General Update
Yeah, I suck for not posting in ages blah blah blah.... this be a general update of things, life etc.
Work
I start with work because it is such a huge chunk of life. And it seems/seemed like a lot of non work was just trying to recover from work. The last 6 months at work have been... long. Just time wise, they have been very long. We have finally hired 2 new people and the quarterly reporting is done for a little while, so we are looking good at the moment! But it has been a bit of a shite 6-8 months prior to this! On top of the long hours, we were also pretty much production lines - couldn't really think about what we were doing or find better ways of doing it because there was no time. And that sort of a thing kinda wears you down a bit cause you feel like you are paid (crappily once the hours are taken into consideration) to just do kinda routine things and not really think. But hopefully it will get better now!
Life
What life? =P (see above)
I haven't really had much of a life (I'm not including social things here as that will be covered later). I said ages ago I wanted to do a bunch of things, but I haven't done them yet. More recently, I've gotten over my hatred of itunes to attempt to work with it, so I've started listening to podcasts. I think I'm a podcast convert. Also, one of the advantages to the boy (see later paragraph), is that he goes to lots of cool things and invites me along! Some of the pretty cool things we have been to include a play, listening to a Jewish gypsy jazz band, Stephen Fry at the Opera House, there is a talk about cyborgs on wednesday that we are going to.... so I have been taken along to some really cool things. And I think it would be cool to pursue some of those a little more in the future =)
One thing I have been doing is some bushwalking and cliff walking (at beaches) and stuff. It's quite fun ^_^ I can't wait till it is daylight savings and I can start taking Max for walks again after work. Poor thing doesn't get enough walks.
The boy
I don't know if I've mentioned the boy on a public site yet. Anyway, there is a boy. Actually there has been for a while =P (The general response is... "Over a year?! What?! Why haven't you told me yet?!". To which my reply is "because I didn't want to, duh!"). If you are curious, check out his blog: http://anadder.com/
Anyway, I quite like him so, yes. I don't really know what else needs to be said here. (Also, chances are that anyone who reads this thing already knows =P). Ask me if you have any questions about him.
Housework
Mum has gone overseas for 5 weeks or so and so we have been left to do the housework etc. I've never realised how much time it takes. Okaii, yes, there are 6 of us home including Daniela (bro's gf) and Grandma, which is a little different to being a couple. But it takes so fucking long! We must wash like 5 loads of washing a week, and that needs to be washed, hung out, taken down, folded, ironed and put away. I only do part of this (usually on the weekends because that is when I have time), but it is still time draining. And cooking. Cooking takes ages! And cleaning (although I've only done some), too. I'm impressed with you guys out there that do all this yourself. As for me, at least it makes me appreciate mum a little more!
Other
Andy is almost finished uni - which is exciting - so I'm curious and excited for him and his future.
The little bro is doing his HSC. If anyone has some tips on helping someone else deal with their anxiety and help motivate them when they think "What's the point, I'm going to do shit anyway", please let me know your suggestions!!
Does anyone want to attend a dance class with me?
Next post: The segment you all love... grandmaisms!
Work
I start with work because it is such a huge chunk of life. And it seems/seemed like a lot of non work was just trying to recover from work. The last 6 months at work have been... long. Just time wise, they have been very long. We have finally hired 2 new people and the quarterly reporting is done for a little while, so we are looking good at the moment! But it has been a bit of a shite 6-8 months prior to this! On top of the long hours, we were also pretty much production lines - couldn't really think about what we were doing or find better ways of doing it because there was no time. And that sort of a thing kinda wears you down a bit cause you feel like you are paid (crappily once the hours are taken into consideration) to just do kinda routine things and not really think. But hopefully it will get better now!
Life
What life? =P (see above)
I haven't really had much of a life (I'm not including social things here as that will be covered later). I said ages ago I wanted to do a bunch of things, but I haven't done them yet. More recently, I've gotten over my hatred of itunes to attempt to work with it, so I've started listening to podcasts. I think I'm a podcast convert. Also, one of the advantages to the boy (see later paragraph), is that he goes to lots of cool things and invites me along! Some of the pretty cool things we have been to include a play, listening to a Jewish gypsy jazz band, Stephen Fry at the Opera House, there is a talk about cyborgs on wednesday that we are going to.... so I have been taken along to some really cool things. And I think it would be cool to pursue some of those a little more in the future =)
One thing I have been doing is some bushwalking and cliff walking (at beaches) and stuff. It's quite fun ^_^ I can't wait till it is daylight savings and I can start taking Max for walks again after work. Poor thing doesn't get enough walks.
The boy
I don't know if I've mentioned the boy on a public site yet. Anyway, there is a boy. Actually there has been for a while =P (The general response is... "Over a year?! What?! Why haven't you told me yet?!". To which my reply is "because I didn't want to, duh!"). If you are curious, check out his blog: http://anadder.com/
Anyway, I quite like him so, yes. I don't really know what else needs to be said here. (Also, chances are that anyone who reads this thing already knows =P). Ask me if you have any questions about him.
Housework
Mum has gone overseas for 5 weeks or so and so we have been left to do the housework etc. I've never realised how much time it takes. Okaii, yes, there are 6 of us home including Daniela (bro's gf) and Grandma, which is a little different to being a couple. But it takes so fucking long! We must wash like 5 loads of washing a week, and that needs to be washed, hung out, taken down, folded, ironed and put away. I only do part of this (usually on the weekends because that is when I have time), but it is still time draining. And cooking. Cooking takes ages! And cleaning (although I've only done some), too. I'm impressed with you guys out there that do all this yourself. As for me, at least it makes me appreciate mum a little more!
Other
Andy is almost finished uni - which is exciting - so I'm curious and excited for him and his future.
The little bro is doing his HSC. If anyone has some tips on helping someone else deal with their anxiety and help motivate them when they think "What's the point, I'm going to do shit anyway", please let me know your suggestions!!
Does anyone want to attend a dance class with me?
Next post: The segment you all love... grandmaisms!