Monday, January 29, 2007

When's payday?

Tomorrow. But as soon as my pay comes in, it goes straight out. I still owe my sis so much anyway, that whatever's left accumulates to be transferred to her = nothing left.

I'm irritated and I don't know why.

It's hot. I'm tired.

I hate weekends which don't let you relax. I hate ironing.

The fishtank is clean. The dishes are done, the flat is vacuumed. I'm not hungry, it's hot.

I'm tired of not earning money enough to HAVE any left. Medical aid "helps" but I have to submit things that I've already paid for and they sometimes don't cover those things and then it's paid for by me only.

I don't like shitty doctors. I don't like stupid people who don't give a shit about other people. Correction: I hate people like that.

I would like a budgie here but don't have the energy to even decide because there's always stuff to be done. I wish Warpony's first half was finished. I wish those damn cross-stitch company people hadn't fucked up and that I'd received the kits ages ago.

I want to sleep late and not go anywhere. For a month at least. I'm annoyed because my Indian truck t-shirt was messed up in the wash. Mom must have washed it with the rest of the clothes (in a hot wash) and the rubbery print on it melted and smudged in some places, and all over the front collar and stuff. It should have been handwashed, which is what I always do but it must have somehow crept into the wash with the other clothes. I can't go back to India to buy another one.

Friday was a write-off at work. The ITs and people helping them were there the entire day, sorting our machines out and working on the server/network. We now have domain profiles which is SO DAMN SLOW when you have to restart. There wasn't any way for the receptionist to get to the faxes that came in to the faxserver box, and hbbm was flitting around frazzled because the emails didn't work either. He tends to get in a tizzy very quickly about things like that. It's tiring because you have to placate him because there is NOTHING that you can do to FIX what is wrong because they're busy with it. Agh!

It's Monday tomorrow. Yuck.

Our adsl line is being subsidised, which is EXCELLENT! Saves us a bit of $ but that gets absorbed into other costs like electricity, groceries.

I'm still irritated. It's annoying when things just HAVE to be difficult. Like... agh I dunno, can't think of anything. When things HOOK on other things and prevent you getting them loose while you're busy doing something. Urrrrhhh!!

*sigh*

I hate that retard in the block of flats next door to us, he played LOUD bloody music this morning at 9:15. A SUNDAY MORNING, you SHIT! Fuck you!

I can't think of anything to write. I know this is a complainy whiny post but so what. I felt like saying it and I have so that's that. At least I don't phone you (reader) and rant on and on at you about it :P

Things we want to buy one day: stove/oven. Combo washmachine/tumbledryer. Couches. Those are the big things. Not fun things, necessary things. Can't think about "fun" things to buy now. Or spending money on things that aren't necessary.

I hate cockroaches and wish they'd all die now. I'm tired of spraying the hell out of them and them still running and hiding somewhere. I hate the way they peek out from under the drying rack and I can't spray them cos then I'd be poisoning us. Then they run around under the edge of the sink and I can't get them there either cos they disappear. And I may be hard-hearted but I don't like it when cats try to be cutesy and pushy and try to rub against you when you obviously don't feel like it. I don't want to encourage them, because any moment that we might slip up and leave the door/window open they'd get in and maybe eat stuff in the kitchen or kill my fish (or bird, when we get one).

It's 21:00 already. Time for bed to wake up early tomorrow. Oh and Tuesday morning I'm playing receptionist-dumbass again for the morning because the new lady is going to see someone at the college about studies etc etc blabla. At least hbbm is away but I have plenty of work to do before he comes back.

I wish my hair would grow quickly so that I don't have to fuss with these clips.

That's all for now, I think.

Saturday, January 27, 2007

It's 1-FUCKING-AM!

I am at my computer.

You are playing your FUCKING music so FUCKING loud that I am FULLY awake! You're also all talking SO FUCKING LOUDLY I feel as though I'm at the party MYSELF, despite having been IN BED!

FUCK YOU!!

Don't know if it'll help even a tiny fucking bit but, come Monday morning, I will be phoning the landlords and complaining. About YOU, and about the pointless FUCKS upstairs.

Thursday, January 25, 2007

al..... RIGHTY then!!!

Japanese potty training video

all one can say: al...RIGHTY then!!

It... is... HOT

Today the temperature outside was 41C. I didn't go outside at all, not only because I was on switchboard duty.

