Ya Ya it's Wednesday

Yargh, I am hitting the point of exhaustion tonight. It's my 3rd day of my SQL 2005 course and I've come home to make soem study notes for an exam I have on Sunday. I've no other time to study apart from tonight and I won't be getting much study done Saturday. Which i've just made notes for all 8 modules so I'm OK. But I have this stupid song in my head and it's actually the theme song for Jem - Jem is my name no one else is the same, jem is my name JEM! Now I find myself turning on my external hard drive so that I can listen to it as I'm such a DORK I have it on my external hard drive. My mobile phone got wet yesterday so while i've managed to revive it, I have ordered a sony ericsson w910i in silky white
Okay, so after a bit of searching I do not have JEM on my hard drive which is a relief so I'm listening to la isla bonita instead :) When I was younger, my sister and cousins used to sit around and sing to madonna. No one told me but i'm a terrible singer. Like REALLY bad like you would see on one of those idol shows.

What to do when germed up

You may be aware but I'm on my 2nd course of anti-biotics and it's still throwing me about somewhat. I've got stuff to study, things I need to get done but unable to as my head is so cloudy. This weekend has so far been brilliant. Yesterday I managed to sleep in until 12:30, which I never do, and I stayed home all day. Didn't go out once. Just stayed home and relaxed, trying to recover from this bug. Today I'm doing the same but had a sleepless night due to my back just in excruciating pain. I need to do a hair mask but may save that for Wednesday night instead I think I'll have a bath with maybe a mixture of epsom salts and some bubble bath. It does sound like a bit too much effort though and even though the bath will be warm, I just can't entertain the fact that maybe my shoulders will not be so warm. What to do - bath or no bath? I am about to pop downstairs to make my lunch but over this fantastic weekend of doing nothing and feeling absolutely relaxed for it, I have watched a few movies. The latest indiana jones I thought was quite pants and I may need to re-watch it after nearly having fallen asleep. Sex and the City - Oh my god, this has to be one of my favourite movies this year. It wasn't what I thought it would be and I'm so glad I saw it. What a great movie. I watched a couple of family movies. Family movies are great when times of feeling sick. But I'm a little too embarrassed to name them. But I do enjoy a good family movie. I might see if there is anything that I can see again out of my DVD collection and it's just come to me. I'm going to watch Legally Blonde. Just the first one. Love that movie!!! Okay, so I'll skip off now and do that, and if I need to for any reason, I'll pop back and update... let's hope I don't. Let's hope I continue on with my current relaxing frame of mind. I am however fighting the urge to redesign this site.

Back on the pills

I am back on the Anti-biotics as my symptoms still haven't cleared. I nearly fainted today quite a few times. On the way home from work (I have no sick days left) I wasn't sure whether I was going to faint or vomit! I can tell they have started working their magic as I have runny poos. But I haven't been able to stick anything in my ears for 3 weeks, so I can't listen to my ipod. My concentration is fading and I could hardly read my book on the train ride home. I took the 2nd train home as it was only 2 mins after my train. I love taking the upper ferntree gully train as it goes to my stop and is always less packed than the Belgrave / Lilydale lines. Argh, I feel terrible.

It was quite testing at work today because we have a temp in and yesterday when our receptionist was showing her the ropes as we are in an open plan office and we don't actually have a reception, we have a video monitor. Well, she didn't know how to fill in a bank slip and was asking all these stupid questions and I was like omg this is going to be funny. Today I got just a tad frustrated as she just didn't know anything. She has to go across the road and pick up news papers and she says to me, what papers do I have to get. So I told her. Then she says Will the person at the counter know what I want and I said, I don't know just say you are from (company name) and that you need the Age and the Australian. there was more shocking things to come but it was just annoying.

Do the wrap with Duraseal

With no anti-biotics left, I'm sitting here and I'm not sure whether to fall asleep or vomit! I can feel the right side of my glands sticking out, they are indeed inflamed. Looks like another trip to the doctor is called for but I'll try to brave it until Thursday, see if it improves. At the moment I look hideous. My skin looks pale and withdraw, my eyes make me look like a blimmin raccoon for creaps sake. But I went and saw the Dark Knight in the weekend. Very good I thought. I've got my flat inspection tomorrow. The house is as tidy as it will get. I'm not going to any special trouble, but it's 90% of the time always tidy. Sometimes I think I mess it up just so I'll have something to do. I've put a bit of weight on since I've been sick. I've basically been grabbing any food I can get to dull the stomach pains. So I will have to watch what I eat until I can get enough energy to go back to the gym. Tonight I watched Big Brother and yay nana Teri won!! Go Teri! I was hoping she would. My sister wanted Rory and voted altogether about 60 times. I'm sure my mobile phone bill is going to be huge next month. Another bill I can afford to do without! But hey it's my birthday next month. My brother is getting me this lovely arometherapy kit. I told him that I like to know what I'm getting for presents and I don't like surprise presents (well, not really anyway) because most of the time I will go out and buy it for myself so I like to ensure that people know what to get me. I don't really have anything that I particularly want. I've got enough reading books to keep me going for maybe 3-4 months, I've got enough skin care products and the clothes that I want are all from bluefly.com and it's just too much of a hassle to get that organised. I'm reading one of my favourite books of all time still: The Medici - Godfathers of the Renaissance. I went back to work today and while it was a struggle for about 3/4 of the day, I'm glad I went because it's just so busy.

