Took meatballs out of the freezer this morning only to discover tonight that I have nothing to have with them. I am way to stuffed to go and get something especially as it was close to 5 when I got home. Pizza it is and I will cook the balls tomorrow and have them myself over the weekend. (lol couple of meals there)
Started at 8 today and was basically full on until 4. I slowed down though I was stuffed. I really struggled from about 3.15 onwards. It is good doing different stuff but sometimes the checkout looks good. However I am sure that when the time comes I will want to get off the checkout.
The chick that I want to slap was in today again. Complaining about how tired she is and just whinged and whinged. I swear she is acting like she is 7 months pregnant not 5 weeks. I am not the only one who doesn't like her so least it isn't just me. She was quizzing me about the supervisors job again today. For heavens sake I don't know and at this point I don't care. I will get informed in due course what is happening there and I personally think it is the last thing on people's mind at the moment. Poor Mark was struggling with the roster today especially as he found out that his wage budget was about $10000 less than the other stores because we are new. Mmmmm don't know where the logic is there given they are thinking ours will be the busiest store!!!
Looks like I am getting full time hours next week. 9-5 at this point. Not sure which days yet. Poor guy I do feel sorry for him.
It is hot here and I hate it.
Thursday, 29 November 2007
Wednesday, 28 November 2007
Bugger
I swore at the kids tonight. The big fat F word. I feel so awful but I had had enough. Let me paint the picture.....
Met dad at the mechanics at 7.30am. He drove me to work and then he took the kids with him to Bunnings to fill in time and then dropped them at school. I started work at 8.00am. Found out that I had not been paid and might get paid next week. More shifting boxes and fighting with glass shelving. Find out that the boss as wangled mine and a couple of others pay to go in and I may have it Friday. Meanwhile I have $7 in my account and I find out that Dan's have tried to take the money out for my uniforms. I finished at 4.00pm. Dad picks me up and tells me that the radiator was not damaged in the accident and it is just old age. $350. I have no money so have to humble myself yet again to ask for money. Go to school and sign the kids out of OSCH and sit in the car for an hour while Patrick is at cricket practice and Laura and Lachlan fight (literally). Lachlan also decides that he is going to go off at me because I don't want him swinging off the car door. So he gave me a whole mouthful of cheek and every time I dished out a punishment he would do another thing. Got home at about 6.20. We need to be at Taekwondo at 6.45. Sitting eating a bowl of cereal and the kids start fighting over the yoghurt. I lost it and yelled and told them I didn't want to put up with their crap and they need to fucking stop it. I can't believe I said it and I feel so bad but I know why I did. Because this is all full on.
Today has made me think that I can't do this. This whole working full time. But what choice do I have? I am studying, looking after 3 kids and trying to keep my house tidy as well as try and keep myself sane by giving myself time. But feel guilty when I do. I also haven't been to the gym since starting work and I miss it so much. I think it is just today. Wednesday suck. I work 8-4 tomorrow and then 9-2 Friday then the weekend off. My last day off was last Friday. I don't have the kids this weekend so I am sure I can fit in me time then. Tomorrow the kids go into OSCH in the morning then mum and dad pick them up after school, take them to swimming lessons. I will pick them up from there. Who knows what we are having for tea. I like my job so far, just today it has been one thing after another. Almost like oh hang on things are going smoothly, let me throw a spanner in again. We can't have things running smoothly.
I just need to calm down. Tomorrow I have to ring optus and tell them I will pay money and please please don't cut off my phone. I will tell my boss that yes they did try to take my money out for my uniforms and they will have to wait until I get paid. Deep breaths deep breaths.