And it's still hot now. Apparently today's discomfort index was 45C!!

S (in USA) tried phoning the cross-stitch company I'd ordered GI and GS from... couldn't get through, he tried to email them, phoned them again and their mailbox is full. J his wife checked with people on her stitching forums and apparently the people who own that online shop are old and might be sickly. Anyway, the gist of it: we have to get the credit card company to refund us and follow it up with the site. Damn! I just want my kits :(

So now I'm looking online for them again.

I'm having a good time (so far) at work, I now have my own (hand-me-down) pc which although only a 256mb ram, 40gb hd, 751MHz processor, old one, is decent enough. The front USB ports aren't connected and there's a not-working floppy drive (also not connected). Problem with the back USB ports is they're on the same "block" as the keyboard and mouse plugs, and it's loose. So if I fiddle with a USB thing, the keyboard stops working and I have to restart. Bummer. Anyway, not often I'd need a flashstick I reckon.

According to secret sources we are probably getting a new TV. Source: G. CAN'T WAIT! Ok nothing much is on TV, but still! According to a friend of ours, the Simpsons is on EVERY DAY on Mnet open-time...!!!!! WE'RE MISSING THE SIMPSONS!??!?!

Oh and: the Simpsons movie? Definitely wanna see that! Saw Night at the Museum last week, it was EXCELLENT! Very sweet, funny, exciting movie hehe!

Still sad about Honey being put down. I so vividly remember the day we got her. Her breeders came from a long way away, and we met them at our Gran's place. Chose her from 2 they'd brought (they'd delivered all the others on the way). She was restless in the car on the way home, and finally found a spot and settled down in the footwell by my feet! Aww so cute! I remember it all hehe. That was over 16 years ago.

After this payday, my finances should be back on track... I'll be broke straight away after being paid cos it's paying things, but once that's done and I've got through the lean month to the following payday, I should be back to normal. YEAH!!!!!!!!! Ok still paying off to Sis, but that's ok. I should be a few hundred R wealthier after we get the money back from the credit card co.

*yawn* this week has been quite long. The days go quicker now cos I'm busier but it's more fun! I'm actually going to enjoy getting hbbm's office into ORDER!!!!! Untidiness! Pff!!!!! He's quite enjoying how it's working: he dictates an email, I type it, send it, print it, stick it in a file. Done! Hehe I like that too. So quite an up in the job-satisfaction level!

I hate cockroaches - we have quite a lot in the kitchen. Less than when we just moved in, but still. Only medium, small and tiny ones. The MASSIVE mofos probably can't get into the place and besides: they have a LOVELY portuguese restaurant to patronise!

Ooh, it's been a while since I did something on my blog... ok will do it tomorrow >;)

Sunday, January 21, 2007

Erm

I'm back in the land of the living... this has been one WONKY mutha week hehe!

Ok went back on Thursday after being off sick on Tues and Wed, felt GHASTLY but survived, and Friday I had a very very sore tummy. Still felt a bit weak. Phoned "my" doc that morning (he'd said I should phone him if it wasn't right by Friday), left a msg. Phoned again in the afternoon, still no reply. So I phoned G's doctor's office, made an appointment with a doctor there. Had to arrange with the ppl at work for someone to take my place at the switchboard (!) because the receptionist had gone to register for part-time studies. Honestly I've done so much switchboard duty this 3-day week! Anyway, JUST as I'm like leaving, she comes back. Thank heavens... but anyway so I got to leave late because she has to like nag/ask me questions about "how do I" which is like DUH because surely she's had SOME computer training/anything. ANYWAY.

So we drive in a hurry but slowly cos of the shitty traffic to the doctor. I missed the appointment (the doctor'd left already!) but got to see another doctor after a wait. It was very strange cos the doctor had the window wide open and the electric fan on FULL power. It was rather windy in his office. Weird. Anyway, after going hmm and hmm a bit, he guessed it was probably constipation ("want to take a bet?") so I had an x-ray and saw him again and it was. Sigmoid colon. So damn sore, such a simple thing hehe. Anyway got some sachets of stuff to drink and the following morning my tummy wasn't sore anymore!

Oh yay, Monday morning I'm doing switchboard duty for however long because the receptionist is going to register because she didn't get to Friday. YAY!!

Tuesday the ITs are supposed to come and sort my computer setup out. I'm using the company's laptop and I don't want to do ANYthing on it like surft/msn.

