Rave: In Australia! Rant: Just slept for 16 hours. Yay jet lag. I'm proud of myself for surviving roundabouts that turn the right ( read: wrong) way.
Rant: My apartment neighbor's Labradoodle puppy has started barking his ass off nonstop when he is let out into our front yard and they aren't doing much (yet) to stop it. Now the neighborhood will probably think I'm an asshole with my dog too, despite his good behavior. Plus the dog also snuck into my bedroom and took a dump on the floor while my roommate was supposedly watching him. The little shit isn't so cute anymore. Rave: My neighbor below me just got a yellow lab puppy and he'll be picking it up in a few weeks. Cue excitement! I don't think this will be a rant because this neighbor is very good with his cocker spaniel (an extremely well trained dog) and my lab should have another solid hunting companion too, whereas the neighbors with the Labradoodle are just struggling with him. Rave: A friend I've been close with since childhood is due in October. More excitement. I guess I've entered that phase now where friends will now start having kids after all of their weddings I've been to.
Rant: Between the wind, the pollen, and having to stare a computer all day, my eyes are fucked. They're absolutely burning. I may have to take a sick day tomorrow. Damn it. A few days shy of a year with the company and I haven't taken a single sick or personal day yet. (I did take an unpaid day off when I got the call that my aunt was going to die at any moment, but I had warned them if I got that call I would have to go, like right now. And I did get 3 days of bereavement when she passed, which I didn't expect.) I just hate missing work, it makes me feel like I'm slacking.
Rant: No disrespect to the Navy, but I'm definitely in the middle of the advertising version of "The only easy day was yesterday." Handed a major project right in the goddamn middle of it right before it was to go into production. Received incorrect or partial information, was told it was cleared by legal when it wasn't, and received other important information late. None of this shit has anything to do with anything I set up, but all the bad news and fucked up shit now has my name on it. I'm getting burned with a brand new client before I've even met half of them in person. FUCKING GREAT!
Rant: I eat healthy and I get sick. Like food poisoning is causing a black geyser of evil spouting of of me a both ends. Why sushi? WHY? Fried pork never treated me wrong! I throw up and I taste salad dressing. Rave: IZombie and Daredevil to watch soon and plenty of books to read while my stomach re-sets, going to watch FF7 tonight if I can go an afternoon without causing an oil spill in my pants. Rave (Irony): Today is the 5 year anniversary since I finished Peace Corps service, so it kind of figures I would have violent gastric distress.
Rave: $4500 that is how much less I have to write a check to the IRS for than I thought I was going to have to.
Rant: my buddy and his family are locked in a room at a truck stop in Illinois while a tornado roars past Rave: looks like it is heading past them, not at them. Rant: right at a town, however
Rant/Rave: I injured myself pretty badly last year and haven't been able to play golf since last July. I tried to swing a couple of times in September, but it still hurt. Going to the range today and crossing my fingers that everything is healed. If not, could be surgery.
Rave: Perth has been awesome. So great to catch up with old friends and see how the city has changed. Rant: Clingy people who get too attached too quickly. You know who I'm talkin' to.
Rant: Got sprayed with reclaimed water at the golf course. My colleague claims its an accident, I may accidentally hit one of his mirrors with a bat. Rave: New car got in today, as well a spot opened up at CancerCon. Aside from getting sprayed with treated sewage water, there have been some good things that have happened today
Rave Got a new job. Considering unemployment around here one month down wasn't bad, I now have an easier job that pays more and has better prospects. Thanks for the severance and the axe, What's-Your-Names. Rant A 145 km (87 mile) daily commute. Yowza.
Rant: Holy shit are people judgy. I hab a job offer for a relatively rare but cool profession. I turned it down, because I just didn't feel comfortable during the interview and the day I spent there, altough it was a pretty good offer. And now everyone asks me about it and when I tell them I turned it down, I can almost physically feel the judgement of the people, because it seems I was supposed to take it, because maybe once in a lifetime offer, altough they wouldn't want to do this job themselfes. I can do whatever I goddam please, thank you. Really inclined to just flat out lie to people about these things from now on.
Rant/Rave: My wife is pregnant. We have been talking about trying for a few months now, but still comes as a shock.
RANT: 384 questions on an anatomy and physiology lab assignment. !384! What the fuck? And that's In addition to the regular work, the discussion question, the extra bullshit homework assignment, and working full time. I cannot wait for this semester to be over. I'm sick of school. That R.N. really seems like an impossibility right now.
Rant: Fuck you, ringneck pheasants fighting on my roof in the wee hours of the morning. Fuck you. Rave: New job prospects are looking good.
Rave: Just sent in the rent application for a house my girlfriend and I looked at this week. I'm excited. It was just renovated and has the features we really want (in particular for me a perfect basement for my workshop with a huge fenced in backyard for gardening that my dog will love too) and is in our current area that we want to stay in for at least a few more years too. I'd be a liar if I didn't say I was a little anxious over moving in with her too but know we're ready for it. Rant: Landlord has been showing my place without any notice while my roommates and I have been out. Not cool. Plus the asshole had the gall to ask me if I'd loan him $3-4K a few days ago so he could finance his next house purchase, which he bought on impulse last week and thought for maybe a minute before asking me for money. Every time I see him, he always says how I'm going to miss my apartment and (shitty awful) basement so much when I move out, and I can't wait to see him realize he's so wrong about that. Rant: Prima donna sales reps being a pain in the ass and making my job difficult. Rave: My girlfriend is done with tax season now so I can actually see her during the week again, and is headed off to Vegas for a bachelorette party today for a much-needed vacation. My weekend plans mainly revolve around fishing and drinking. Fine by me!
Rant/Rave: I'm recovering from surgery I had earlier in the week. I'm still a bit in pain and my movements are still limited, but I've been waking up feeling significantly better each day. Today was the first day I could walk around at somewhat of a normal person pace with somewhat of a normal person posture, and the first time I got in and out of bed without sliding around in a groaning puddle of limbs. I just still look like I've been beaten the fuck up. I have notoriously bad veins and since I hadn't been able to eat or drink in nearly 24 hours by the time I got in it was even worse, so after a few tries they ended up putting the IV in my neck, so now I have bruises all up my arms and neck. I'm hoping to go outside today, but even though it's nice out I think I may need to wear a scarf so I don't scare small children or make women nervous. But, hopefully this all means I won't have to deal with all of the symptoms that led to me needing the surgery anymore, and I'm pretty sure (and hoping) that this was the last of the long line of bullshit I needed to tackle in what has so far been a STELLAR year and things will just keep getting better from here. I decided to celebrate by officially quitting my job. I'd been sitting on the news for a few weeks, but decided to delay it for a little bit for a few reasons. I got a new job offer on the spot at an interview, where I went in hoping to get one job and then was asked to basically help her run the whole thing. It's a little bit of everything that I love and am interested in all in one job, so I'm really excited about it.