Today I had a long hard day, learnt alot of things that I will probably forget tomorrow. I feel alot better.

Hmm

Ben - i might have to give you my phone number so we can talk in case ppl in my channel annoy you again - and I guess, the deal with the comment i made was a personal joke with luke, since we razz eachother about stuff like that in the past and I am sorry if it kinda annoyed/bugged you and luke is a feisty 20 yr old alcoholic that knows everything .. so … *mwah*

It’s about time I did a post, with this week seeing me going to bed before 9pm most nights, it required an alert mind and some imagination to sit and type. That wasn’t possible until today, so here we go!

One of the disadvantages of working from home, is that when it is time to come out and mix in the general population, you find out how sick you really can get when exposed to basic cold and flu germs. Not even a week has gone by and I have already picked up whatever germ has been hanging around in the call centre! I have to mention at this point, that I really am excited about starting this job - I made the right decision.

if there is one thing I can’t deal with, it is a sore throat. Some pain I can deal with, but a sore throat, after having tonsilitus twice now, is something I simply can’t process and must have a solution for immediately. Luckily they have lemon tea - or I would have been in real trouble yesterday. I believe if I hadn’t had that tea, I would have suffered something horrible. We started looking at the billing system yesterday, and it looks faily simple to use, just another database where you can do almost everything except make lunch and a coffee.

I also went out last night, and I really really didn’t want to. I just wanted to go to bed and be miserable. However, I had made a committment, so M and I went to a nice restaurant with friends had this really evil pasta dinner *drool* Let me say I have not had cabonara that good since I left home. That’s a good 10 years! Afterwards, we toddled off to Burswood and watched “We will rock you!” The rock opera written by Ben Elton with music put together by Brian May/Queen. It was awesome. We were like 3 rows back from the stage and saw everything, and I have to say, those chicks in the ensemble were not SKINNY - but healthy with a bit of weight on them, and they looked fantastic. Gave me some hope!

I would thoroughly recommend people going to this rock opera before it closes next week. Programmes cost $20, and unless you are a die hard fan like me - don’t buy them. M2 screamed himself hoarse for the both of us I think. It was a terrific experience and I love my friends for thinking of M and I and surprising us
Today is casual friday, so thank god for that, I can wear sneakers into work! *joy*

I started yesterday with my nerves totally going off and doing the whole first day job thing. We were shown around the building, sat watching the induction trainer talking alot and making bad jokes. I kinda felt bad for him because we weren’t very interactive.. We kinda just stared at him, I think he thought we were a tough crowd. I got my swipe cardy thing (cool) and was late back from every break yesterday *sigh* so i’ll have to just avoid being late again. I need to find my watch since I obviously need it.

As inductions go, it was pretty standard, but left me feeling that perhaps I have been taken in by the Borg (which is what I will now call this workplace) and will soon be assimilated. We were told about how wonderful the company was, how much for the workers they were, how big their profits were going to be etc. As inductions go it was pretty informative. No emails from work tho. I’d rather not risk getting a warning for sending email unless it’s work related. Also - no mobile phones to be left on when going into work. Must be switched off or it’s an instant warning!

I sent an email to the social list that all my group of friends sit on, and the only reply was from someone who’s life is alll about her at times, but I love her anyways - everyone is different. I am sure that half the time I overtalk people is cuz it’s so hard to get a word in edgewise about me Me MEEEE.

This getting up at 6am is crap. My god - who ever thought we needed to start work at 8.30am in the morning and catching busses into the city needs their head read. On the plus side, I get to watch aerobics oz style and see how the girls do their crunches incorrectly! It’s weird going to bed at a normal hour, I am so used to going to bed at midnight/1.00am that the thought of being one of these people who are part of the rat race is quite scary. Welcome to the real world lori!!!

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Updated: 1pm
Ok.. edited this post so I can add some talking stuff here. I went out with mum this morning and spent an unsatisfactory time with her. She was running late, and I slept in, so she rocked up to my house just after 11am, I had washed hair, got dressed and stacked the dishwasher and put it on. We went shopping.

I actually was smart and did the trying on of clothes yesterday afternoon after my meeting with X etc. I needed some me time, some thinking time and being a clothes horse required minimal brain strain. So I got some nice clothes about 6 pieces for 120 dollars. I am quite happy about that, but I do need a couple of new bits and pieces extra but we won’t discuss those here!

