at long last...
February 25, 2008
So where to begin? I think my last entry was sometime in October. That's the problem with writing entries after so many months – can't think of all the wonderful and not so wonderful things that have happened.
As I type this I'm sitting in the University library. My first lecture for 2008 has finished and tutorials don't begin until the second week. It's way too early to go home as it only seems like I've arrived here. The usual O-week events are being played out in the common area with the doof-doof music audible even from within the library. I may head down later to grab some free lunch while pretending to be interested in the various clubs on offer. The wireless network seems much faster than in previous years, according to the official site it's not meant to be operating until tomorrow – I'm not complaining.
With that said let me go back over the months attempting to recall all the excitement in my life!
I guess the low point which first comes to mind was the passing of my beloved Aunty Ann. She passed away in October last year just after my last entry. Even after four months I'm still missing her. Such an amazing person. The world sucks that little bit more now she's no longer with us. Despite not being ‘officially' related to me or our family her friendship with mum was as close as any person could be without being family. She was a larger woman and when she hugged you your whole body was being hugged! Such happy memories over the years, and her funeral was the saddest one I've ever gone too but in a strange way it was also the happiest. Given Ann died of cancer and she knew of her imminent death she had the ceremony planned from beginning to end. Her letters even requested that we stood up at the beginning and introduced ourselves to the people in front, beside and behind if not already known! The last time I saw her was at her surprise 60th birthday. I can't get over how one can be so accepting of their passing, how one can live knowing that an event like that would be the last time many guests would be seen. After four months I'm wanting another hug!
What else? Ahh, Monty! Such a little shit and still very much in that puppy stage of his life where slippers are simply the best thing ever! I'm yet to fully understand the attraction to smelly footwear but he seems happy gnawing away. I reckon he enjoys the chase we offer more than the taste of toe-jam. Monty hasn't had the most comfortable of months – he damaged his hip in the first few weeks we had him and subsequently required an operation on his joint. When operating the vet left a small shard of bone in his thigh muscle which required another operation to remove. Despite several visits to the doggy physio she still occasionally hops around on three legs but he's slowly getting better. It's nice having a dog again.
Christmas was good this year. Not because of the presents or the divine lunch but because it was a day away from work. The usual pressies of vouchers, money and clothes were under the tree but that stuff pales in significance to the thrill of not donning the work uniform in the morning. New Years was also a quiet affair. I've found both these days lose importance as I'm getting older – or maybe that's because I'm already old!
Not much has changed on the girl front – they still confuse the crap out of me! I have discovered that despite not hearing from some it's possible to work out how things are in their life. If there's silence they're no longer single. When they emerge from the abyss and call, email, or SMS they're either in the process of breaking up, have broken up or are wanting something! I know I'm cynical but I've been shafted before so I'm slowly learning how it all works! Fortunately I still have a few close female friends I work hard at keeping in touch with. They're way, WAY out of my league so there's no point in hoping or trying for 'more' but I dread the day when they go their own way. They're genuinely nice, beautiful, thoughtful, considerate people I feel so fortunate knowing, people like this are worth having and trying to keep as friends. Probably a bit weird but I still get kinda excited before seeing them and will generally count down the hours until we hang out!!! How pathetic am I?!!
Unfortunately I don't have my movie list with me so I can't update my reviews. Keeping a track of those is one of the few things I've managed to do for this page over the last four months. I didn't however, keep a record of the dates I saw them so I'll probably flood the reviews with the same date to keep things simple.
After seven and a half years in the same job I'm thinking it's time to move on. The company (those who know me know which company I'm taking about!) has changed too much for my liking and it's no longer focusing on the things which are important to me such as customer service. It's all about the profits now. It saddens me to resign but the place is a head-fuck at the moment – I would be driving home thinking of crashing into a power pole just so I could have some time off (not to mention a few other thoughts I won't even publish here). I reckon the only reason I've stayed so long is because of the people I work with and have worked with. Such an amazing group of friends who I'll no doubt remain in contact with for many, MANY years to come.
Okay, that'll do for today. I have some free lunch to obtain! And bugger doing a spell and grammar check on this entry...it has taken four months to write this so I'm not going to fuss over a missing apostrophe!
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