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[Jul. 14th, 2005|12:28 pm] |
Another day has passed and I am back at work grinding away the day. I've had most of the week off because of the funeral and wanting to be at home supporting Ky. When I say most of the week, that is true, but I still haven't had a devent sleep-in yet. I've been coming to work around 7-7:30am to do all my jobs. I've worked a days hours over three days, which is not too bad really.
I don't mind getting up early anymore. I had to start doing that when one of our staff went on maternity leave. She used to come in early and do everything that I am doing in her absence. At first it was a little hard getting out of bed. Now I enjoy being here at work first. It's nice and quiet, things get done without interuptions which is great, and I get to go home early, which I also like. It gives me extra time at home with Ky.
It will all be changing soon though. In three weeks time I will no longer be employed here. I will have some time off between jobs and then I'll be into something completely different. I am really looking froward to it. We are going to be af orce in Christchurch and we've already put some noses out of joint. Perhaps they realise that what we are offering is something that they cannot compete with.
It's going to be a real eye opener for me. I haven't done this kind of thing before, but I am passionate about mountain biking and I am really looking forward to the opportunity that I have been given. It is a completely different industry than the one I am in, the company size is smaller, everything is different, and yet I feel at ease about the whole thing. I am excited and really looking forward to starting.
I'm also really looking forward to buying a few new bikes.
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Went to the movies yesterday with Ky. We both thought that it might be a nice way to escape from reality for a wee while, and it was. We went to the Longest Yard, the new Adam Sandler movie. It was quite good, predictable but good. All the arty farty movie critics will say that it was shit, but I enjoyed it for what it was, a light-hearted comedy about foosball, which is Sandlers second foray into the football movie, the first being The Waterboy. There were some really funny parts to the movie that had me laughing really hard, and there were also some little jibes that seemed to go right over most of the audiences heads, me excluded, cause I'm brainy.
Perhaps it was just because it seemed like the average age of the people attending the movie was somewhere around 10. Stupid school holidays. Stupid parents for allowing their kids to attend a movie like that. That's why kids these days are so aweful. It's because their parents let them watch stuff that is intended for a mature audience. Either that or they just don't care where their kids are as long as they're not annoying them at home.
I tell you what, when I was a kid, I had respect for everyone who was older than me. Sure they could lose that respect, but when I met them they had it automatically. They were older than me, they knew better right. Even the older kids at school were respected to a certain degree. Feared is probably a better word, but there was something there.
Nowadays it seems like kids have no respect and the parents just don't care. When they finally realise that their kid is running the roost they try to fix it by yelling or something and that never works. Some parents it seems have lost the ability to be good parents. CHildren have the upper hand.
There are a lot of exceptions to this of course, and Ky and I know of several.
It's just so frustrating to see these stupid moron kids hanging out all over the place. It's school holidays yeah, but why the fuck do they all have to go and hang at the mall in their scruffy "I'm so Cool" clothing.
Saw this one chick at the mall wearing a top hat. She looked like Jonny Depp in Willy Wonka. In other words, she looked fucking stupid. A fucking top hat, what are you thinking.
The boys are worse though. For fucks sake, pull your pants up and get a belt you losers. No one wants to see you looney tunes silk boxers that your Mum brought you. Get a fucking life.
Who really cares though? They don't, kids are stupid because they think they know it all. They don't listen, and we all know what that is like, because we all did it. The difference now is that there is no respect and kids get away with so much more. We were always aware of the concequences of doing something wrong. We could have gotten smacked or something. We would have been told off and grounded perhaps. We were aware of the concequences of our actions. The fear of being told off or getting smacked was enough to stop us doing something too stupid.
It's not like that anymore.
Kids lack respect. Parents lack control. I'm losing my patience. Ky and I are getting louder when we see kids being dicks. I'm surprised the top hat girl didn't cotton on that we were openly slagging off her choice of attire. Stupid kids. |
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[Jul. 13th, 2005|07:45 am] |
Yet another long break between updates. There seems to be a pattern forming here. I'm either busy or lazy, you decide. This time it has been rather busy with a lot of things going on. Firstly, I have resigned from my present job. A role that I have held for over 6 years now. I am changing career paths completely, going from working with computers to something that has been a hobby of mine for a long time. Yes, you heard it here folks, I'm going tobe starring in amateur porn. Well, actually that's not really true at all. I am however going to be working in a field that I am passionate about. I will be managing a new Bike shop that is opening in Christchurch. A friend of mine is starting it and he wants me to manage it for him and I am so thrilled I can hardly contain my excitement.