Met dad at the mechanics at 7.30am. He drove me to work and then he took the kids with him to Bunnings to fill in time and then dropped them at school. I started work at 8.00am. Found out that I had not been paid and might get paid next week. More shifting boxes and fighting with glass shelving. Find out that the boss as wangled mine and a couple of others pay to go in and I may have it Friday. Meanwhile I have $7 in my account and I find out that Dan's have tried to take the money out for my uniforms. I finished at 4.00pm. Dad picks me up and tells me that the radiator was not damaged in the accident and it is just old age. $350. I have no money so have to humble myself yet again to ask for money. Go to school and sign the kids out of OSCH and sit in the car for an hour while Patrick is at cricket practice and Laura and Lachlan fight (literally). Lachlan also decides that he is going to go off at me because I don't want him swinging off the car door. So he gave me a whole mouthful of cheek and every time I dished out a punishment he would do another thing. Got home at about 6.20. We need to be at Taekwondo at 6.45. Sitting eating a bowl of cereal and the kids start fighting over the yoghurt. I lost it and yelled and told them I didn't want to put up with their crap and they need to fucking stop it. I can't believe I said it and I feel so bad but I know why I did. Because this is all full on.
Today has made me think that I can't do this. This whole working full time. But what choice do I have? I am studying, looking after 3 kids and trying to keep my house tidy as well as try and keep myself sane by giving myself time. But feel guilty when I do. I also haven't been to the gym since starting work and I miss it so much. I think it is just today. Wednesday suck. I work 8-4 tomorrow and then 9-2 Friday then the weekend off. My last day off was last Friday. I don't have the kids this weekend so I am sure I can fit in me time then. Tomorrow the kids go into OSCH in the morning then mum and dad pick them up after school, take them to swimming lessons. I will pick them up from there. Who knows what we are having for tea. I like my job so far, just today it has been one thing after another. Almost like oh hang on things are going smoothly, let me throw a spanner in again. We can't have things running smoothly.
I just need to calm down. Tomorrow I have to ring optus and tell them I will pay money and please please don't cut off my phone. I will tell my boss that yes they did try to take my money out for my uniforms and they will have to wait until I get paid. Deep breaths deep breaths.
Tuesday, 27 November 2007
BOO
Poor Prowler, she flaked it on my desk with her back to me. I lent over and said BOO in her ear. Not to loudly but not that soft. I have never seen a cat leap up so quick!! I really did laugh out loud while she quickly started to clean herself to cover her deep humiliation!
I am very chatting today. Don't worry I start work at 3 so will stop soon lol
I am very chatting today. Don't worry I start work at 3 so will stop soon lol
Make up your mind
So there is a new date for the opening of the store! 8th of December. Now I don't know how true that it as it came from another staff member who knows about as much as I do.
I was at Marion yesterday training. It sucked. The supervisor just threw us on a register and left us!! So much for training. We muddled through with help from other staff but even so. In comparison to Welland the other week it was disgusting!! Lets hope today is better.
Anywho was chatting to the girl who was with me and she doesn't like that other woman that I want to smack all the time either!! We had a good chat/bitch session!!
Have I mentioned how much I enjoy being around people????
Payday tomorrow. My first. I hope anyway. I brought a water cooler today out of my Centrelink Pay and if I don't get paid tomorrow I will be up the creek as the cooler was $100. I still have to put fuel in my car and that will be it really. I haven't really done any shopping so I better get paid tomorrow. Oh I need to buy a uni book as well. Fingers crossed.
I was at Marion yesterday training. It sucked. The supervisor just threw us on a register and left us!! So much for training. We muddled through with help from other staff but even so. In comparison to Welland the other week it was disgusting!! Lets hope today is better.
Anywho was chatting to the girl who was with me and she doesn't like that other woman that I want to smack all the time either!! We had a good chat/bitch session!!
Have I mentioned how much I enjoy being around people????
Payday tomorrow. My first. I hope anyway. I brought a water cooler today out of my Centrelink Pay and if I don't get paid tomorrow I will be up the creek as the cooler was $100. I still have to put fuel in my car and that will be it really. I haven't really done any shopping so I better get paid tomorrow. Oh I need to buy a uni book as well. Fingers crossed.
And she goes, she goes, she goes and she just goes.....
I got close enough today to take a photo!!! And she didn't take off but if I pushed my luck further she would have gone. She has just started coming out from under my bed to sleep on it.Failie has gone off to her boyfriend's abode so only have the two here at the moment. As Failie is a big bully I think it has been good not to have her here to give Kitty time to settle in. I had just about given up but she has gotten better. I doubt we will ever be able to pat her and she will never come to us but least we will see her a bit now. She is slowly coming out of hiding. Mainly when the kids aren't here but least she is progressing.