This blog post is a little "deurmekaar" but that's how my mind is at the moment. It's like catching up after being away for a week hehe!

I've been tidying my stuff, going through my stuff, I have a whole STACK of things to sort through right next to me. I'm going to have to bring another bookshelf from home, and possibly buy some "inbox trays" hehe. I need to make shelves for this stuff: cords, manuals, chargers, etc etc LOL!

ANYWAY... bleh don't feel like sorting it all out now hehe. It's weekend.

Oh AND ABOUT WEEKEND!

These retard dumbass mofos in this block of flats (and the next door one) don't understand NIGHT TIME. They slam doors, talk/shout loudly (specially when walking past our bedroom window), at all hours of the night (morning). The people upstairs from us, omg! Domestic fights! And the previous night, it sounded like one of them was stuck trying to get out of an Oros-man suit... making squeaking thudding sounds all around the room above us! SERIOUSLY WEIRD! And then at like 9:30 this morning (sunday) someone next door to us decides to hammer a nail into the wall. WEIRD PEOPLE!

Ok anyway, I'm gonna try get stuck into at least SOME things here, so that when I'm back at work tomorrow I have at least achieved something.. OH DAMN, I have to do a waterchange!!!! Ok ciao Romano!!

what element am i?

Your Element is Wood

Your power colors: green and brown

Your energy: generative

Your season: spring

Like a tree, you are always growing and changing.
And while your life is dynamic, you are firmly grounded.
You have high morals and great confidence in yourself and others.
You have a wide set of interests, and you make for intersting company.

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Day 3 of being unwell

My tummy has stayed sore, and I have had headaches on and off... had eyeball pain most of the time. Haven't slept well, feeling very restless.

Phoned in to work today, got through to the accountant doing switchboard duty - that meant the receptionist was - dare I say it - LATE?! Omg that's... UNACCEPTABLE?!?! Whatever! She was late the first day I got there, she came about 15 mins late... reason? Taxis. Pfff!! That'll never hold anything for the bosses *sniggers* I've done my time being LATE because of METROFUCKINGFAIL and being crapped on for something that was beyond my bloody control............

Ok I'm breathing...........................

*breathes*

spent most of the day in bed, dozing fitfully as the maintenance guys sawed through burglar bars and drilled through stone etc. Ok they probably weren't doing that, but they were making a helluva lot of noise working on the vacant flat next door. I've been enjoying paint smell as they've taken off the burglar bars and repainted them.

Went to the doc, the doc says it might be a VERY mild case of tummy flu (which would be so mild I wouldn't puke), or IBS or something. So I have tabs to make me better :) Back to work tomorrow if I'm up for it. If not, it's back to the doc to get a doctor's certificate. I guess.

Mom and sis took our oldie dog to the vet today, to be put to sleep. Poor old stinky. Apparently she was having a good day and was all alert and bright. It's good that way, cos then her last day wasn't an uncomfortable, unhappy one. They had a 15:30 appointment but had to wait cos the vet was out with a horse with colic. They had a good wait though, a peaceful one cos Honey was alert and interested in her surroundings and when sis went around the corner to buy some cooldrink, she wanted to follow her. Sis waited in the waiting room, mom went in but came out before the vet did his thing. I agree with mom: I couldn't stand to see a dead Honey.

RIP doggiedog...

Monday, January 15, 2007

today

Today i started my new job. It's not fun really explaining your old job to someone new.

And I feel sick. Really sick. I'm going to bed with some Disprins to see if it helps. I feel a bit nauseous now... ugh.

bye ppls (for now)

Sunday, January 14, 2007

yum!!!

Your Guy Is Not Pretty!

Your boyfriend is more hetero than John Wayne. End of story.
While it may be hard to get him to go dancing or shopping...
You know that he can always stand up for and take care of you.
Which is waaaay more attractive than a few well placed highlights.

HAHAHAHA! It's a one-question quiz... HAHA weird result!!

What People Think of Your Mouth

People see you as both seductive and intimidating.
Other women are especially put off by your womanly powers.
And men either fear you or obsess over you - sometimes both.
No way to fight it - you're a natural vamp.

okay.... I rather LIKE green eyes....

Your Inner Eye Color Is Blue

You've got the personality of a blue eyed women
You're intense and expressive - and always on the go
You've also got a sweet, playful side - which draws men in

what flower am I... I'm a heather-lily!!