Only 4 hours

Sleep is what I got last night. I am still suffering from a virus and last night I couldn't sleep. I look at the clock. Argh, it's 1:24am.  I soon fall asleep but then awake to the noise of the garbage men coming early - 5:20am.  They are very noisy as there is the standard garbage and then the recycling garbage. This goes on for an hour.  Damn, I am going to be exhausted today I thought.  Work is going OK so that is fine. My head goes in and out of blurryness so I'm not really too fussed about that.  The most pressing issue is trying to find what skin care stuff to purchase. I don't really need anything at the moment, shall I get some fragrance. I am doing and order for someone else, so maybe I should think ahead to what I may need. Darn, maybe I should treat myself to some Decleor stuff? When I say treat, I mean something different - indulgent. I could get a scrub from L'occitane, but it is similar pricing in the stores. I dunno. I got some gucci II last week so I don't need any more fragrances. I still have to finish all the stuff I have already. I nearly fell asleep on the train this morning. I managed to get a seat after 2 stops, so that was good. In one instance, I looked up from semi falling asleep and this guy was staring at me. Felt kinda weird like did I look really funny or just simply exhausted.  Yesterday, I had to go out and get some stuff and I had to get a draw thing for my room, it was a bit heavy, but by the time I got it home, I was almost out of breath. I shouldn't have done it as it actually left me shaking.  But at least the room looks tidier.  Gosh, I can't wait for the end of the day. I am going to go home, dinner, take a sleeping tablet, shower, clean my room in time to watch big brother I have a flat inspection tomorrow morning so it has to be tidy. I just really need to clean my room up.

Kitchen Stuff

I've been on antibiotics, been a bit sick so I haven't been bothered for a while to update the blog. I go back to work tomorrow so yay. Today I went along to a factory outlet and got a large Souffle dish and 4 ramekins. Here's a couple of pics the 2nd and 3rd were done using Xenofex Alien Skin Plugin in photoshop (how I love their tools, don't have time to learn how to use them though.




Oh and I'm now down to age 29 in my Brain Training!!!

Kiwi Tourists

Gosh, I find NZ tourists annoying. Today I was on my way to QVM to get my fruit and vegetables for the week when this Maori lady with her daughter (sure they were nice enough) were asking questions about where to get back on the tram. Then the lady said she was from NZ. Now, I had the joy of waiting with her when we were all waiting for the tram to go back in to the city. She was asking a random lady questions about trams and how her husband is coming over and then started talking about her whole family. And, I've noticed this a lot about NZ tourists, and I personally find it irritating. We've only just met you. I don't want to hear about your life story and how many brothers and sisters or daughters or sons you have. That's just too much information. This lady in about 3 minutes covered a lot of information. Well, you could really call my sister an Australian as she been here for 40 years. Blah Blah Townsville, blah blah Auckland. So what, I come from the same place you do lady and I wasn't interested in having a bar of it. I just can't believe they tell you their whole life history. I almost felt sorry for the lady she was talking to!

It's reflection time again

It’s my birthday next month and I don’t know if it’s that fact or just a lot of stuff coming together but it’s reflection time again. My first worry is why is nothing ever good enough for me? I’m always too something, too skinny, put on a kg then I’m simply not skinny enough. Argh. I think I think about myself far too much. Why is that? I hate the phases in my life where I look at other people’s and compare them to my own. Sure some reflection can be great, or maybe it’s my latest novel that I’m reading that has got my panties in a twist. I am single, whom else do I have to reflect upon. The latest novel sometimes reminds me of stuck up b*tards, but really, if I was that bothered I would stop reading. Which is great, because my next instalment just turned up. The Penguin History of NZ. I’ve been wanting this book for a couple of years and now I have it. Yay, all 600 pages. I can’t wait to get started on this one, but it will take me a while. I won’t be able to read it on the train through fear of being beaten when I get off!

I also went on a weekend road trip and even though I had a great time I still feel somewhat exhausted. I have a dinner party to plan this weekend. Here is what I am thinking for the meal – it will not be elegant, but merely just a casual occasion with a hearty meal.

Entrée – chorizo & haloumi skewers (and maybe some canapés as well)
Main – Thyme and Feta Lamb and Baked Onions with Paremesan & Cream
Dessert – Strawberry and Marscapone tart. (That’s the dessert I make the most)

I’m hoping it will go down OK. I have not really cooked lamb chops before, so we’ll see how it goes. While I know it is not hard, I want to be sure the meal is a success.