Tuesday, February 17, 2004
Tuesday
So, here i am remebering the weekend. I actually feel ok today, managed to eat breakfast which is a good sign, and i cant smell oysters anymore, which is amazingly good news.
So, am looking for a job again....just sent my cv to 20 odd agencies. come on you useless bastards.....
got an temporary offer to work on a helpdesk last friday, but couldnt do it as was moving house , actually had all my bags on me and was on the train when they called, asking if i could start work in the next hour. the place was over 30 mins travel away anyway, so had to decline. they said it should be ongoing work, so was expecting a call yesterday, glad i didnt get one considering the state of me. still, phoned them today and they said they have not had any more requests from the company for more workers so i may have blown that one. shame, cos the money was good too, 18 bucks an hour and plenty of hours. Nearly got a position in a internet cafe opposite our flat , had an interview but they didnt pick me, guy said i was overqualified. think they may have been worried about me messing about with everything. which, to be honest, i probably would have had to, just cos i could.... anyway, the money was crap...12 bucks an hour, 30 hours a week. would have just covered the rent....
am gonna go and call the PC repair guy that said he would call me back last week but didnt to see if there is any chance there, and call the manangement company i signed up with last week too.....is there any work in this damn town???! need to start soon cos will be heamorraging money pretty soon.....wish me luck.
taters
kev
Throwing on up - Sunday evening
So chanty's company is having a christmas do (bit late i know, but im not complaining) and she could bring a guest so off we went to sydney harbour for a 3 hour cruise with free booze and food. Marvelous! weather was great, hot, sunny and a sea breeze. Food looked fantastic, lots of seafood, shedloads of prawns and oysters, which ive never actually eaten before, but thought id try to see if i liked them.
well, oysters arent my favourite thing ever, but i thought they were ok, id eat them again. Prawns were great as ever. well, we eat loads of prawns, big ones about 10 cm long. a few beers and a couple of glasses of wine and all was well. cruise was great, all around the harbour, stopped at a little cove for an hour for the food, some people went swimming. the cruise ended about 8.30 pm , so me and chanty go for a game of pool or three and another beer. Im feeling fine at this point, a little tipsy, playing good pool but then my stomach starts to ache. no big deal. we finish the game of pool, and chanty's tired so we head back to the flat, by now my stomach is really hurting, feels like it wants to explode out of my chest, like some sort of alienesque birth. we get to the flat, into the room and thats it, i charge to the toilet and am violently sick twice. Chanty gets me a glass of milk, which she seems to think will help, and against my better judgement i try it. Nigh on immediately im sick again and i give up on the milk idea and sit by the toilet. Then my guts erupt and i just make it onto the toilet in time. So i've now got the shits and im throwing up as well, the one sets the other off....it very difficult to be sick and take a crap at the same time and stay clean. So this continues untill about 4 am. I really didnt think it was going to stop,and was absolutely knackered. i managed to get my sleeping bag into the toilet (well, in the same room, not actually in the pan) at one point and so could collapse on the floor and stay warm in between bouts. I must have been sick 20 times.
Well, thats enough graphic descriptions of sunday. suffice to say it was a bad night, i havent been that ill for years. Monday wasnt too good either, but at least my stomach stayed put.
Oh, and im never eating oysters again. ever.
Movin on in - Friday
Well, so we found a place, in the same building she was living in anyway, only 23 floors above. we moved in on friday. its great, we have our own bathroom, and access to spa, pool, sauna, gym. Great stuff. Only problem now is that will need a job soon to pay for it! its not so bad but its sapping the old finances. have been trying to find one but to no avail yet.....recruitment agents are as fucking useless here as they are back home.
I havent taken any piccies of the flat yet but will soon. we have a great view 33 floors up.
Me and chantel getting on great...no fights yet.....i have left the toilet seat up a few times just to piss her off though.....its always fun to tell them that they dont leave it up for us, so why should we leave it down for them???
trains have been a nightmare here, theres some sort of industrial action going on and getting to and from josh's place in summer hill turned out to be a bloody nightmare. thursday night i was trying to get back from town, waited for 30 mins for a train, only then to be told that there werent any running to summer hill anymore and that i had to get a replacement bus. which after another half an hour of wandering round in the torrential rain i couldnt find. noone else had a clue as to where it was so i phoned darren and said hey mate! guess what! can i come stay tonight please.....which he was only to happy to oblige bless him. turned up looking like a drenched rat and had a couple a beers then tried to sleep but unfortunately darren fell asleep before me and well, see below for the snoring description....
well, that was thursday. didnt stay friday, the first night in the flat as went out for a lads night with darren for a monty python-athon and a few beers at his mates place in bondi. was great as a python evening always is. ended up crashing at darens place on his sofa and got close to zero sleep what with his snoring....he has taken over the mantle of loudest snorer in the world, one that was comprehensively held by my mate adie for many years.
saturday was lovely, valentines day. I thought well, ill get a rose and a card and ill cook a meal for us. she cant complain about that! anyways, she comes back from work and has bought some chocolates and champagne and is full of valentine wishes and kisses, so i dont know what i was worried about!
Chantel was working till 3pm, so when she got back we went swimming and spa'ing, a bit of massaging, and then after i cooked a really nice meal, melon and brie starters, steak a la kev with butter fried leeks and new potatoes served with a really nice shiraz, and then cruncie ice cream for dessert (yum!). Even i was impressed and chanty loved it. Later things took a turn for the better.....
