Busy Busy Busy...and Exhausted

So I've  been pretty go go go non-stop lately. Last weekend I worked my butt off at my grandparent's house. We were cleaning out the garage and house because it has been sold. Saturday it was me, Mum, Geoff, Colleen, Marg, Neil, Tracey and Jay. We did a great job of getting rid of stuff into a skip. We took a little trip to Maccas for lunch...which was an adventure. Ordering for everyone was kinda problematic, and the whole experience was weird.
That night I went to Kay and Nick's...once I got there, after being stuck in Springvale rd waiting to move through a police booze bus line. -They didn't even test me!
We hate fancy pizza and tried to watch some some Gilbert and Sullivan...but as usual we got distracted after a while. We looked at all Brett and Sarah's trip pics, it was cool to see how some things had changed since I went.


Last week was a general work week for me. Thursday night I had the place to my self cause everyone else went out. It was good though, cause I got to watch some tv outside of my room.
Friday night I went straight to Vanessa's again after work. This time I tried Springvale rd instead of Westall, but I think it took longer, so I'll stick to the regular way.

Saturday I tried to sleep in, but I only was able to sleep till 9 or something. I had the place to myself after I dropped Scott at his footy in Box Hill (after taking him to the ATM first). I did 3 loads of washing, clothes and sheets - that kept me busy. In between that I watched 2 Alias commentaries...which I had forgotten were good cast ones. I also watched an ep of Parenthood. All this before getting ready to go to Vicky's that night. The night did not start out well...I stopped to buy Petrol and got out of the car and realized I was on the wrong side...which is strange and stupid seeing as I only ever buy petrol for THAT car.
THEN I got on the freeway and it kept going and going and going...and it got a little scary once Eastlink came up...anyways I found the right exit and then it got worse once I was off the freeway...I took turns in the wrong places, thought I was going the wrong direction when I was wasn't....but had my map and I got there in the end.   I passed way too much country on my way...I'm a city girl...or at least an inner suburbs girl...I don't do paddocks! lol

Anyways..it was a fun night. We made yummy pizzas, and Vicky made nummy cupcakes. We watched Aladdin of all things....its hard for us all to agree on something, so if we find something...we take it!
After that, Kay, Brett, Ness and I  went around the corner (not quite literally) to Krispy Kreme. The lady let us have our donuts for free -which was awesome!!! After Vicky's thing finished I ended up going to Ness' to watch more Bones, since Vicky's thing finished kinda early.  I had to follow her, and had no idea where she was taking me....we passed a lot of country stuff. We watched 2 eps of Bones and then I went home.

Sunday I slept in till in till 11ish. Which was necessary! Later Mum and I went down to Bentleigh to the house again. Margaret met us down there and the 3 of us cleaned out the place. We packed up the car twice and took stuff to 2 separate op shops and then packed up stuff to take home and drop off at the salvos as well.
I was supposed to go out with Jacinta Sunday night but I was too tired and had a headache, and she was unwell herself!

I've been exhausted all week....hopefully I'll be able to sleep in on the weekend! That'll be great!

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Carlie

Week 3

Well....I really should stop calling every post 'Week....' but for now its all I've got!

The job is going good, I'm really getting into the swing of things now.  The driving is okay, usually....but I gotta laugh every morning/arvo when I pass multiple trams with the Rock of Ages ads on them....while blasting the soundtrack and belting out along with.... I feel I have over listened to it now though, and took it out of my car. The last 2 days I have been listening to 9 to 5...then 2nd good 'wake up' cd.

In other news - I had a great but busy weekend. I felt like baking on Saturday, so I did...I make choc chip cookies - while playing the Grey's Anatomy musical soundtrack. Apparently my life needs a soundtrack for every action!
I then took the cookies down with me to Ness', where Kay and Nick already were visiting. I'm liking the regular catch ups. Its fun to do things as a group! We went down to The Good Guys to buy my new cd player -after fighting with the old one for so long. Its very pretty, and plays my ipod too! Although mine is really old, so I can't use all the features with my ipod, but I need a new one soon anyways!
We came back ate the cookies and watched the Buffy Musical of all things. I gotta admit I still kinda love it...and it made me want to go back and watch a few select 'golden' eps. Makes me wonder if I should ever get around to completing my dvd collection. I only have seasons 1 and 2...but I have ALL of Angel though.

Kay and Nick left after dinner and Ness and I finished off the 5th season of Bones, and then watched Date Night. Still hilarious after multiple viewings!

Sunday I was going to sleep in, but woke up early-ish. But that was okay cause it gave me time to play with my cd player. I went over to Jacinta's in the afternoon and we went and saw Bad Teacher. It was pretty funny, Cameron Diaz was kinda annoying, but the rest of the characters were good. Jason Segel was kinda adorable. There were too many people I knew in it though! We hung out for a while after and went out to get some dinner, before I came home to get my stuff together for work...and then the weekend was over!

