freeish!
well, nearly. i went in to centrelink today, to get off austudy. they tried hard to convince me to go back on the dole, and look for work, and chuck in my two day a week carreer for any old full time job they can throw at me. for half as much money as they’d give me if i weren’t bothering to work.
i have been waiting a while for that moment, but they managed to ruin even that; there is still the possibility that a fuss will be made that because someone thinks i should’ve taken myself off payments in december. the facts are in my favour, but the possibility of dispute hanging over my head defeats the purpose of refusing money so that i can walk away triumphantly. because of course, with centrelink the facts aren’t the important thing.
eccentricity
i think that after two weeks, even short weeks of holding it all in for work, i was just due for a little eccentricity. the house was noisy with more blaring music and banging pots than my headache could handle, so i went for a walk wearing just my red and white stripy dress and my coat, with keys in one pocket and phone in the other.
the ground was warm under my bare feet, the breeze was pleasant and mild and the rhythm seemed to suit, so i just kept walking. to stanmore rd. then i couldn’t resist the piles of grapes and nectarines and plums and kiwifruit and avocadoes and tomatoes and mangoes that i just had to take a peek at, so i ended up with a small box full of a selection, and if i were to eat three of the nectarines on the way home, of course the only way to carry it would be on my head.
so off i went, down a side street and back along the train line. stripey, singing and carrying a box on my head which regularly threatened to collapse all over me, i made it all the way home.
new job
i finally started my long awaited job. now maybe i can start to relax!
it’s been months and months since they told my father they’d employ me and i was given a number to ring. it’s been months since my interview that noone but me turned up to. so much waiting for return of communication, and considering how disastrous my previous job in the field was, the whole thing has been tying me up in knots.
the first day was quite promising, though so was the first day at sca… but here, i got to do a whole project, amongst the computer login troubles and being dismissed with Industrial Noise Policy to read. i got to calculate what glass was required for the windows of a proposed building from just the address, a flight path map and a standard! take one egg, a cat and a length of string… and my report got sent to the client!
so, it looks quite promising. as long as i get enough sleep to get through each day. that means going to bed now…
catch up
i haven’t written for a while
i stopped when our generous neighbours, who were letting us use their wireless, suddenly put a password on it. no warning, no internet. that was last year. we’re still waiting on house internet but at least i now have my own interim unwired account, after using meela’s for a while, and before that, sitting in the car wherever i was, trying to catch stray unlocked connections.
much has happened in the last six weeks, that i haven’t quite managed to record. i’ll try to put some of it down… in the last week or so, life has been intense. fast and emotional. very good side by side with very stressful. i ran a couple of screen printing workshops, which were very good, though exhausting. at the first one, i got my car towed for being in a clearway, though the sign didn’t say it was. i’m still stressed about contesting that, i’ve gotten legal advice and still don’t know what to say. i should make some phone calls, but it’s the weekend.
i’m starting a job tomorrow. my third acoustics job – hopefully this one will be ok and last a respectable amount of time. i’m trying to not put too much emphasis on the fact that the boss didn’t manage to show up for my interview, and rather appreciate that he finally got back to me, and let me name my own starting date. hm.
with meela, i still feel like i’m second in line most of the time, whether it’s to absent people, or even to the cat. i understand when she’s missing people, but i’m a little impatient about being ignored in favour of a cat.