You Are A Lily

You are a nurturer and all around natural therapist.
People see you as their rock. And they are able to depend on you.
You are a soothing influence. You can make people feel better with a few words.
Your caring has more of an impact than even you realize.

movie kiss time!!

Your Famous Movie Kiss is from Spiderman

"I have always been standing in your doorway. Isn't it about time somebody saved your life?"

hmmmmm

Your Celebrity Boob Twin:

Claire Danes

alrighty then............

Your Celebrity Boob Twin:

Claire Danes

very odd quiz - surely it should ask him??

You Have Him Totally Hooked

Your guy is all yours - and happily so.
He loves being around you, and he totally sees you as a couple.
It looks like you two have a great future together - if you want it!

I wouldn't *have* to choose a 2nd time.... :P

You Would Pick Your Boyfriend Again!

While the initial new couple spark has faded for you two,
You've built upon your attraction - and formed a deep love.
And although things are never perfect, they're usually pretty great.
So don't let your eye wander. You've got the best catch for you, at home.

AWWWW

What You Know About Your Guy: Practically Everything

You have gotten to know your man really well
From his hopes and dreams to favorite things...
You definitely have enough info to figure out if he's *the* guy
In fact, you may know him a little better than you know yourself

UHOH!!

Your PMS Disaster Level: Medium

You definitely are a bit of a wreck once a month.
But as long as remember to take it easy, your PMS isn't a major crisis.

AHAHAHAHHA!! Ar e you ready to move in together?

Start Hunting For That New Apartment

You two are ready to live together - and probably have been for a while
You're a perfect match, even if you don't agree on everything
What's important is compromise... a skill you and your guy have mastered
So head out to Bed, Bath, and Beyond. It's time for your new life together!

Are you a good girlfriend?

You are a Great Girlfriend

When it comes to your guy, you're very thoughtful
But you also haven't stopped thinking of yourself
You're the perfect blend of independent and caring
You're a total catch - make sure your guy knows it too!

What kind of sexy are you?

You Are Girly Sexy

You're a youthful spirit, and your energy is infectious.
Men love your innocence and lack of emotional baggage.
You make every kiss seem like the first and every moment magical.
How could any guy in his right mind resist that?

How bitchy am I? O_o

You Are 26% Bitchy

You're a pretty sweet person, and you're definitely not prone to bitchy outbursts.
Sometimes, though, you can't help thinking mean thoughts about people. But at least you don't act on them!

AWWWWWWWWWWW!!!

He's a Great Boyfriend

You guy definitely loves you and knows how to treat you right.
You have a five star boyfriend - so make sure you treat him right too!

Ok FINALLY I can upload pics!!!!



We have finallly got the internet up and running.

The Telkon guy came on Friday to install the phone line and the adsl stuff... and I tried to set it all up and it DIDN'T work. When G came home from work, he tried to sort it out - still didn't work. Tried dial up, and it worked but terribly slowly.

Went this morning and bought a phone, it's now charged and ready hehe.

Went to Synd and got sis to switch the router there off (it's got my username and password set up) so that we could try the net when we got home, and VOILA!! It's worked! Strangest bloody thing ever... but anway. Bloody glad that we don't have to phone Telkon and get someone to come out and sort it out blablabla.

Anyway, I got a lot of stitching done the past few days, and TA-DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, here's the most up-to-date pic of Warpy!!! (and sample pic, specially for W)

I have work Monday - not looking forward to that AT ALL. Bleh!

Anyway, cheers for now, my software is updating and I'm tired and I want to google for info on canaries cos I want a pet bird but think a budgie would get bored but dunno if a canary is "exciting" enough LOLLLLLLLLLL!!!!

Cheers for now!

YAWNNNN

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Ok...

I'm a bit moeg to post more. I wanted to post more stuff but have been catching up on all my regular reads and stuff...

*yawns*

Heading home in a bit, just gotta log off and stuff.

OOH wait! Yes! Quick thing to blog about: our internet (and phone line) are going to be installed on Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!! So most likely Friday afternoon I'll be online!

Ok, night everyone!

A long post... catching up

Ok it's 10th Jan now, I've been posting everything into a wordpad document which I'm going to copy and paste now. I'll add stuff in another post if I feel like it LOL

Ok, what all has been going on since I last posted properly...

