Election 2010

So OMG. Today is my first day off in 2 weeks. I worked 12 days straight including late nights and last weekend. I'm exhausted. But I should at least get paid well this week....when I get paid. (Its a little slow this week).

We were really busy in the week leading up to the election. Lots of people coming in, and phones ringing off the hook. - My god I have learned a lot in my time there, phones, filing, typing etc.
I worked till 9 the thursday before the election, and till 7:30 on the friday. I was up at 6:30am on the saturday.....so that doesn't equal much sleep.

It was fun working at the polling place, but I was super cold! It was in the atrium at Swinburne uni and I kinda wish I had brought my other coat, but it was ok after a while. The part where I was standing out in front of the town hall and it started raing was less fun....but we got to go inside at night which was good.
I was out of there at 10:30 and went to sleep around 1am......got up at 9am on Sunday and was at work by 10am......I was pretty out of it all day.

This week was a tad easier. Much fewer people coming in, and the phones hardly rang. There were also less late nights...so I was able to catch up on a little sleep.

Finally today I was able to do my washing, organise some trip stuff, and house stuff.


Not long to go now till the trip! Exciting!

Funny isn't it?..

So I'm still going through old blog posts.....and found a funny little comment from a post in 2006.


(re: Cabaret) "I was a little weirded out at the fact that Joel Grey was in it...I had never seen him in anything that old. lol. To me his is Doc from Buffy or the nekkid dead man from Crossing Jordan."

-Its funny how few things I knew him from compared to now!!!! Joel Grey is not only the original Wizard of Oz from Wicked, but he was in Chicago, and Alias, Private Practice, and Grey's, and tons of other stuff.....its weird to only think of him as being from 1 thing! -And I'd also forgotten he was in Crossing Jordan.

They should so get Joel to do a tiny cameo on Glee......


Anyways that's enough tv talk.....but I just wanted to comment on how much my world has changed in 4 years!



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Carlie

SO TIRED!!!!!

So I've been working full time for about 3 weeks now, and I'm exhausted! I'm loving it, having stuff to do and getting paid. Best of all I'm getting experiance and gaining references which will really help when I come back to look for jobs after the big trip!

Thank goodness I had last weekend off cause I'm exhausted! I worked 52 hours or something last week which is A LOT for me, when I have hardly been working this year or doing much else! This week I did 42 which is a little less nice on the bank balance, but better on my sleep! lol.
The last few days have been all the same, putting stuff into the computer....which has become so repetitive that I could probably do it in my sleep and don't even really think about it anymore! I've been working really hard, and am typing them in pretty fast, but they just keep coming and my wrist starts hurting and my elbows and my head goes fuzzy....and its kinda boring, so the more I do the slower I seem to get.

But I'm not complaining, I like the money, and the people and the work....but doing the same thing for 3 days for long hours has driven me a little stircrazy.

Oh and in even bigger news....I told Safeway that I quit.....it just wasn't worth the stress. After 3 weeks without shifts, I just decided that it wasn't worth hanging on to. I'll be able to find some work once I get back now I've got experiance and office-work references.

Now if only I could find some time for sleep and watching tv :P


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Carlie