I now understand why I want attention from key people in my life. Alot of my other friends, are there because I will listen to them. I don’t have the time to talk, because they need to be heard, and often, no one else will listen. I then do the same in turn to other friends of mine. A friend of mine, D, when we are in a group situation must have everyone’s attention on her, and it’s an effort to be heard. I know sometimes I try and talk over others, and I think it’s a result of being a listener alot of the time, and maybe just wanting a say about something else!

Whilst I am thinking about others I talk to, I think sometimes I am naive about the world.. I travel in life in a bubble. Sometimes people bump the bubble and I notice, others get in for the ride, and for the rest of the time I am oblivious to my surroundings when it comes to personal relationships/friendships the politics of these groups and other elements. I am constantly surprised when people do things due to their insecurities.. like lie, manipulate - to protect themselves, and in the end they end up looking worse for it. Then when I find out, it’s a total shock. I think I’d say I have a bit of a clueless blonde chick persona deep down in my psyche.

Did the meeting thing today with X, V, W and me. We discussed Godiva and it’s been discovered that it wasn’t her lying at all, but her friend. Anyways, I’ve had enough talking about this shit. It’s over and done with.

I went clothes shopping today, very successful. I have a figure For the first time in a long time I stared at the mirror and saw the potential.

Pay is being delivered soon, ahhh the sweet smell of ca$h

There’s been some fall out occur at my now X workplace that I had to deal with tonight. As I finished work at 8, I was thinking of toddling off to the city, to blogmeet, however life conspired against me. I got a frantic message from X and then I discovered to a small extent, the sky had fallen in.

BONPA sacked SirWankalot citing that he was surplus to requirements. She’s made sure she has support from some of the others, including M’s brother which upsets me somewhat. I don’t understand why people around me don’t have the same convictions I do, and won’t stand up and be counted. I feel let down. I spoke to T about it, and now I wonder if I was a little manipulative in trying to convince her to leave. I did tell her however to talk to X, and I am sure she will make the decision she makes regardless of what I say… but I feel terrible about the whole thing, MR is going to stick with work for the moment, but EvilMinion obviously had more of a hand in things than she lets on.

I am feeling pretty wrecked and tired and I am going to go have a hot shower, wash my hair and maybe have a cry. I can’t help think that perhaps I contributed to SirWankalot being sacked, despite our differences, he wasn’t a bad person, just difficult to work with.

I still have my hearing test to go to in the morning, I have to try and re-capture my enthusiasm for this job.

I resigned from the company. I feel free. So freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

I have a hearing test Thursday at 10am
The CEO showed that I was on the hitlist, as he said in his replies, that there were performance issues that wouldn’t be discussed and it was better that I be gone from the company. How rude. Well that’s it now, another chapter closed.

I am over it!

Hopefully this will be the second last installment about BONPA;Godiva and the EvilMinion (formerly S). Shit just gets deeper and deeper. EvilMinion has been spreading the lies and gossip and i should have known! W and S suffered at her hands, so, X has told Godiva where to go. I also realised that this could get back to people today. So i am tossing up to edit the entries or suck it up and deal with it. I guess it won’t matter because i’ll be gone… but I guess it pays to remind myself that this is where i vent and that’s ok.

I need to organise a hearing test this week, and get off my ass to do that, and I have to fill out all my details and forms. I am excited about starting work

I am training M to do some work with X and we’ll share shifts so that we can have that additional income we’d be missing. That will be fun..

I need to comment about a couple of other things that have happened recently.

Peter Garrett joining the labor party is a much needed shot in the arm, and I think will restore some people’s faith, that Labor isn’t lost. I have noticed under Latham, labor has begun to have firm ideas and policies to develop and promote, and I feel that their direction they seem to be heading into, in removing Howard for government, will ultimately be the right direction, because I really feel concerned at the attacks the US has made about our internal political process and parties, and feel that it really is none of their business.

No one can tell me that the US being involved in Australian politics is a good thing, look at all the countries where they have interfered with the political process and the high cost to that country. For our own national security, we need to tell the US back off.

Second.. Way to go Merlin! I loved the protest, I agree with it, and it did what it was supposed to do