After flat-sitting for about 2 months, finally someone took G's flat. In those flat-sitting hours which were from 17:30 to 19:30 every weekday and from 9:00 to 11:00 every Saturday (almost like detention but at home), I got a lot done on Warpy. I'm nearly finished the first half, his face, which seems the more time-consuming half because it's all blending and different colours. The other half, his neck, is mostly shades of white. With hand-prints. And a feather. I'm so amped to get the face-half done! Wanted to finish it before the end of 2006 (that's LAST YEAR already!), but that was *rather* optimistic.

With 2 weeks til the end of the year and no place to go, G heard of a place through his previous/at-the-time rental agency, and we went to see it. I have blogged about it already, and am going to post pics too. We decided to take the place with (for now) a 6 months lease, in case it turned out to be dreadful and we wanted to move asap. So in the 2nd last week of the year, we got the keys (it'd been vacant) and moved G's stuff to the new flat. Was a mission carrying boxes and boxes down 3 flights of stairs; my legs felt so rubbery after that! Luckily there wasn't much that we ourselves couldn't move, all that was left was the bed, cupboard, drawers, 2 bookshelves, a desk, 3 couches, a tv-cabinet, a kitchen countertable and a bar fridge.

G's gran was down from Jhb for Xmas, and we had Xmas lunch at his parents' place. Was lovely - a delicious lunch and all smiles. Got cool gifts too! G's gran also told us she was going to pay for a removal van to transport our stuff, rather than us battle with it. Ah, grandparents! Organised that and got them to take G's furniture, and my wardrobe, bookshelf, desk and drawers. The rest of the stuff was small stuff or full of non-vital stuff and not particularly useful to us in the new place (stuff I'd need to sort through at some stage - procrastination!!).

We'd had Xmas eve celebrations at my place, basically gift-opening and stuff, and then we'd had a 2nd Xmas lunch on 26th Dec. M and J came too. More DELICIOUS food and fun!

Ok so then we'd finally moved everything in to the new place but we were sans bed and, since the fridge is a bar fridge and we were going to get a bigger (proper) one soon, we didn't plug the fridge in. So we were all but moved in.

Went between my place and the flat to move stuff and basically everything is here now.

Went shopping a few days later, and bought a big bed and a big fridge. It was to be delivered the Friday. We stayed over at my place the Thurs night, and left home quite early to be there when the stuff was delivered. We waited the whole day. G phoned at about 16:30, and heard that the Town deliveries only go out at 16:00. Nice, after waiting the entire day! We waited some more. He phoned a few more times. We sat outside in the warm evening air as it approached 19:00. "They'll be here at about 20:15", according to the person on the phone. We waited some more. And more. It was going on for 22:00. We were staying over at my place again that night, and decided to leave then. I was basically packing my bag when G announced "guess who's arrived". At 22:05, our fridge and bed were delivered. If they'd come 5 mins later, we'd have left already. The "excuse" for coming so late? "there were roadblocks". Sure, *that's* credible… but only if the delivery note didn't say that the items were checked out at 17:48 for delivery! So basically, when G phoned the first time, they hadn't even bloodywell sent it off yet. Nice one.

Thinking now, about what else to blog about. The neighbours... or now (thankfully) EX-neighbours. Lovely people. The days that we'd been delivering things and packing stuff in the flat, we had heard kids shrieking and going on like mad. All day long. Not a WHISPER of a "shhh" from either of their parents. They would bounce a massive (about the size of a basketball) inflatable tennis ball ALL AROUND THE ENTIRE BLOCK OF FLATS! Around and around and around! For hours on end. If they weren't doing that, they were running around the entire building, running past/under our bedroom window which is on the same side of the building as their porch/balcony-thing. Oh yes, and G's car is parked just across from our bedroom window, and it's on a raised level so it's about 1.5m higher than the ground by the building. The kids would bounce their ball against the little wall/edge of the raised bit G's car is parked on, and it'd inevitably bounce up, and it bashed his car's grille and I heard it bounce off the bonnet at least once! That's just the kids. They'd also throw a toy helicopter or something up in the air and watch it crash down onto the bricks. Over and over again. Mesmerising entertainment. And that'd go on ALL DAY. Well past 8pm, which was MY bedtime when I was a kid. Or at least Mom would come and tell my sis and me to quieten down, "it's late and time to settle down now". Nope, these people had no concept of "other people".

