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March 25, 2006
Walking in the rain is good for your soul
I decided to walk in the rain on Friday. It may not have been good for my health, but it was good for my soul. I love having the elements batter me from all sides, making me feel so insigificant. I walked the whole 2 miles and came out the other side drenched. The whole way I was smiling, which to the onlookers may have given the wrong impression. It did occur to me that I looked a bit of a loon, the only one embracing the cold, absolutely soppy wet, and grinning from ear to ear occasionally singing " singing in the rain" (the original, not Mint Royale version-I don't think those stunts would be taken as a sign of being more sane><), but I didn't care.
My coat still smells a bit damp, and I hope to God it's dry by Monday. Also, we have plants. Hoorah. I love plants. We have a hanging basket, and little pom-pom tree outside in the "courtyard" > i.e. 2 by 2 brick slab. I also have eaten far too much this week, and have a food hangover. I think I may be having soup for a while, because my stomach has been well and truly stretched by all the food and liquid I have consumed. Mind, it's no thank to Leslie's fabulous cooking, which we just can't seem to get enough of. My plate is finished evey evening.
Hmm, clocks "spring" forward tonight, so I am going to turn all the clocks forward now, which technically will make it 23:24, which is bedtime time. Have a good Mother's Day!
Posted by kat at 10:15 PM | Comments (0)
March 20, 2006
All work and no play...
So the studies are going well. I have already completed 29 marks out of 100 from my assignment. Considering I am only 1/4 of the way through, I am proud with that result. I am all jazzed up on decaf tea, and rarin' to go for my next session.
This weekend was interesting. By interesting I mean I sat and watched Sky 24/2 (it can't be 7 as it was only a weekend). We do not have the luxary of Sky, purely because we don't watch tv, however my manager does! How weird is that>I stayed at my manager's house for the weekend. Granted I was cat-sitting her lovely puddies, but weird.
Speaking of weird, I'll tell you what is weird....my area manager asking me if I had ever modelled. There I was, mucking about as usual, and I see the area manager walking over so I pretend to look all busy and supervisory. I rattled on about how fantastically well our team's project was going, and yada yada yada....and he listens to all this gumphf and then asks me if I had ever modelled because " I looked very striking". It was one of those awkward moments where I smiled and proceeded to shuffle and resort all the paper that I had just sorted and said some form of "no, well really, um......." and trailed off. It just something your Mr Bean look-a-like, act-a-like manager doesn't say to you. Then Phil proceeded to make kissing sounds everytime he walked past. I swear that kid is going to get a boot to his head next time he does that. They really do know how to embarrass a girl.
Anywoo, work to do. Need to get alot done so I can level my ninja this weekend......hoorah.
Posted by kat at 7:31 PM | Comments (0)
March 14, 2006
Frivolities
Is that even a word, I don;t know, and I can't be arsed to look it up either. So today I saw the light at the end of the tunnel again, and I'm pretty sure they weren't the fires of hell, but some bastard with a torch with more work. I like work, and I like to be kept busy, but at the moment I just can't be arsed. I'm not depressed, or down in the dumps, just lazy. These past two weeks have been slow and lazy. I think it's my body's way of telling me I should hibernate. It's way overdue anyway, the daffodils are making an appearence already, next the choclate easter bunnies will be hopping around spreading their chocolatey delights across the land.
So, back to the title, frivolities: (noun) frivolous acts of silliness, like when you've been sitting in the same seat on the bus for the past 2 years, and all of a sudden you decide to sit in the back-little to your knowledge you would be assulted by some drunk teenager with tourette's, never-the-less it was an act of frivolousness (is that even a word as well?), throwing caution to the wind, and being rebellious. Another good example would be instead of taking your annual leave as two bog holidays, as you have for the ast 3 years, take a day off, preferably a Monday, in April, and then plan a trip with your mother. Nowhere exciting, just to the other side of the island, and then call it an exotic holiday.