So, I only have about three weeks left here and then I am on holiday for a wee bit, then I start my new position and go forth into the future feeling happy and content. What a wonderful world, well, wonderful in that sense.
There is sad news as well though, which is never good. Ky's grandmother passed away on the weekend and the whole family are reeling. She had been ill for a while, so although we weren't shocked as such, we are still in a state of shock that she is gone. She was a special lady, who cared for her family so deeply. I have a lot of memories of her over the seven years that I have known her and I am saddened by her passing. I can only imagine how the rest of the family must feel, given that they were all most certainly closer to her than I was.
The funeral was yesterday. It was a close family affair, very special. Ky read a poem that we found and I was so proud of her. Nan would have been too. Nan would have been proud to see all her family together supporting each other as well. Family was the most important part of her life and is her legacy that she leaves us with. I am so privileged to be a part of this wonderful family, they all care so much for each other. They all care so much for me, and for that I am thankful.
So, here's to you Laura. Thank you for the legacy. I'll do my part to look after them all. I'll miss you, but I will always remember you. |
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[Jun. 7th, 2005|03:31 pm] |
I guess I should update since it has been a long while since the last one, and even longer to the one before that. Things have been happening that have made me want to hide in the shadows and not partake in life that much recently, and so I have been avoiding a lot of things, LJ updating included.
There are updates to give, and I think I still owe an entry about my holiday to Australia, but that was so long ago now that I don't really know if it is worth it. I guess it still is, so I'll start there.
Had a wedding to go to in Australia at the end of March. It was the wedding of my best man, well the second wedding to be precise. The first one was in Vegas and to someone else. The second in Queensland and to someone new. Someone new and very cool. The wedding itself was held in the Tamborine Mountains in the hinterland of the Gold Coast. It was a fantastic day and I performed the Psuedo-Bestman duties with dignity, at least I hope I did. I was also the chief psuedo-photographer which explains why the bestman wasn't in so many of the photos. I got some good ones though and had a great time, so I'm not complaining in the slightest. I've always thought I was more photogenic on the other side of a camera anyway.
The wedding was at the end of the first week that we had in Queensland. The bit before the wedding was spent in Brisbane doing not a hell of a lot. It was great to relax and enjoy not doing too much, watching some tv, reading a whole heap of books and doing some shopping.
After the wedding Ky and I headed down to the Gold Coast for a week of holidaying with a couple of our friends. They were on the first leg of their honeymoon and decided to have a week of relaxing in Surfers with us before they started the hard travelling around Europe. We had a blast, swimming, spa pooling, eating out at nice restaurants, a lot. Shopping, theme-parking, having several roll-ups at the local bowling club, hitting the blackjack tables at the Casino, relaxing, reading and enjoying the view.
Well, we enjoyed the view in the final 3 days of our holiday anyway. The first 4 we were in what can only be described as shite accommodation. Worse that the shite accommodation was the lack of interest that the hotel manager showed for our concerns. He was a complete wanker, effectively telling us that the problem was ours not theirs. The fact that the room was nothing like what we had been told we were getting, did not have two queens sized beds, had no towels and a broken television in one of the rooms. It was a nightmare and he just didn't care one bit.
After four days of trying to get things sorted out we decided that the best course of action was to write him a letter telling him what a shite job he was doing and informing him that we were leaving. He declined to give us a refund on the money we had already paid, saying it was against the law. Tosser. He also told us that we were very rude. I responded by telling him to shut up and listen to our concerns, which he did, for about 2 seconds. We also told him that we were not happy with the accommodation that we were provided with. He responded with the classic line, "no, you are not unhappy, you are happy." Glad he sorted that out for us.
Needless to say, we moved to a beachside hotel with fantastic views, great customer service and the rest of the holiday was enjoyed even more. We went to sleep to the sounds of the waves crashing against the beach, and awoke to the same. We sat on the balcony of our 24th story apartment reading books in the sunshine. We watched magical sunrises and sunsets and had a ball. If you forget about the accommodation of the first four days, that would have to have been one of the best, if not the best holidays that I have had. It was the company that made it so good. Ky and I just had such a great time with our friends.
