About Time

Posted on August 26, 10 Filed under home, mind, body & spirit 3 Comments

I thought it might be about time that I posted another blog entry, even though it’s rather obvious that I won’t be posting every day in August now.  I started off the first week, and then ran out of things to talk about.  I guess that happens when every day is the same old shit, day in and day out.

I don’t mean to complain – I love my life right now; I have a great job, a wonderful home, a loving husband and all those things that make life awesome – but I still feel like I’m lacking something.  I don’t like routine, and thus my job tends to get me down.  Not because of the work, but because of the routine I have to go through every day: get up, have breakfast, have a shower, brush teeth, do hair, put on makeup, get ass out the door, then go to work, lunch at 12:00, back to work, go home, eat dinner, browse the net, go to bed.  Rinse and repeat.

I think I’ll feel better about everything once I get my provisional licence (Ps)– I will be able to drive to work and not have to rush my mornings (another thing I hate is rushing and being put on a time limit).  I’m halfway to getting my Ps now – over halfway, in fact – and my dad mentioned to my mum that I’m “driving bloody good”, so to get Dad’s tick of approval means a lot, and gives me that much more confidence. I have to do 50 hours supervised driving, and I’ve got 23hrs 45mins left now.  If I do three hours driving a week, I should be ready by mid-October.  And considering we’re nearly in September already now, that’s not too far to go.

I do worry that I’m going to fail the test, but it’s not so much the failure of the test as losing the money I would have spent to take the test – it’s almost $76 to book and take the test, and if they find something wrong with your vehicle, you automatically fail before you even drive!  Then, you lose that money and have to wait 28 days before you can go again.  So that’s my main concern in this whole ordeal.  Otherwise, I’m pretty confident.  Do need to work on parking though, particularly reverse parking.  I think the odds are in my favour, because I’m older than most people going for their Ps (22 rather than 17 or 18), and chances are I’ll be taking the test in my work clothes, which means I’ll look a little more professional than most.  And while that shouldn’t matter, I think it will play a part in making me appear a responsible, sensible adult (which I like to think I am!).

I’m really looking forward to the freedom driving will give us.  I mean, not having to rely on someone to take us to and from the grocery store will be awesome!

Anyway, there’s my ramble for today, to keep you up-to-date.

Wii Fit! Wii Fit! Wii Fit!

Posted on January 20, 09 Filed under home, mind, body & spirit, rave 2 Comments

So I bet you can’t guess what I got up to today :P

I went for a walk early (well, early for me) this morning with my mum and a family friend. We trekked for about an hour, and it was a good walk because it had a good variance in the terrain, and was a lot easier on the way back, which I like! We’re going again on Wednesday, and then we’ll make further dates from then.

Also, I got my first 21st birthday present today – Wii Fit! I wanted it from my parents, but asked if I could have it before my birthday, so as to get fit for the actual day. Mum agreed and we bought it today – it’s so much fun! Trying the yoga positions and stuff really made me realise how unfit I am, but it’s pushing me to do more, which is exactly what I need.

I’m still on the job hunt. “What?”, I hear you ask. Yeah, I did have a position lined up with a design company. The thing was, I’d had 2 trial days with them (one ‘official’, one not) and didn’t feel completely comfortable on either day. Normally (and this is how it was with my last job) if I’m going to fit in, I am comfortable on the first day, or at least after the first couple of hours. My official trial day was a 7 hour day, and I couldn’t wait to get out of there due to the tension in the air. There were a couple of other things that I don’t want to mention on here due to their being somewhat incriminating, but I might mention them at a later date.

So yeah, still looking for a job, and still waiting on my ABN to come through in the mail so as I can start doing webdesign work a little more legitimately, as well as have the ability to actively seek out clientele. I’m really looking forward to that.

I think that’s about it – I was trying to work out a new layout for Inspirata but I’m totally attached to this one right now. If anyone wants to make me one – *puppy eyes* – I’d love them forever!