Let's get the formalities out of the way - Happy New Year everyone!! I can't believe it's 2010. Where does time go? Before I know it I'll be (insert age here). I think that covers the key cliches for this particular festivity though do feel free to comment and add some more - Mitch & Ria, I'm fairly sure you'll think up some clever ones to amuse me!!
I worked all the working days between Christmas and New Year, and though I had dreaded it, it wasn't quite as bad as I thought it would be. There was a bit of stuff going on - I worked on a few jobs and handled a few queries but nothing massive. One of my temps who always talks around but never actually asks for more money tried to convince me that in the new job she is doing she is acting as the HR Manager because she is placing ads on Seek. I was a little cruel and let her go on for a lot longer than I normally would have - normally I would scoff, tell her not to be so ridiculous and a monkey could do that work and the conversation would turn to other issues. But this time I really let her talk it up before I told her she was being ridiculous. Now I agree with most people that it is hard to work out what HR Managers really DO - however I am certain that it is substantially more than placing ads on employment websites.
I made an executive decision and removed my ex & all his family from my Facebook friends on 1 Jan. It's not that I don't like them - his family are lovely. But I just don't want to keep looking back - we really have no common ground now, and the few conversations I have with my ex are very superficial and somewhat strained. It's obvious he's not particularly interested in a friendship with me, and that is absolutely fine - I have lots of wonderful friends! I don't really know what I am supposed to be to his family - I'll just always be that ex-girlfriend who keeps hanging around if I keep hanging around and I am definitely not that girl. So if any of you are reading this - I'm sorry if I hurt you by doing what I've done. And if you've just found out by reading my blog, I'm even more sorry!! It's not about you - it's about me and moving on and realising that to be the best I can be I have to keep looking forward. But I will always appreciate the time I had with you all. :)
I am currently reading Lance Armstrong's book, It's Not About the Bike. The man is an inspiration. I wikipedia'd him but it turns out he is happily in a relationship with someone who has had his child. My chances to wed him appear limited. Also, I can't ride a bike. So it may be that our relationship would be short-lived because I am just a little bit retarded. At one point about 6 weeks ago, I made my Facebook status "Bec is making a public commitment to learning to ride her bike before 31 Dec 2009". That date has now passed, some days ago. And still, I am unable to ride the bike. In fact, I did not even get the bike out of the garage after I wrote that status. It's just one of those things that is perpetually on my to-do list. I must learn this year. I've declared 2010 the Year of the Bec so maybe that means I'll acheive all those things I was too lazy/spastic/unco to do last year.
I've been playing a lot of Super Mario Bros on Wii with my youngest brother, Grant. When I say a lot, I mean up till 1am on school nights territory. It is addictive and exceedingly frustrating when we can't complete a level - the game gives you unlimited lives basically, so we just keep doing it over and over, often dying in the same spot time and time again. I've noticed some changes in the way I see things when I am not playing - for example, I find myself looking for turtle shells which may come careering towards me and knock me off the footpath, or make me shrink to half my current size. I look out for coins, and pipes I may be able to proceed down into hidden worlds. This happened to me when I was addicted to Mario Kart on Wii too - it completely took over my driving, I found myself experiencing strong urges to ram other drivers or shoot shells at them.
Must away to bed. This will be the first night in the last little while that my head hits the pillow before 1am!