That was clearly visible when they were packing. It seemed, WONDERFULLY, that they were moving out. They had a little bakkie parked in one of the bays and were loading stuff on it when someone in one of the other flats arrived with stuff to be delivered. A wash machine and a couch. The man of this lovely neighbour-animals group STORMED across and started shouting at the driver of the little truck to "use your fucking brains a little! how the fuck am I supposed to get out here? What the fuck are you thinking? Fucksakes man! How the fuck are we to get out? What the fuck!!". Totally unreasonable. For one thing, he was still busy PACKING, so no URGENT need to get past, for another thing, the truck wouldn't have been there longer than about 5-10 mins, and another... HE COULD HAVE MOVED SO ASSHOLE COULDA GOT PAST!!! Hardly as if he was stuck... but assholes like that just overreact completely.

A bit later, when we were sitting outside enjoying the evening air and warmth, he walked past us after going out to buy something and muttered to us "enjoy your stay here, you're going to have fun staying here!". Almost seemed like a threat. BUT...

THEY'VE MOVED OUT!!!!

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's peaceful now, no screaming shrieking banging shit! YAYYYYYYYY! It's awesome now. I think if they hadn't moved out I would have gone nuts very soon. It's hard to live with inconsiderate bastards like that. Imagine: this man stands outside and shouts into the house to his wife... charming. Swears at his kids. Lovely. But anyway, not our concern anymore - YAYYYYYYY!!!

Yesterday, G's parents came to my place to fetch the fishtank and bring it carefully to the flat. It was a MISSION to catch all the fish, one of the black neons somehow went UNDER the undergravel filter plate and hid in the muck with 2 of the kuhli loaches. Little sods! I had to dig up all the gravel that was on top of the filterplate and lift it up, dislodging all fish poo and muck in the process, and try to catch them despite not being able to see much in the murk. Lucky I got them quite easily. Easier, in fact, than catching all the others ABOVE the gravel! For being such a little bugger, that black neon got to enjoy the ride to town in the kuhli loach bag *see previous post about kuhli loaches* All the other fish were separated according to species, except for him! I also had to separate the male and female congos cos they're just too big and skittish to fit into one bag.

Drove to town, offloaded the tank & equipment & brats, and G's parents had a look around the flat while they were here. They also love the place. We're having a flat warming tomorrow evening so they'll see the tank now that it's set up. Everyone will see the place! So exciting.

Ooh I haven't blogged about NY's yet! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Ok after saving that post yesterday and coming back to it today (6th Jan 2007), we’re waiting for 19:00. The flat-warming is tonight! So exciting! It’s gonna be great to see everyone together.

The fish are completely at home, no problems whatsoever. I’m dying to get a bird, maybe a canary or something like that, but it’d be quite lonely during the day. And birds’ sounds carry. Although (pleasantly) surprising in this place, neighbours’ sounds don’t carry so much. There are a few people who have little dogs here but you NEVER hear them, except when they’re going through the stairwell area on their way (excitedly) for a walk. Good, that, not having much noise (specially after those un-neighbours!). Sometimes we hear junky music coming from the flats opposite, which are above a restaurant, but that’s for about an hour hehe, so it’s tolerable. Just means that we close the windows/door when we’re playing music here, cos their music just clashes with ours. Yes, it IS that loud to interfere, but not if the windows/door are closed!!

It’s 18:10, I’m hungry. Mustn’t get tempted to start on the cheese puffs………………….

I’m starting to get anxious about the GI&GS order… I haven’t had any email replies (emailed twice) and still haven’t had an email confirming that they’ve been shipped. The transaction has gone through… but it’s a month later and still nothing. The moment we get our internet connection (after posting this LOL), I’m going to yahoo-phone them, to try to find out what’s going on.

My hifi is very frustrating. Its CD player lens keeps going off focus/blind/cannot read the CD. So you put a CD in it, and sometimes it plays, other times it reads how many songs there are and the playing time, but doesn’t manage to find the start of track one nor any other tracks. Sometimes it cannot even read the tracklisting or running time and spins the CD superfast and then throws it down again into the tray still spinning – CHARMING!! Time to get it serviced, AGAIN! It’s been a problem with this hifi since I got it, basically. I dunno, maybe a temperamental hifi, generally LOL.

Ok I think I’ll save this now, see if there’s anything that still needs preparation for nownow. Don’t think there’s anything. Would be nice if Fe and Te were coming, but sadly they’re all a plane-trip away now!! Miss you guys, see you soon!