Auntie Marg is starting to sell Tupperware now...so she had a launch party Tuesday night. Mum and I bought a few things, and mum got roped into having a party. But its the new catalog will be out by then, so I can buy lots of new stuff! YAY!!!!

This week at work has been good, the other young girl was back from her holidays, so we chat a bit. I am feeling more comfortable with the phones now, and getting used to the place.
Tomorrow we are having another birthday morning tea, for the boss. These people have too many birthdays! haha. I had time to make something this time. We'll see how they go over. Its always hard to think of what people might like.

This weekend I'm pretty busy again. Going out both Fri and Sat nights...and spending all day sat and sun cleaning out my Grandparent's house.I'm going to be exhausted...before the week even starts! Crazy. lol. I might be in bed at 6pm on Sunday.
Oh well....at least I am making and spending money...that makes me happy!


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Carlie

Week 2

So I had a good first week at Monash. There has been lots of info to remember and things to figure out. I have notes, but its hard to keep those updated. I guess it is just going to take a while to make things CLICK.
Friday was a good day. We had free dress with fundraising for Jeans for Genes day. So I got to wear my jeans and donate a dollar...like in high school. hah.
We also had a big morning tea for 2 birthdays. People made stuff and it was quite a spread! However, I'm not into sandwiches and cheese platters. But the sweeter stuff was nice. Next time I'll try and make something nice, I ran out of time by going out Thursday night. Jacinta and I went to La Porchetta for dinner. I went over after work since she's just down the road from there. It was fun, but I can't seem to finish a meal anymore. Which is good, but also annoying.

Saturday night was group night at Ness'. We had chicken and chips for tea, which again was too much! Plus there was excellent sweets...I just wish I had time to digest my dinner before being forced to eat Vicky's lemon meringue pie. The plate turned up while I was still eating my tea.
We did unofficial Queen Latifah musical night...we had unknowingly picked the 2 musicals she's in to watch - Chicago and Hairspray. -I swear that was nobody's intention. But everything else got vetoed, by at least 1 person.
I stayed over and Ness and I browsed the Helpman Awards -which were sucky in my opinion. Sunday we watched some high quality Bones.
I got home mid afternoon, had some tea while I listened to an old Alias commentary, and organised myself for work. I had some quality music time, listening to Book of Mormon and Stephanie J Block's album. SOOO different, but both SOOO good.

Today was a quiet day at work, I'm still figuring things out with the work, its a bit confusing, but I think I'm starting to get it.
I think the novelty of having a job has already worn off...but I haven't been paid yet, so that might come back! The only prob is trying to find to go shopping for new work clothes. I have enough to make do with for now, but I'm gonna get really sick of wearing the same thing every week.


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-Carlie

A Brave New World

So there have been a few new developments since my last post....got called up for a job I'd applied for, went and interviewed with agency last Tuesday, and then got called up to interview for Thursday, and then got the call on Friday arvo that they wanted me to start Monday. So that's pretty cool.

Even without the job stuff I've been pretty busy this last week. I went to Ness' Wednesday night, which was lucky seeing as we were both busy on the weekend, so we didn't do a weekend catch up. Friday Neil and Marg brought over our Tupperware orders. My stuff is cute, but who knows when I'll get a chance to bake something and use them! lol. In the arvo I went shopping for tons of junk food for my weekend, and then spent the night watching random tv. Saturday I had a good sleep in and then went shopping in Camberwell with Jacinta. I had to look for some clothes to wear this week to work. I found a few tops and just sorta grabbed anything I liked, and then kept thinking of other things, and had TONS of stuff by the time I got to the register it was up over $200! Which seems like a lot, but I bought many things, and its all gonna come in handy. We also went to Safeway, where I bought some more chocolate, cause it was really cheap. We also hit JB and I bought a few movies, The Princess Diaires, Pretty Woman, and You Again.

We had to go help Mum look for her keys, after she lost them doing the census and we had to go let her into the car. We didn't find them, but she did get a call yesterday that someone found them. -So that worked out.
We had the house to ourselves Saturday night and after grabbing dinner we did a Wayne's World marathon, watching both movies. We then watched Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets which we found when flicking channels. After she left, I was still really awake, so I watched Easy A.
Sunday I vegged out and watched movies all day. I started with Clueless -which I hadn't watched in ages, but was in my mind all week. I watched the Alias Pilot commentary for about the millionth time. -I had to go back down to Camberwell in the arvo, cause Target had left the security tag on a cardigan I bought. I ended up watching The Princess Diaries when I got back.