Saturday, 24 November 2007
Another day ........
Was able to watch Patrick play cricket today which was good. (boring but good) He is getting better that is for sure.
While we were at the school I went and voted. I hate voting. I really really do. They are all as bad as one another and you have to pick the best of a bad lot. It pisses me off no end that I don't want labour or liberal to get in but that never happens. I don't know that much about politics so I go by what I know I guess. I voted Family First. I am not particularly keen on labour getting in but it is bound to happen. How easily people forget is all I can say. (should point out I will not be getting into any political debates with anyone in the comments section should you feel the need to express your differing opinion to mine. No problem with that at all. Everyone is entitled. That is why we vote! :)) Anyway I remember mum and dad struggling with so much when labour was in. Interest rates were like 21%!!! That is just unreal. Like someone said today she didn't know any better back then as she didn't have a mortgage, it didn't effect her. Basically for me, I am ok. Yes I could be better but I could be worse. I think we are going along ok and honestly don't think a change in government is going to make me better off. I am happy to wait and see now though. But this is here now and I can look back in years to come and say "shit I was so wrong" or "Yep I was right!" lol time will tell.
Knocked off work an hour early again today. There just isn't that much to do towards the end of the day this week. I am back tomorrow. Was supposed to be 2-6 but they said to come in at 12. That way I can still get my 4 hours. Again people standing around doing stuff all. There were a whole heap of girls just doing crap jobs because they felt that taking boxes of wine off a pallet and putting it onto shelves was to hard for them. It was funny though as a couple of senior people got them working again, carting boxes around. These are 18 year old girls I am talking about here. They couldn't even last 1 hour lifting the boxes and putting them away!! They are going to have a rude shock when the store opens and they have to work for 4 hours continuously!!
Have to say that 2 years ago I wouldn't have been up for doing this. I have been doing this whole boxes thing for hours at a time. It is hard work and I get a sweat up doing it. It has made me glad that I have gotten myself this fit and strong. Honestly I would be fitter and stronger then some of the 18 year old boys there!! Secretly I am proud of that. It does make me feel good.
However this whole work thing is wreaking havoc with my eating. Example: today I started at 12 to finish at 7. So breakfast no worries. Only getting a half hour break today. I don't want to get hungry to quick and don't want to have my break to early so as I am to hungry before I finish. So I have lunch at 11.30. (fruit salad and yoghurt. Yes I am eating fruit. The yoghurt helps lol) Then have my break at 4.00. (tuna salad and some cashews) This I basically would class as dinner. Perhaps when I finish work I could have a yoghurt if I was really hungry. But of course I finish work early, go to mum and dad's and have dinner there!!
I guess when the store opens things will settle down. I will also not be doing so much manual labour and be burning so many calories. But it is frustrating and something I am struggling with.
Ok well this little black duck is saying stuff cleaning up anything tonight I am going to bed now!!!
While we were at the school I went and voted. I hate voting. I really really do. They are all as bad as one another and you have to pick the best of a bad lot. It pisses me off no end that I don't want labour or liberal to get in but that never happens. I don't know that much about politics so I go by what I know I guess. I voted Family First. I am not particularly keen on labour getting in but it is bound to happen. How easily people forget is all I can say. (should point out I will not be getting into any political debates with anyone in the comments section should you feel the need to express your differing opinion to mine. No problem with that at all. Everyone is entitled. That is why we vote! :)) Anyway I remember mum and dad struggling with so much when labour was in. Interest rates were like 21%!!! That is just unreal. Like someone said today she didn't know any better back then as she didn't have a mortgage, it didn't effect her. Basically for me, I am ok. Yes I could be better but I could be worse. I think we are going along ok and honestly don't think a change in government is going to make me better off. I am happy to wait and see now though. But this is here now and I can look back in years to come and say "shit I was so wrong" or "Yep I was right!" lol time will tell.