Highlight of the trip? That is a hard call to make. At the top of the list are having a rollup at the Broadbeach Bowling club and having lunch and dinner out at the restaurant that my friend BoD managed until he moved to Old Blighty. Both were just so fantastic. It was just so great.
I can pick a lowlight pretty easily. The Ipanema Hotel in Surfers paradise. Hopefully the manager is booted out before he puts the hotel down the toilet.
Other than that I would say that I was a bit disappointed with Dreamworld. Guess I've done it a couple of times in the last few years. Maybe I need to give it a rest for a few years. Although, pretending to be asleep on the tower of terror and the Cyclone when the camera takes a photo was pretty funny. I laughed at that. I also laughed at the person who dropped their cellphone into the pool underneath the Wipeout ride. Idiots.
And that was our holiday. I did get some reading done while we were away as well. Reading seems to be something that I do a lot of when we are on holiday. I guess it takes up a lot of my time, and that's why I don't read a lot normally. Once I pick up a book I have to finish it. It means that not a lot else gets done. SO, while we were away I read; The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons and Digital Fortress all by Dan Brown as well as Bravemouth by Pamela Stevenson.
The only book that I was a little disappointed with was Digital Fortress. I'd read Angels and Demons and the Da Vinci code before this and they were both so good. I guess I just thought that DF was going to be as good. It was good, but not as great as the other two. I did manage to read it in one day though. Started on the train to Brisbane airport and finished as we taxied up to the gates at Christchurch Airport. I was happy with that.
And that is a holiday that ended just over two months ago. I can't believe it was that long ago. Our friends who we holidayed with in Surfers are back in the country now after a mammoth 8 week round the world jaunt. I guess it has been that long, it just doesn't feel like it.
And so we move on.
The major thing that has been happening in my life of late concerns my health. As you will be aware from my last post I finally have a diagnosis, but it was not the one that I was hoping for.
We came back from Australia and my health was not great at all. It was pretty poor in Australia as well, and had been steadily going downhill since the end of November 2004. Naturally I was getting a bit depressed about the whole situation. You see, there is only one thing worse than having a health problem. That is having a health problem that no one can tell you what it is. Your worst fears are played out in your head over and over and over again. You have good days and really bad days that you never think you are going to crawl out of. Sometimes you even wonder if you want to crawl out of them.
So, I was low, my health was bad and I didn't know why. I'd had so many tests, been to so many specialists and no one could tell me what was going on with my body. Finally my specialist suggested that the best course of action would be to have a test again that I had done previously. I won't go into details as I am sure that those of you who know about Crohn's Disease can probably guess what the test was. Let's just say that it's not something that I want to go through again if I can help it.
So, a month after we get back from Australia, I'm sitting in the recovery room of the day surgery at a private hospital in Christchurch. I was a bit emotional, because the specialist has just confirmed my worst fears. It's Crohn's Disease.
It's a weird feeling to find out that you have a disease that noone knows the cause of and there is no known cure to. It's made especially weird when considering that I have been suffering from it undiagnosed for three years. I was so incredibly sad and yet so relieved all at the same time. I finally knew what was causing me distress. Now if I can only treat it and get back to being a fully functioning member of society.
I'm on 8 pills a day at the moment. I was on 10, but I've finished a course of antibiotics. Not really sure if I'm feeling any better though. My stomach feels a bit better. Not getting so many guts aches, but I'm still nowhere near 100%. I think the next course of action is going to be steroids, which I'm not really looking forward to. My specialist tells me that there are side effects. I could want to eat more and put on weight. Not sure if that is going to be an issue for me as I've lost 16kg over the last 3 years. I think I could do with putting a few of those back on.
I guess you could say that I'm hopeful. I'm hopeful that soon I am going to be feeling a lot better. I'm not there yet, but at least I know what the problem is now. We can work towards finding a solution for me. I just find it so hard sometimes to keep positive. It's been a month since the diagnosis and I guess I thought that I would be a lot better by now. It does take time though and as my specialist keeps telling me, everyone is different.
