Occasional musings from a Left-coast Canadian ExPat in Oxford.
With the sale of the company today, the interview I was supposed to have at 2:00pm for my “dream job” at that company was cancelled. That position (and any new hiring) has been postponed indefinitely. It’s obviously time for me to look long and hard at the situation, and take my pro-active approach to finding … Continue reading This Blogger will Self-Destruct
Wanna know what pisses me off, more then anything else in the world, ever? When someone says they’re going to do something, then DOESN’T DO IT. Commitments have been made (or strongly implied) in both my personal and professional lives. And have yet to be fulfilled. It’s driving me INSANE. If I can paypal you … Continue reading Waiting.
Ok, pity party over. It’s time to reclaim the mojo. I’ve never read Steven Covey’s 7 Habits books, but when I had the mojo, there were some hard and fast rules and habits that I lived by. I was more than just an effective person, I was a machine. When the mojo was flowing I … Continue reading Takin’ it Back
The cockblocking continues. Sometime between going to bed last night, and getting up this morning, I lost my house keys. Thankfully my brother has an extra set, and dropped them off for me this afternoon, but in the interim I have no mail key. This is completely traumatising, because I don’t lose things. Ever. I’m … Continue reading 1d10t
Dear GlaxoSmithKline, I’d like to thank you for the service your TUMS Extra Strength antacid/calcium supplements provide me. I can safely go to sleep with minty fresh breath, chalky residue on my tongue, and positively fortified with calcium – all in an effort to treat my “sour stomach caused by excess stomach acidity.” Please make … Continue reading Complaint
I was up freakishly early today. At least it means I get to leave work freakishly early as well. It doesn’t mean the day is going by any faster though. T-minus 2.5 hours until gym time. I seem to be entirely out of mojo. I can’t get no satisfaction. You know I’m feeling really down, … Continue reading Yes, we have no bananas.
Valentine’s Day is coming up. I’ve never been single going into it before (I was dumped V-Day afternoon once, but we don’t talk about that). Unless I run into the love of my life within the next 11 days, I’m pretty sure I’ll still be single when it rolls around. I’m not quite sure what … Continue reading Decision Time
Remind me to NEVER do that again. I went out with the work crew on Friday night (it is now Sunday morning) starting at about 4:00pm. Four bars and many, MANY drinks later, I landed in my bed at about 2:30am. I thought I was just hungover, but I got to contend with a migraine … Continue reading Speak vewwy vewwy softly!
I sat up until 12:45 talking with my brother. I hope he leaves that girl. I doubt he will. He shares my desire to see the absolute best in people no matter what. Usually to our detriment. Instead of being pro-active, he’s waiting for her to dump him this weekend. I just worry about what … Continue reading So. Tired.
Who’s the bestest big sister in the world? Yep. That’d be me. My youngest brother crashes on my couch a night or two a week to save himself a couple hours of sleep on the nights he works at his part-time job downtown. Tonight is one of those nights. The poor chap is also having … Continue reading Who Me?
I’ve been debating over what to write lately – everything I think of seems to be either very mundane, or very whiney. I figure my readers don’t need to hear about either of those – but how about both! mundanities I had a pretty quiet weekend. Friday evening was spent out with friends playing Carcassonne … Continue reading Up n Down
Not to freak anyone (or myself) out, but what I had sounds an awful lot like the Mumps (which is a word that, if you say it to yourself enough times, sounds absolutely ridiculous). I figured this out when I looked at my (still slightly swolen) tongue in the mirror this morning and it looks … Continue reading Hypochondriac
After a lovely day spent in excruciating pain on my couch, I am actually glad I’m well enough to be at work today. I’m not exactly sure what the bizarro illness I had was, but here’s a rundown of the symptoms: -very slight fever (ran between 37.2 and 38C) -paralysing body aches -extreme vertigo upon … Continue reading Back in the Saddle
I am officially sick. Achey, flushed, sore throat, fever, headache. And my brother is here. He has a knack of showing up whenever I want him not to. Extra tired? Sick? Cranky? It’s almost guaranteed that he’ll be on my couch when I arrive home. Can’t I just come home and wallow in my misery … Continue reading 98.6+
Yes, I’m still here. Just totally uninteresting. Remember all that stuff I did the weekend before last? Now that it’s finally been done, last weekend was full of all sorts of nothing. It was bliss. I’m pretty happy that the strike didn’t mess up my class at all, though I wonder just how far the … Continue reading Blip Bloop