Okay, so my life lack substance and any form of excitement at the moment, but I'm making the most of it. I am off to bed to contemplate love, life and everything else, including the age old question of "Does the Easter bunny actually exist, and how do I make lifelong friends with him?"
Posted by kat at 8:33 PM | Comments (0)
March 11, 2006
Monday, Tuesday, happy days....
So I've been a bit of a recluse at the moment, here's why. My brother has been in Monaco for a week, and as I don't like an empty house, I decided to camp out at my mom's. Monday proved to be a difficult day, but for good reason. Someone up there was not happy with me and decided that Karma would teach me to be a better person. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, eh? I felt a stronger person for Monday. I even started studying again, and bought my swimming towel. Now I have no excuse.
Tuesday proved to be even more testing when I bought myself a new bra after a tough day at work. My mom was saying how I looked like I had lost weight, so I decided to go for a size down, which I was quite happy to do. Someone up there was, again, not too pleased with me, and decided that one size down wasn't enough. I stood in my room at home with my bloody pathetic chest arching my back, trying to fill up this damned bra. Serves me right for not trying it on I suppose. My mom suggested stuffing it with tissues, which didn't seem like such a bad idea. I decided a better idea would be to eat more chocolate. Tuesday was not going to flatten my spirit though, I was ready for any challenges that the man upstairs was going to throw at me. There is always a solution to a problem. Oohh, I also bought a superb novel Tuesday, which I have almost finished. I'm glad to be back reading again.
Wednesday was interesting to say the least. I got home from an uneventful day, and to my surprise my mom, who was only due back 1 1/2 hours after my arrival, had locked the front door. I sat outsaide the house miserable. I tried being angry at the door as well. Then a light bulb started shiningin somewhere in my cranium. Being South African pays off, I know how to break into houses. With my skillful fingeres, I managed to break in at another entrance.
Thursday was a friend's birthday, and we had a lovely evening out at a restaurant. When it was time to leave, we decided we would have a swift one at the pub before we left. We ended up in some side ally in the dodgiest pub I have ever been too....and it was a karioke night. Needless to say we didn't stay long.
Friday was so boring I nearly fell asleep at my desk. And that's all.
Aside from my daily activites, a few outcomes from the week were:
Shirley and I are going to do something for Cancer research....we do not know what yet though, but we will do something to raise money.
Shirley and I have also organised a team for a bike race. A little different from the usual bike race, but we are looking forward to 14 May, all 23 of us on the same bike ><
I have once again embarked on a study frenzy
I have once again become a bookworm
Overall, I am happy with the outcome of this week, and feel like I'm getting back on track. There is light at the end of the tunnel, at it isn't the fires of hell.
Posted by kat at 5:37 PM | Comments (1)
March 1, 2006
Losing control
I feel like I'm losing control over things, and not in a good way. My organising doesn't seem to be working, and things keep going wrong. I can't remember things, or keep track of what is happening in my life at the moment. Life is just too damned busy these days. All this extra responsibility has gotten on top of me. I seem to have people think I'm some superhuman who can take loads and loads of work, and never break down. Well, I'm not that sodding Energiser bunny, I can tell you that. I get paper from above, I get work from below, because people act too stupid, and then don't have to do the work, because you realise that if it doesn't get done at that precise moment, there will be a complaint, and so take the work off them, because you will have to deal with the complaint in the long run anyway. I hope thet will pay me more for this...sheesh, I'm going to bed at 9:00 every night so I can pull an 8-5:15 sans lunch hour (well with lunch hour, but at my desk, so people just disregard that you are on your lunch anyway-the sandwich in my beak doesn't seem to make them think twice).
Enough moaning, spring is on its way, and with it......bunnnies. I <3 them bunnies. I think I shall have a lovely bubble bath, and hop into bed, and hope that tomorrow brings with it time to study as my eyes hurt far to much to read thick text. Also, I have the swimming pool times, and may even go look for a swimming towel tomorrow. That's two steps further to getting fit. I've also taken to walking 2 1/2 miles in the evening to my brother's car. It really invigorates me for that short period.
Posted by kat at 8:02 PM | Comments (0)