That has been the major thing going on in my life for the past three years I guess. There have been other things happening lately though.
I think I have mentioned before that Ky and I got a puppy in February. Her name is Chloe and she is a Huntaway. She's 4 and a half months old now and she is just so special. It's really cool seeing them grow up and learn things. She is so cool. We took her out to see some whippets a couple of weekends ago and she had a ball there. She gets along great with other dogs and the whippets were no exception. Only difference was that when they were all playing, if the whippets ran off, Chloe was left behind. Man they were fast. I'm hoping that we will be able to get one sometime soon. Chloe needs a friend, and I really want a Whippet.
The house is getting a lot warmer lately as well. We had some pink batts installed in the roof a while ago and they have really helped warm the place up, or at least keep the heat in. We also brought a nightstore heater last week and a Heat Transfer system. I have to finish off the ducting for the heat transfer system this week and we need to get a new power meter put in so we can use the nightstore. So, the bedrooms are still a little cold for the moment, but we're getting there. At least the fire is warm. I still think we should have got a heat pump instead though. They're so much more efficient and less concern for the environment. I feel a bit guilty using a fire in Christchurch for heating, considering the smog problem. Why does money have to make everything an issue?
I think that's about all that has been happening. I could probably go on, but I can't be bothered, and so I bid you adieu. |
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[May. 5th, 2005|02:43 pm] |
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Three years. Three whole years. That's how long I have been sick for without medical science being able to provide me with a diagnosis. Well, as of today I finally know what is wrong with me.
This morning I went into hospital and had more tests. My specialist told methe week before that I shouldn't get my hopes up about finding out what I had. He wanted me to know that even though evasive tests were being performed, there was still a chance that no answers would be found. I guess he didn't want to get my hopes up. He also said that he would rather find nothing than find out that I have Crohn's Disease or Ulcerative Colitis.
Well, at about 9am this morning I found out that I have Crohn's Disease. As you can all imagine I was absolutely gutted to find out that I have a disease that has an unknown cause and increases my chances of getting cancer later in life.
Funny thing is that I am also mildly relieved. I'm seeing an upside. Finally after 3 long years, I know what is causing me pain. Finally I am being treated for this pain and it might just go away for a while. Yes, I'm going to have to live with it, but now at least I know what my monster is I guess.
Don't get me wrong, I'm still really emotional about it at the moment, but at least I know right?
Ky cried when she found out. I cried, my mother cried on the phone. Even my mother in law cried. I'm lucky to have all these people around me that care so much about my well-being.
It still sucks though.
Guess the entry about my holiday to Australia is going to have to wait again. I'm not in the right frame of mind to write that at the moment.
I'm going to hide for a while I think. |
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This is an all time low. My health is really starting to depress me and I just don't know what to do. Hopefully the specialist will tell me something new. I just want to be well. |
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[Mar. 16th, 2005|03:11 pm] |
Yep, I'm a slack jawed yokel named Cletus for not updating that much lately. A lot has been going on in my life and there has not really been a goot time to update. Don't worry, I'm (mostly) ok and everything is (occasionally) running along smoothly. So, where do I start?
Doctors and Specialists have been featuring a lot in my life lately. Test have been done, blood has been drawn, and it seems that I am medically no closer to finding out the underlying causes of my medical problems. At least I can take some comfort in the fact that my symptoms now seem to fit a condition like a glove, so I am hopeful that everything will be resolved, or at least revealed in the next month.
The downside to all this is that I have been going to Doctors and Specialists because my helath has deteriorated somewhat over the last three months. Things are different to when I first got sick, but I think these things are harder to deal with at the moment. I am being positive today though and I do really feel that I will have everything revealed or hopefully resolved within the month.
So, I had a wedding in Auckland to attend over the weekend. Ky and I went up on Friday Morning and had a good time mostly. My health had a downer on parts of the trip, but mostly it was great. We stayed with J&J and had a blast with them as usual. The wedding on Saturday was great. J&B looked fantastic and it was really special to be there to share it with them. We got to see B&L and their new daughter which was really cool. I love spending time with my friends, but I do have regrets. It's alwasy not enough time and this time it was in Auckland. I'm not a fan of Auckland, it's too big and unfriendly. They're always taking money out of our pockets to fix their roads and some of them seem to think that people who live south of the Bombays are hicks. DOn't get me wrong, my friends who live there are all very cool people, but the city itself is not somewhere that I could live, or even stay for long periods of time.
