27.09.04
Posted in Uncategorized at 1:02 pm by Sarah
I feel slightly overwhelmed by the amount and variety of stuff I have managed to occupy myself with for the last couple of days.
Friday night, me and couple of girls from work went to a 'designer fabric launch'i.e. excuse to have a party. It was… not as boring as I thought it was going to be. I had my first (and probably only) sip of a martini (ewww.. olives..) and we managed to pick up a designer and architect..!!?? The architect (who wore a baby-pink shirt) facinated us with his knowledge of star signs, while the designer spent the night trying to impress us with his wits, during which he managed to knock a glass of wine all over himself… hehehe. I spent most of the evening trying to appear polite without laughing at the crude jokes. Well, it just reminded me how hopeless people are.
Floriade was beautiful. We amused ourselves by taking photos (I got the digital for the day) and attempting to avoid getting any closer to the main stage where Nikki Webster and Dorothy the Dinosaur were doing their thing. We passed one garden bed where a sign explained that a school class had put together a 'water sounds' CD which emerged from speakers placed in the garden. If you closed your eyes it almost sounded like you were travelling through a sewer. We also saw a tiny replica of a turkish castle which included a crashed UFO in the neighbouring lake….
We also stopped off at the 'Big Merino' in Goulburn and exchanged memories of how it was so much cooler when you were younger…. while making fun of his many chins and glowing green eyes.
Yesterday I went domestic-crazy. Needless to say, the kitchen is now spotless, although I have serious doubts that it will stay that way.
And we started our sermon series on 'relationships'. Kinda challenging now it's a little more relevant. I cornered Will afterwards as well! I was fancinated by the idea of suffering within a relationship (fights, disagreements, hurting) can be a path to developing character… and from character perserverance and perserverance, hope! I guess I always boxed in 'suffering' to only mean certain things like suffering for the faith or suffering in health.
Anyway… yay for four-day week and a mega-long weekend!
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22.09.04
Posted in Uncategorized at 5:59 pm by Sarah
Ok, so I am incredibly bored. Why am I even at work? Therefore I shall use my time more wisely and post.
So some random chick asked me on the train yesterday 'how long does it take you to get to school?'. I'm still trying to figure out whether my work clothes look like a school uniform or I look young…. (going for the latter but suspecting the former). I could have answered quite nastily and said 'when? 6 YEARS ago?'… but I didn't. Given, this is one of those chicks that spends the entire train journey adding to her layers of makeup using tiny mirrors.
And I have excelled myself in weird injuries once more. I was leaning in the washing machine pulling out clothes when the lid came down right on the bridge of my nose. I now have a small dent… this is after spending the entire night worrying that I was going to wake up with black eyes. I still maintain the washing machine was attempting to eat my face.
Ok, so I am SO looking forward to going to Floriade in Canberra on saturday…. I just wish I could take some of these evil boring work hours and insert them into saturday to be used for good.
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21.09.04
Posted in Uncategorized at 1:57 pm by Sarah
Why is it that when a new incentive is introduced or a change takes place that people react almost immediately with a comment like 'yeah right, like that'll work..'.
Not only does it discourage the person who is pushing the new idea… but it sets a low standard. Why do people do that? Are they afraid to get up their expectations in case they are disappointed? Or are they stuck in their own routine and don't want that to change?
A small example would be a work situation yesterday where I was asked to write up a roster for people in the office to tidy the kitchen. I got to work and coordinated the right people for the right days and even wrote a small list of duties. But I was generally met with a flat 'we'll see how long that lasts' from most employees. Given, that may have been because they didn't WANT to clean the kitchen….
I am not innocent of such crimes however… with all the changes happening with night church, my first reaction was 'how is that going to work? it's going to throw everything out!'.. instead of perhaps looking at it as a good change.
What people don't get is that an idea won't get off the ground without a good attitude behind it. Of course it depends on whether the change is a good one. But even then wouldn't it be more helpful to suggest changes or reasons why it's not?
Is cultural or sinful or just plain hopelessness?
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17.09.04
Posted in Uncategorized at 7:33 pm by Sarah
when your boyfriend gets a journal he posts all your weekend plans so you have nothing left to write about…. 
How corny is that…. ?
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14.09.04
Posted in Uncategorized at 6:10 pm by Sarah
I love kids books…. so much more than any adult book. The books I loved reading while I was growing up are still my favourite books and probably will be forever.
I can read them over and over and still not get tired of them even though I know exactly what will happen next and exactly how it will end! Grown-up books could never live up to the fantasy and the simplicity of those stories.
The Narnia series has to be at the top of my list. What is with the people who only read 'The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe'? Ok, so they probably had to read it for school or something….. but they so miss out by not reading the rest.
I have the full 'Anne' series… and 'Emily'. Oh.. I loved those books. I refuse to watch any 'Anne of Green Gables' movies though…. they totally destroyed it.
What else? …. The BFG (read to us in year 6 – so good!), Little Women, The Adventurous Four (none of this 'Secret Seven'), The Secret Garden, Heidi… and probably many others that are hidden in my subconscious somewhere!
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10.09.04
Posted in Uncategorized at 7:19 pm by Sarah
Did I just go a week without posting? I think I did!!! Don't ask me why I find that exciting. Maybe it means i'm finding work a little more interesting than usual.
I shall try to list any worthy events;
Saturday: Introduced F to Bar Italia and it was proclaimed magnificent. Went to Attic and had heaps of fun with peoples (minus Al who was at some poetry thingy… what was with that?)
Sunday: Made a cheese cake – worthy to be mentioned I think…
Monday: JESS WAS 1 AND 20! Involved good food and eating the cheese cake. All the 'family' were present…good fun.
Tuesday: weirded-out lent me her washing machine for the night – discovered the joy of clean clothes again.
Wednesday: was a day of rejoicing…. the prodical receptionist returns!
Thursday: Made fairy wings! Found out we have to move in December and got my fortnightly slap on the wrist from J… sometimes I wonder why I bother…..
Looking forward to the next couple of months… it'll be crazy… but good crazy.
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03.09.04
Posted in Uncategorized at 4:19 pm by Sarah
Sometimes I wonder… how worked up about work stuff should I get?? Am I getting in too deep?
Should I become frustrated and have a righteous tamtrum over the newspaper who took it upon themselves to create a new graphic for our ad, ignoring the ones we sent, and then made the mistake of spelling metre 'meter'? Some of the only times I feel excited about work is when I have the opportunity to 'fix' something. Perhaps I thrive on organising messes. Please note, this doesn't neccessarily apply OUTSIDE of work…..
Despite all this I really feel the need for a break. Sick leave DOES NOT count.
I mean sometimes the appeal of work fades. The elastic-band-balls that you spent weeks making suddenly lose their brilliance, there's no pseudo work functions to go to….. and your boss is about to go on her annual Europe vacation.
Then there's the question of whether work SHOULD be appealing. Isn't it just a means of supporting a lifestyle that involves food and clothes and place to live? It is, but spending most of your waking hours doing something that you detest has to be bad for your health.
Of course… even if work is enjoyable… it doesn't change the fact that when you're at work, you still think about how much you'd rather be somewhere else. On Monday you try not to think about the week ahead, when Wednesday drifts past you wonder if it'll ever end, and on Friday you'll be counting down the minutes to 5 o'clock.
Or, as in my case, you'll be wasting time writing an oversized journal entry ABOUT work…
Maybe I'm restless… maybe I just need a holiday.
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