Occasional musings from a Left-coast Canadian ExPat in Oxford.
Well, it must be less than a month until my contract expires, because I am officially starting to get a little antsy about it. Last year staff weren’t officially re-signed until a mere 7 days before their deals expired. That doesn’t make me want it done now any less. I dreamed about work last night. … Continue reading tick tick tick
Some days I seriously doubt my ability to do my job. Funny thing though, it’s not because I don’t believe I’m smart enough – it’s because I’m too smart. On these kind of days, I tend to view the entire system as flawed, and counter-intuitive, and I can’t dumb myself down enough to plod along … Continue reading Brain Fart
First, a PSA – November is here, please get your poppy and donate generously.
Other than that, nothing interesting to report. I kicked a bit of ass at Training Jeopardy and won a company branded hoodie jacket. Handy, as I’ve been in the HOLYFRICKINHELLITSCOLDINHERE training room all last week and today.
And now, a meme. Stolen from everyone. After the jump.
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They have upped the coffee prices 36% in the Cafeteria.
This right around the time my poor addled brain and weary body are starting to demand two paco-sized mugs* a day instead of just one.
And y’all – I am already running myself into the poor house (why must you taunt me with your bonus time Clinique!)
So the dilemma is this: Do I get up early enough to brew a cuppa joe before I head out in the morning, likely negating the need for two cups at all – since it means I’ll actually be awake before I leave? Or do I just suck it up and fork out the cashola in exchange for that extra 20 mins of sleep?
Other points to consider: The cafeteria coffee here is among the most rancid I’ve ever tasted. My coffee consists of freshly ground premium beans (think Seattle based java emporium – I know someone who gets her “free pound of beans a week” and doesn’t drink the stuff), filtered water, and steamed soymilk.
What would Jesus you do?
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It’s discouraging to look out the window and notice that the sky is nearly identical in colour to the ceiling tiles. I am 2.2lbs smaller than I was this time last week. I plan to counter that with a combination of girls’ night tonight, and turkey on Sunday. The turkey plan may fail, since I’m … Continue reading Tidbits
This training room is still damn cold. They dangled hope in front of our faces by saying that “there are now three heating complaints for the [bigass] building – so I guess we’ll have someone come in to fix it.” But we are not fooled! And it is still not fixed. What we are is … Continue reading Ice Princess
Oh. My. God. I’m in another training class this week, and the room we’re in is BROKEN. Well, the room isn’t broken, but the Air Conditioning is. Broken in the way that means it Won’t. Turn. Off. At All. Ever. Thank goodness I’ve only got to endure another 40 minutes or so. Then I can … Continue reading FFFrreeeeezzzzing