Brisbane on the other hand is a different story. It's still big, but it doesn't have an unfriendly feel to it. That could have something to do with the fact that whenever I am there I am on holiday and mostly having a lot of fun. I enjoy Brisbane and so we are going back there again this weekend. We have another wedding to attend, along with meeting up with J&B on the Gold Coast for a week of R&R which I am really looking forward to. Nothing like a well deserved break to recharge the batteries. I just hope that my helath holds out while I am there. Don't want to be sick on holiday, especially when it's nice and sunny outside.
In other important news Ky and I decided to take the plunge and get ourselves a dog. A friend had some puppies, Ky wanted to have a look, and the rest is a given. We now have Chloe living with us at our house and she is great. She's a Huntaway and she is just the coolest dog that I have ever met. Not the best time to be taking a holiday though when you have a new dog. She'll be well looked after while we are away though, I have no doubt about that.
Well, there is a lot of other stuff going on at the moment that I don't really want to go into. If I can I'll mention it later, but at present I can't say Boo.
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[Jan. 19th, 2005|02:58 pm] |
First entry of the year and it's not really a good one. Don't get me wrong, almost everything has been going really well. I'm mostly an extremely happy camper atthe moment, but as is usually the case something isn't quite right, and that thing is my health. I'll start off being positive though and save the negative for later on.
Christmas was a holiday, That's about it. I got groped, ate some decent food, played some silly games and had a pretty good time. Ky had to work in the afternoon though which was a bit of a downer. Her working also meant that we couldn't spend Christmas with my family which was also a downer.
It wasn't too bad though. We had a nice lunch, went home so Ky could go to work, and then I had dinner with Ky. Following that I played trivial pursuit with the sister in law and some friends. That was a great evening, partly due to my team winning, but mostly due to the company. It made my christmas that's for sure.
I had four days to kill before heading back to work, and most of that time Kylie was working. When she wasn't we did manage to catch a movie or two. We saw Oceans 12 and the Incredibles which were both pretty good. Incredibles was much better than Oceans though, by a long shot.
Played some golf, shot an 84 at Avondale which was my best score yet. Very happy about that.
Redecorated the sister in laws room. She moves in with us this week sometime. I have spent a lot of my free time lately sorting out stuff for this room. I've stripped wallpaper, sanded, gibbed, plastered, sanded, painted and attached handles all for the sake of redecoration. Best thing is that someone else gets to enjoy my handiwork, or lack of it. It looks pretty good actually. All that is left to do is attach the rest of the handles when they arrive and put the telephone jack back on the wall. Not bad, not bad at all. Next room to face the redecoration craze is our room. I think we'll be waiting a little bit before we tackle it though. I've had enough for the moment.
New Years was a blast. I was in bed by 11:45. Ky had to work early on New Years Day. I spent the day sanding or something, I can't remember. I did play some golf again sometime. Played rather badly I seem to recall. Golf is funny like that.
And now we are over halfway through January already. I've been feeling a bit ill lately. My health is in one of its troughs again it would seem. Nothing has changed that I can think of, yet I find myself in this low again. I wish I knew what it was. I get to go to some more doctors and suchlike this week and next which will be fun I'm sure. More change perhaps. Change for the better? Who knows, all I know is that almost anything is better than the present situation.
That's about it for the moment. I'm sure there is more, but I'd hate to bore you with the details. |
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[Dec. 21st, 2004|08:41 am] |
I) First, recommend to me:
i. a movie:
ii. a book:
iii. a musical artist, song, or album:
iv. another LJ user that I don't have as a pal
II) I want everyone who reads this to ask me three questions, no more, no less. Ask me anything you want.
III) Then I want you to go to your journal, copy and paste this allowing your friends to ask you anything. |
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[Dec. 14th, 2004|09:58 am] |
only in 3's oh oh OH!
I'm joining in the fun from GhostofChance.
THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
1. Mike
2. *******
3. Babe
THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:
1. Angryjack
2. Rerun
3. mr_happy_pants
THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. Ability to play sports
2. Cool tattoos
3. Giving nature
THREE THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. Sometimes too critical
2. Internal organs seem to be revolting against rest of body
3. Ability to get hayfever in Spring
THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
1. English
2. Scottish
3. Irish
THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1. Bill Paxton
2. Bette Midler
3. Celine Dion
THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1. Music
2. Pants
3. Love
THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. Tie
2. Underpants
3. Belt
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS (or artists (at the moment)):
1. Steriogram
2. Kings of Leon
3. The Killers
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS AT PRESENT:
1. These Words - Natasha Beddingfield
2. Lets Get Retarded - Black Eyed Peas
3. Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
THREE NEW THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS:
1. Be healthy
2. Renovate our house
3. Join a golf club
THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP (love is a given):
1. Full blown 100% 24 hour nudity
2. Passion
3. Trust
TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE
1. I broke my sisters arm when we were kids (accidentally)
2. I have been married for 10 months and 8 days
3. I played Bo and Lukes cousin in 6 episodes of Dukes of Hazard
THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX (or same) THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
1. Boobs
2. see #1
3. see #1
THREE THINGS YOU JUST CAN'T DO:
1. Live in the past
2. Enjoy gardening
3. Put my legs behind my head
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
1. Squash
2. Golf
3. SLeeping
THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
1. Sleep
2. Play Golf
3. My wife
THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING:
1. Network Administrator
2. Bike Shop Owner
3. Woman Appreciator
THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
1. Switzerland
2. Norway
3. Tokyo
THREE KID'S NAMES:
1. Jethro
2. Casey
3. Laura
THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1. Build a Fraser 7
2. Own my own business
3. Enjoy life to the fullest
THREE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO TAKE THIS QUIZ NOW OR DIE PAINFULLY:
hahaha, I bet they never read this far.
1. BartofDarkness
2. ****
3. ******* |
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[Nov. 25th, 2004|05:05 pm] |
I know, it's fits and starts at the moment with this journal of my. Perhaps it's just that life is moving along with no real interesting pieces worth mentioning here. Perhaps it's that I'm lazy. Perhaps it is that I'm trying to cut down my internet usage . Who knows what the real reason is. I wast time, I should be writing more about what is going on with me.
Things have changed that's for sure. A lot has been going on, don't doubt that for a second.
Ky has got a new job. She is no longer an admin chick, she has more power than that. I don't want to go into it here, other than to say that she is now working shiftwork, and that means that there are changes, big changes. We no longer have weekends together which is a big thing I guess. We're seeing each other less that we normally do, which is not so hot for the relationship. Don't get me wrong, our relationship is fine, we just don't get toe see each other as much and that is quite hard to cope with sometimes.
Ky is enjoying the job, but the hours are not that appealing to her. Imagine having to get up at 3am to go to work at 4. It's not that much fun. It screws up the rest of her day for sure. The bonus side is that she gets days off during the week, which means that she can do more stuff. All the shops are open, the crowds are less than on weekends, and banks are open. Sweet.
Speaking of sweet, we finally forked out for a new tv. The old one was starting to give up the ghost. For no reason whatsoever it would turn itself off while you were watching it. TO turn it back on again, you had to turn it off, wait 30 seconds and then turn it on again. Sometimes even that didn't work. Anyhow, we brought a new 29" tv from powerstore with a pretty good deal. We wanted to get a widescreen, but they were all to expensive and too big for further down the track. You see the plan is to get a wall mounted plasma or LCD tv when the price comes down in a few years. A 32" Widescreen tv would be too big to use in a bedroom when that happens, so we got the smaller 29" instead. Sure, it's still really big, but not as big.
We're starting to plan out trip to Australia as well. We're going over for a friends wedding, and we are planning to have an extra week's holiday after the wedding. The good thing is that we have a couple of friends who are going to be doing there honeymoon over there at the same time we are there. Well, part of their honeymoon anyway. They want to spend a week with us on the Gold Coast before they head off for 5 or 6 weeks globetrotting. They wanted us to come with them around the world, but our finances don't stretch that far. It's a real shame because what they are doing sounds really cool. I think I will have to start buying lotto tickets so that we can possibly go with them. It would be great.
Well, that's enough for now. Must dash. It's almost home time are there are some things that I want to do.
AJ. |
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