So Monday I had to get up really early to makes sure I had enough time to get to work by 9am. I have to drive, but that's okay. I get a parking pass so I don't have to move my car, or pay. The first day was a bit slow, waiting around for something to do. It was a bit scary too, but the people all seem nice, and there are plenty of shops around - its a few blocks from The Glen, and right next to Century City. -Oh yeah, the job is with Monash City Council. I'm working in Rates and Property. So far I've been practicing and working under supervision, I'm getting more comfortable with it - its starting to sink in which is good. -Getting there and back is pretty easy, its pretty much 2 roads, and when people move its a quick trip. The mornings take longer cause of the 40 speed limits, but its not too bad.

I'm pretty exhausted, cause I'm not used to getting such little sleep, but I'm starting to adjust to my new routine. Also my Amazon order FINALLY arrived today. Its about bloody time, it went through France and Germany first...for some unknown reason. But I finally get to listen to The Book of Morman soundtrack. I also got Stephanie J Block's album, and a bunch of others that I haven't listened to yet. I also got Tina Fey's and Rob Lowe's books. Just gotta find time for them all now...

I guess that's all for now. I can't wait to sleep in on Saturday. But I imagine the weekend will go really quick!

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Carlie

A Little Bit of Theatre

So I was kept quite entertained last week, caught up with Ness a few times, and Jacinta as well!

Sunday night I finally saw the last Harry Potter film. It was really good! But then again, I don't really remember much from the book as its been years since I read it, so my opinion may change if I get around to re-reading the books...which I would like to do...but I'll have to complete my collection, I only have the last 3.
We went to Century City at the Glen. It was still really busy, I'm glad I decided to book online in the end. It just meant I could pick decent seats. Which at 18 bucks a movie these days, you want a good seat! I can't believe it costs almost 20 bucks for a regular no frills 2D movie!

Tuesday I had another appointment at Centrelink, all that is going along pretty well. But I still haven't had any job interviews. In the evening I went down to Ness' and we watched some quality Bones. We have become addicted to the Oreo choc shakes from Maccas, but when we went out to get some they didn't have any chocolate, so we had to have vanilla ones. They were nice, but not quite the same.

Wednesday, Jacinta came over and we watched some old SNL and odd tv here and there. That night I went to the arts centre to see Anything Goes with Amanda Harrison of Wicked. I had become obsessed with this show after seeing it at the Tonys. Then when reading the paper on Monday, I came across an article about Amanda doing it THIS WEEK ONLY at the arts centre. So I knew I HAD to go, and Mum was in too. Since Ness was working every other day 'cept Wednesday, that made the decision about which night to go easy. The tickets were pretty cheap which was good, and even though we were 3 rows from the back we still had a great view of the stage...and the seats in front of us were empty which was awesome!
The show was a lot of fun, Amanda was awesome as Reno. The rest of the cast were pretty talented too! The girl that played Erma was great, and Billy and Moonface Martin was great too! Overall it was a limited budget production, so there were not really proper sets or multiple costumes, but in terms of production value it still was really top notch when it came to the performances. There wasn't quite as much tapping as I would have liked, but you can't have everything!
Now I'll just have to wait for the Broadway production's cast recording to come out, so I can listen to the songs whenever I want!


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Carlie

Problems Solved, for now.....

So the thing in with VCAT and my uncle went pretty well yesterday. The VCAT lady (I don't think she was technically a judge or anything....)saw right through my uncle. That he had no real claim, or issue. He sounded like a little kid whinging over what his siblings were doing. There was no proof behind all his claims. They even had their financial planner there to back them up! John was there alone, with a friend...we'd expected all their side of the family to turn up. They have completely alienated themselves from the rest of the family....but I digress.....anyways so all the woman said was that if my Mum could give my uncle a statement of my grandmother's expenses and where the money is going every 6 months. -I think that was just to shut him up.
So my Mum was happy about that, we all came back to our place, Geoff, Neil, Colleen, Marg and Jay, for drinks.

Tonight I caught up with them all again at Neil and Marg's for Tracey's Tupperware party.  Mum and I bought a few things. I just got some little things to add to my collection. A lot of the stuff is really expensive...however it does last forever, so if you like it it is worth it. But overall none of the colors were that exciting, and some were exactly the same colors as last time.

I was going to blog about my sleeping habits this week, and my weird dreams, but I'm so tired right now I might do that tomorrow or later. I got home to find the Emmy nominations up, and will probably try and comment on them at some time over on my tv blog.

Goodnight world.

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Carlie

Shopping and More Shopping!

Wow, I have sort of forgotten about blogging in the last few weeks. But I've been kinda busy too - in some ways anyways.