Knocked off work an hour early again today. There just isn't that much to do towards the end of the day this week. I am back tomorrow. Was supposed to be 2-6 but they said to come in at 12. That way I can still get my 4 hours. Again people standing around doing stuff all. There were a whole heap of girls just doing crap jobs because they felt that taking boxes of wine off a pallet and putting it onto shelves was to hard for them. It was funny though as a couple of senior people got them working again, carting boxes around. These are 18 year old girls I am talking about here. They couldn't even last 1 hour lifting the boxes and putting them away!! They are going to have a rude shock when the store opens and they have to work for 4 hours continuously!!
Have to say that 2 years ago I wouldn't have been up for doing this. I have been doing this whole boxes thing for hours at a time. It is hard work and I get a sweat up doing it. It has made me glad that I have gotten myself this fit and strong. Honestly I would be fitter and stronger then some of the 18 year old boys there!! Secretly I am proud of that. It does make me feel good.
However this whole work thing is wreaking havoc with my eating. Example: today I started at 12 to finish at 7. So breakfast no worries. Only getting a half hour break today. I don't want to get hungry to quick and don't want to have my break to early so as I am to hungry before I finish. So I have lunch at 11.30. (fruit salad and yoghurt. Yes I am eating fruit. The yoghurt helps lol) Then have my break at 4.00. (tuna salad and some cashews) This I basically would class as dinner. Perhaps when I finish work I could have a yoghurt if I was really hungry. But of course I finish work early, go to mum and dad's and have dinner there!!
I guess when the store opens things will settle down. I will also not be doing so much manual labour and be burning so many calories. But it is frustrating and something I am struggling with.
Ok well this little black duck is saying stuff cleaning up anything tonight I am going to bed now!!!
Friday, 23 November 2007
The House
Ok so I mentioned that we went and did the inspection on this house and it was gross. Prior to the inspection they had ripped up the carpet in the lounge room because it was a health hazard but never replaced it. There was rubbish left in the laundry, a fridge in the lounge room and light fittings missing in a bedroom. Generally the house was left disgustingly dirty and gross. It smelt and was just foul. There are so many fly marks on all the light fittings it is going to be awful cleaning them. Also in the kitchen there was food on the light fittings. Holes in the walls and doors missing and fly screens missing.
When we did the out going inspection we didn't venture outside to much but enough to see that a mattress, lawn mowers, bikes, trampoline top and lots of other crap and rubbish. (is there a difference) When we were there the other day to get a quote from the cleaner we ventured further outside. We were out there for a while before we noticed all the fleas on us!!! They must have been in the mattress. It was horrible. I had so many little bits on me. Dad had had an outbreak of fleas at their place and he had only just washed all the animals and bedding etc, so we really didn't want to infest our houses. So we drove back to their house and got mum to pass out the fly spray, so we could spray ourselves and the car. Honestly it was so gross!
It looks like it is going to cost us about $1000 just to clean the place, inside and out. Then it has to be repainted. I am also going to replace all the light fittings and also it is going to have to have new fly screens through out! Crazy that people live like this. They had 6 kids and the youngest was about 2. How said it that. However we have to deal with the aftermath. Yuk.
When we did the out going inspection we didn't venture outside to much but enough to see that a mattress, lawn mowers, bikes, trampoline top and lots of other crap and rubbish. (is there a difference) When we were there the other day to get a quote from the cleaner we ventured further outside. We were out there for a while before we noticed all the fleas on us!!! They must have been in the mattress. It was horrible. I had so many little bits on me. Dad had had an outbreak of fleas at their place and he had only just washed all the animals and bedding etc, so we really didn't want to infest our houses. So we drove back to their house and got mum to pass out the fly spray, so we could spray ourselves and the car. Honestly it was so gross!
It looks like it is going to cost us about $1000 just to clean the place, inside and out. Then it has to be repainted. I am also going to replace all the light fittings and also it is going to have to have new fly screens through out! Crazy that people live like this. They had 6 kids and the youngest was about 2. How said it that. However we have to deal with the aftermath. Yuk.
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