Ok signing off for now, will add more to this later... Oh wait! I didn’t blog about NY’s! It was at W&S’s place, a bring ‘n braai. Basically the whole Anti-Social Society was there, as well as (obviously) W&S, and also X and L. Had a lekker time, chilling and chatting and joking and talking shit and having a ball, and having nice nice drinks. Mmmm nachtmusik and cinzano and something else. OMG did that have a sting in the tail! All the “power” sank to the bottom so you had a super-whammy when you got to the end of the drink! I felt RATHER wonky!! Got to witness the eye-toy, wasn’t up to playing with it though cos I think I might have wobbled a bit too much! Saw in the new year watching the countdowns on TV and well, each channel we tuned into had theirs when we tuned to them, so they were almost staggered hehe! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!..... ummm… HAPPY NEW YEAR PEOPLE!!..... oh ey, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!! ….. YAY HAPPY NEW YEAR…. Ermm…….

Ok signing off for real now, to be continued….

And I’m back. It’s now Monday 8th January 2007. The party was WONDERFUL! Thanks everyone for coming and making it such a special evening!! Caught up with everyone, at first we were all in the lounge and then the guys all basically ended up outside and the girls indoors still, then more people went outside, then I kinda rounded everyone up and everyone was outside. It was actually quite warm in the lounge and it was refreshingly cool outside. As the night settled in, it got colder and it was nice and warm indoors again, but by then people were starting to leave... time is abstract hehe, it was already later than it seemed!

Friday was B & N’s flatwarming/farewell/birthday party/get-together. Went to their place for snacks and chatting. N is leaving for UAE to work there. 2 months there, 1 month back... or something to that effect. I’m sure that’s going to be very trying at times, but they’re staying positive about it. Luckily “in this day and age” there are so many ways to communicate hehe!

Yesterday (Sunday), we went to my place and took Sis out for lunch with us to a lovely little restaurant/art gallery, Tibetan Teahouse. I had Thukpa Soup, VERY yum! Then G and I went to his parents’ place, to fetch *the curtains*! Friday we’d bought one curtain, to divide in half and put in the lounge cos those two windows are a bit small to warrant a curtain each. So on Saturday, G’s mom took the curtain and divided it and made it into two curtains for us! It was already ready very early on Sunday, hehe! Sounds like she’d worked overnight or something but apparently this curtain had a very simple construction which made it quick to do. We had supper at their place, and as soon as we got home we put the curtains up. They look STUNNING!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today was a rather mellow day for me. G went to work and I stayed at home, being still on leave. I washed up, vacuumed, washed my hair, read about [theories about the universe] and dozed a bit in the little sunny spot in the bedroom. Ended up going to nap properly in bed, it was so nice!

My list of things to do is something like this:

Study for my learners, and do the test, and go about doing driving lessons to get my drivers license

Stitch

Read

Ok it doesn’t sound like very much to do, like un-goallike, but that’s all that I feel like setting for myself at this point because on Monday, my new job starts, and I want to see how that affects my life first. Hopefully not too much. I think it will cut out my blogging/surfing/MSNing though, because at the ‘meeting’ the bosses and I had, they mentioned they were getting an IT co to assess our computers and needs, and they’re going to restrict which computers have access to the internet, most of them only being able to email. Basically I think they’re going to replace all the computer stuff. Which is a bloody godsend! First up I hope (although it will no longer be my problem) the (to quote many previous posts) FUCKING FAX PROGRAM!!!!!! OMG that HAS TO GO!! But I think I’ll be getting a decent PC, if not a new one. And hopefully I’ll get internet, being a secretary to HBBM and maybe needing to do online bookings/etc for him. Etc. I’ll see what happens. Anyway, yeah, I might not be able to MSN anymore during working hours, which is crappy but I reckon I’ll be busy enough with work hehe!

I’m getting amped for our internet connection to be installed here now, to post this stuff, and to catch up on my usual surfing! Dying to know what’s been happening on the pond, and I want to check my emails properly too... and also (of course) chat!!!

Ok I’ll save this for now... nothing much to post, I’ll start blabla’ing about nonsense in a min if I don’t stop!

Cheers for now, peeps!
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Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Lots of blog stuff to come...

This is just to keep the blog active, I haven't been at the pc much lately and the new inet connection will be up and running in about 2 weeks' time. So there is a lot of stuff I will want to post: pics, details, etc.

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