
I've also considered the option of moving into a room in someone else's house. That would probably be the cheapest way to do it... but of course that could end HORRIBLY. It would certainly be an adventure though and I wouldn't mind that at all.
I'm sure there was more, but that'll be it for tonight.
G'Night.
There has been a lot of change at work lately. Off the top of my head there are six new staff members, and they're not even done yet. It's strange when work friends leave the job. A work friend is a pretty unique position to hold in someones life. They're people you deal with every day, you get along with them well, but haven't really crossed the line to becoming friends... but at the same time, they are people who are just as important to your well being as your actual friends. You have to deal with them for a significant portion of your life, and how well you get along with them influences how happy you'll be for that time.
Nancy, one of my closest work friends is leaving for a few months in two weeks. She'll be missed.
In other work news, my work schedule is going to be changing pretty dramatically. As in... completely.
Currently I work Wednesday-Sunday evenings. Which unfortunately means I work both Friday and Saturday nights, which has been a pain. But starting next week I'm going to be working Monday-Friday, during the day. The two cooks who work during the day have been feuding for a while now, so Tenzing, the daytime hot cook is switching to the evenings, and I'll have the day.
There are so many pros and cons that I couldn't even really begin to weigh them, but the most important factors are that during the night I can eat as much free food as I'd like. During the day, I'm limited to a specific amount. At night there is less pressure since management is rarely around. The staff members whose company I like most have always been split between day and night, so that's not an issue. Lastly, I'll have a normal sleeping pattern again, and I'll actually have Friday and Saturday nights free. How freaking sweet is that? I haven't had either of those nights free since... November-ish?
It was really windy on the ride home from work today. It's been windy in the past, but not anything like this. The wind would practically stop my forward momentum. At time it felt like I was riding my bike in a swimming pool or something. Really though, it wasn't even THAT windy, just the windiest I've ever had to ride though. I wasn't expecting wind to be such an obstacle. Maybe I need to focus on being more aerodynamic? I'll cut through the wind!
Maybe I should just learn to fly home?
I've been doing a lot of thinking about my living situation. In the next few months Alex and Marisa will be moving to Montreal so that'll leave me to fend for myself. There is another couple here in Toronto who I've become pretty decent friends with, Chris and Kristin, and we've been talking about finding a place together. The problem is that they need to find an apartment by May 1st. They really like the apartment I live in now, so what they're going to try to swing is finding a place without a lease, or some kind of temporary agreement, and live there until Alex and Marisa move out. Then they will move in here. That would be great for me since I wouldn't have to go anywhere. The likelyhood of that all working out though isn't too great, so we'll have to cross our fingers.
I even offered to pay a whole months rent in this apartment by myself if they wouldn't be able to move in until a month after Alex and Marisa leave. I figure in the long run that would be better for me anyway. Living here, rent is $400+internet+phone+hydro, but if I were to find another apartment for myself I'd probably be paying closer to $600 (if I was lucky)+all that crap.
I've also considered the option of moving into a room in someone else's house. That would probably be the cheapest way to do it... but of course that could end HORRIBLY. It would certainly be an adventure though and I wouldn't mind that at all.
I'm sure there was more, but that'll be it for tonight.
G'Night.