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Well, well, well…

 

Here I am, back again.  Settling into life, getting things in order.

 

It’s been about five weeks since us girls went on holiday to Surfers, it was great.  But as always, it went way too quick and now it feels like I was never even there.  That’s the worst part about holidays, they don’t last forever!  I love it up there

 

So after I got back home, I started part time work as a Chiropractic Assistant and I was loving it.  It took less than a week to have the booking program, payments, basically the whole job sussed out and I was comfortable.  But then after being there for two weeks, I was offered a full time job at my sister’s work which I couldn’t refuse!  It’s at a clinic with Obstetricians / Gynaecologists, as well as two Osteopaths (one of whom I have mentioned before that I worked for!).  It’s meant to be only for ten months which is fine with me – it’s going to be great experience and as one of the specialists said, it will be a huge stepping stone for my career!  There is so much to learn and it’s all very interesting.  At the end of each day I’m so exhausted from just taking everything in, I’ve never slept so well before! 

 

This weekend, I organised my finances, changed banks, opened new accounts.  I have been wanting to buy a new car for a while but then started to think seriously that I should concentrate on saving for a deposit on a house instead!  My car is only 3.5 years old so I’ll hang onto it for a while yet.  I love living at home, but it’s exciting to dream of having my own house too!  I’d rather pay off a place of my own, then rent and pay off someone else’s home loan!

 

I must be growing up…things have been happening lately that I can’t explain.  Like not having nightmares about starting a new job; not dreading it at all; not crying about it; not going out and spending money just because I have it…what’s happening to me!??!!

 

That’s about all my news for now!

So Monday was Day One of training at the chiropractors.  The lady (Kate) training me was surprised at how quickly I picked everything up and breezed through the day.  She’s actually six months pregnant and about to go on maternity leave.

 

I got to work this morning and the chiro’s wife arrived – Kate was sick and wouldn’t be in.  I didn’t even have time to freak out about only being trained for one day before being put in the hot seat!!!  I calmly served patients, mucked up a couple of things but managed to fix them without losing my cool (a big achievement for me!).  At the end of the day – everything balanced.  I was over the moon.  I felt so proud of myself.

 

Poor Kate has been admitted to hospital with gastro, I hope she’s ok!  That means she won’t be in tomorrow, so I’ll be running the show again!  My new employers called me before, to make sure I’ll be ok with that.

 

I have proved to myself today that I am more than capable of coping in a situation, that maybe say twelve months ago, I would have been frantic about.

 

Yesterday, driving to work I felt overwhelmingly sad about having lost my last job (with the osteo), I loved that job and I keep wishing I could go back to that time.  But even still, had I have known that it would only last eight months, I would not change a thing.  I’m a better person today for the experiences it afforded me, and for the people I met and dealt with.  Had I have stayed any longer at “the place before that”, right now I would be a very depressed and spiteful person.  I know that for sure.  And the experience at my last job has opened doors for me – I’m now a Chiropractic Assistant.  That sounds very important!!

 

On Monday I am off to Surfers Paradise with my two wonderful sisters, I’m very excited about it!  It’s going to be so much fun!

 

That’s about it for me, I should head off and get some sleep, I think I’m getting sick!!

Mood: Confused

Not too much to report really.

 

Still temping at the huge office, I have met some really nice, interesting people.

 

The guys that sit at my group of desks are a crack up.

 

I’ve been having lunch with a nice group of ladies (two guys joined us the other day!), and I’m really starting to settle in. 

 

I can see what will happen.

 

I won’t want to leave.

 

Things get complicated now.

I have turned my guestbook off. 

 

 

I was sick of all those crap advertising messages that kept appearing there.

Well here I am, once again!  I’ve been rather busy, doing some temp work at a HUGE office, doing data entry – very tedious and tiring but it’s ok for nineteen dollars an hour!  Great money, plus we have booked our holiday to Surfers Paradise for next month so the money will really help.  I’ve got enough to go, but a little more can’t hurt!!!  I can’t wait!!

 

Also this week I’ve had 3 job interviews, one at a chiropractic clinic (receptionist), one at a department store (doing cash up and payroll) and another at a motel.  They would all be great jobs but there’s just one problem with all of them…the chiro one is only 3 days a week, the department store one is 28.4hrs per week, and the motel one is 20hrs per week & casual.

 

But…

 

I went back to see the chiro a second time (as they requested it).  He and his wife are very, very keen for me to work there.  I said I wouldn’t like to take the job, then have a full time job come up and leave them in the lurch.  They realize it’s because of the money and said (unbelievably!) that they would match what I was earning in my last full time job for those 3 days per week!!!  And they are 100% ok with the fact I have 2 weeks holidays booked.  I’m stoked!!  I feel like this is my year, the year where good things will happen for me.

 

The place where I’m temping is a huge office, all open plan.  Everybody seems to be very busy/stressed all the time.  Apparently a lot of the time this company will offer employment to temps.  But I don’t like it much there.  Having worked on a front desk situation and dealing with customers, I don’t find this work rewarding.  I don’t know what the end result is of the work I’m doing.  There is no satisfaction in that for me.  You don’t get to see satisfied customers and that’s what I really miss.  I was only meant to be working there for 2 weeks, and now the guy giving me the work has given me work to do for the next 2 weeks while he’s on holiday.  So that adds up to 3 weeks…I hate the unpredictability of it all though.  I need to give the chiro a date that I can start with them.  I might just call the agency I’m going through and say I can only be there for another 2 weeks so I can start training at this other job.  It’s too good an opportunity to miss out on.

 

Tonight I went to my boyfriend’s for a BBQ tea.  It was a really good night because he had some friends over.  Among them was the fiancée of one of the friends who I have a lot of time for, she’s great.  Then boyfriend decided he was going to bed, I said fine, but I’m happy to sit here and chat to the friends until I’m ready to leave.   To cut a long story short, he is angry at me because he thinks I like hanging out with them better than him, even though he was the one being anti-social and going to bed while he still had visitors!!!!  GOSH!!!!  I would look like a snob if I just wouldn’t associate with these people just because he’s tired and going to bed!!!!

 

So after I was ready to leave, I headed to the club to meet Mum and Dad, where Dad and I spent a lot of money (I dread to think how much exactly!!) on the chocolate machine once again…but we came home with 4 bags of chocolate and it’s fun anyway!!!!

 

Anyway, I might head off now as it’s 1:50am!!