I finally did get my appointment on the Thursday, even though they were running late, so they didn't call till an hour later! -I was getting nervous for bit there....
It went pretty well, and seemed not too complicated for them to do over the phone. Then I just had to go to the recruitment agency on the Tuesday...which turned out to be not what I expected at all. I had an appointment, so I thought I'd get to chat to a person about jobs...but nope. The girl at the desk took my resume, gave me a job seeker ID, and I was done. It seems kinda stupid to me, but whatever.
Then I had to go into Centrelink that arvo to hand in my forms. I did and it took a while, but finally I was done. I got paid on Wednesday. including back pay to the start of the month. So that was great, I was able to pay my credit card bills and phone bill.

Wednesday I went to Jacinta's, and we wanted some quality, and some very bad SNL. Good times!
On Thursday, I went to Chadstone with mum to look for some new interview clothes. Seeing as I have to apply for 10 jobs a fortnight now, in order to get my payments. We looked in Myer, and found a top and cardigan which was good. But no luck with skirts. We looked around a bit more, and had lunch, and then headed over to visit Grandma. She was upset about a letter John had sent...which is what has been bothering the family ever since.... he wants to take away my mum's power of attorney....He doesn't want to sell the house...his reasons for all this remain unclear...some say its about money, some say he just wants to fight. Anyways...it upset my Grandmother that he said she had dementia and was incompetent and drugged up....she's very with it in my opinion...especially compared to all those other people there!
So after that we raced off to see Mum's solicitor.
She has to go to VCAT this week for the hearing. Its 3 siblings against 1, so it shouldn't be a problem...and my Grandma wants mum to do it, so things should go our way....but you never know.

Last weekend, Ness and I did our thing Friday night, watched some quality Bones....and a terrible movie because Janel Moloney was in it....oh the things she makes us watch to see her!

Saturday night it was just us 3 sibs home, Nikki was having her friend over, then Scott said he was having all his friends over...I protested. Then he started bothering me, when I was out in the other room, and it caused a fight. My brother is acting like he is entitled to everything just because he has a job...and is a man. He has this terribly skewed view...which I blame on my dad...he used to act that way. But my bro was saying some very nasty and hurtful things...ass.
I'd offered to take Nikki up to get Maccas for dinner...we picked up her friend on the way, and Nic asked if I had money...I did...MY money. But it was my choice to shout them, and take them. But Nic was totally rude about it. She fussed when I asked her to hold my drink while I drove the car...because that car doesn't have cup holders! She wouldn't carry the bags either! And was not 1 bit grateful for the whole thing...next time I'll go by myself!

Didn't do much this week, but had the whole house to myself on Thursday, so I watched some movies and dvds. But then got ditched by the family for dinner, so wasn't so happy about that...I'd actually gotten bored having the place to myself!

Friday I went to DFO with Ness....and found SO many bargins! I went with a plan to get jeans and skechers....but managed to get jeans and a singlet for only $20 at just jeans! CRAZY! I had to get skechers to replace the ones I had to take overseas, that had to be thrown out when I got back...cause they smelled. But my new ones are pretty and purple! I also got a few new long sleeved tops from Giordano.
We headed back to Ness' and did moviepalooza! We watched the newer Annie with Kristin Chenoweth...and lots of other tv people. Then we got dinner....with a side trip to maccas for oreo milkshakes, and watched the comedy ladies emmy roundtable, which was well worth the hour it took to watch -funny stuff! Then we headed down to JB...and I ended up buying a few movies cause they had a buy 3 pay for 2 deal.
After that we watched a movie we'd been trying to find for ages, but it still hasn't come out. Its Kind of a Funny Story. Great movie. After that we watched Yes Man, then He's Just Not That Into You, and then Valentine's Day....by this time it was 4:30am and by the time I got home and in bed it was about 5:30am!

I only slept in a bit, but wanted to go to Target with mum, so I was up at 11am. I then went on to buy some much needed new bras! Go figure, Target had good ones and cheap! I spent the rest of the day dozy...but watched Julie and Julia that night with mum, and then slept for a long time yesterday...and again today.
Last night Jacinta and I went out to dinner at Michaelangelos in Burwood. The food was good and we had coffees and desserts. We did a trip up to Kmart cause she wanted to get stuff out of her locker, then we headed back to my place for some random chatting and tv time.

All last week I had not been sleeping well. I have been having trouble falling asleep, and then waking up early! Finally my lack of sleep on Friday night seems to have reset that. I am finding it easier to fall asleep, and also am able to sleep in. But now I'm having all these weird dreams, but not just weird....scary and unsettling things are happening too! Last night I had one about how I ran out of petrol in the car, and then got a ticket for not putting the new registration sticker on....and also one about sharks right outside the backdoor of a beach side house! I miss the nice dreams.


Got a few things on the agenda this week...should be an interesting week.

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-Carlie