...no more work force, well for the moment at least.
Strange without them and a bit quiet.
Worried for them too.
Real-life sucks sometimes.
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Thank goodness for friends!
@ 15/10/2008 – 10:52:27
Bestfriend just called and I must say her timing is brilliant.
Am getting it rough in work at the mo to the point where I'm thinking of breaking down in tears and she rings me, this is why I love her!
She asked me whether I wanted an Eeyore hot water bottle and jammie set for Christmas and that put a smile on my face, but did she have to mention Christmas so soon!?!?!?
Anyway we've arranged to go out for a drink and a bit of a shopping spree in Belfast on the 30th Oct when we're both off work so I've got something to look forward to, a good hug and sillyness for a while.
Must remember to ask her what she wants for Christmas or if she wants e-vouchers for Amazon again so she can get the books from her wish-list.
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Landlady started off so nice...
@ 14/10/2008 – 08:18:49
...and ever since we moved out of the 1st house and into the 2nd house that belongs to her she seems to be set upon causing problems for us.
Her 1st complaint was that the old house smelt of cat pee and now her 2nd complaint is that the house is full of fleas.
Does she not realise the house is full of damp, the walls are peeling and are completely black in places because it's so riddled with damp and it stinks because of that, but it's definately not cat pee she smells because my Mum and I scrubbed that house from top to bottom when we left and the only smell that was there when we locked up was bleach and air freshner. Landlady didn't walk into the old house until about a fortnight later, no windows or doors had been opened in that time so what does she expect, the house would be a bit smelly!
The 2nd complaint: if our cats had fleas I think they would've moved with the cats, don't you? Since us moving our cats have been down at my Mum's for the weekend and if they had fleas I think she would've told me, it's not something you keep from a person, apart from that my Mum and Sis always check my cats out for me to make sure they don't have anything if I'm not there to do it. Anyway, if the cats had fleas I think I would've seen them long before now, I mean we've been moved for roughly a month now, and it's not something that can really be hidden.
If the old house had fleas then why didn't she tell us after we moved out rather than waiting four weeks to announce it now?!
She's probably left the window open and a stray cat got it, there's a lot of them round that area. Why immediately blame us?! Really unfair, we've been good tennants, we've kept that house in as good a condition as possible, if that's possible with a house that's full of damp and kids who like to cause damage playing beside us.
I love the house we're in now but I'm not sure I want to live there because of the Landlady. Don't know what we've done to her.
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Work broken into Tuesday night.
@ 10/10/2008 – 08:38:30
Got a phonecall half 7 Wednesday morning asking who was last out of the office Tuesday night because the shutter was lying open, we came to the conclusion that maybe some site guys had been in the office but hadn't closed the shutter properly so that was ok, end of phonecall. Five mins later I get another phonecall, can I ring the police because we've been broken into and can I get down to work ASAP.
Now luckily enough I live two mins drive from work, I usually walk to work but on Wednesday I drove to work to make it easier and quicker. I rang the police while I was standing in my bedroom still in my Eeyore jammies! I wasn't even there but I still had to ring the police and report the break-in, how silly is that when there are four men standing outside the office waiting on me to appear.
I arrived before the police and had a nosy round but was careful not to touch anything.
They had broken windows down the side of the building and gained access through a top floor office, they made a bit of a mess in that office because there was a big bookshelf against the windows there but after that things get a little strange. Only three offices were actually messed about, the MD's, the other Bosses, and mine. The only thing missing from the upstairs is a laptop, and a dictaphone. Nothing else. My filing cabinet was lying wide open with two petty cash boxes sitting, a cheque book sitting on my desk with the bosses signature on a couple bits of paper and mine as well so they could've nicked the cheque book and forged the signatures but they didn't, a box of brand new mobiles was sitting under my desk which they pulled out and obviously looked in because they were lying on the floor but they didn't touch them at all. Why they didn't lift them I don't know.
Another strange thing they did was leave a coffee jar on my desk. We think it came from the MD's office but we weren't sure, it got dusted for fingerprints and some were found. Something else they could've nicked but didn't was a lot of alcohol that the MD keeps in his office incase he needs to take a present to someone, they moved the bottles, touched them without gloves, so more fingerprints, but they didn't take them! Why not?!
After being upstairs they went downstairs down the back way and trashed the store a bit as they went but if they really wanted to make a mess they could've done a better job, what they did was a bit useless really. For some reason the lifted the heaviest bit of equipement we had in the store and stole it, we don't see any logic in that because it weighs quite a lot and would take at least two men to lift it but they took the time to lift it and put it in the van they stole from us also. We had a van parked in the storebecause we aren't using it much at the mo.
Wednesday was a complete and utter nightmare.
The van was recovered, very little damage done to it actually which we weren't expecting, we thought we'd either never see it again or else have it back burned out.
Definately not a good week.
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Work is awful at the moment...
@ 06/10/2008 – 12:28:13
...we're having to lay off a lot of our site guys because there is no work for them at all.
I feel really crap about it but there's nothing we can do, we're pushing for work as much as possible but no-one has the money to spend on new-builds and that's what we mainly do. We're just going round in circles I'm afraid.
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Am seriously missing the internet at home!
@ 06/10/2008 – 12:24:09
Am having really bad withdrawel symptoms. The DS can't get a minute to be fully charged before I'm running the batteryd won on My Sims or something, have stopped playing puzzle games on my DS because they don't last long enough so the Sims games it is.
Couple more weeks to go and then we'll have internet again!
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Brought a packed lunch in today.
@ 30/09/2008 – 07:54:12
Normally I don't eat during the day, not because I don't want to or because I'm losing weight or anything, but because I just don't get hungry during the day at least not until 3-4pmish and when it hits that time there's no point in eating because it'll be teatime shortly then I won't be able to eat my tea.
Today is different though - today I have tuna and onion sandwiches. Very good. Couple of chopped up carrots as well, so definately very good. Of course had to have something a bit naughty so have gone for a wee pack of cookies for my snack this afternoon if I get peckish, if not they can stay here until tomorrow.
Bet hubbie will have the banners out when I get home because I'm eating during the day!
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Laddered my damn tights!
@ 29/09/2008 – 12:54:54
1st time in ages I wear a skirt and tights and I ladder the damn things at my desk.
How bloody typical is that!?!?!?
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Been married a year now...
@ 29/09/2008 – 08:49:00
...and it doesn't feel like a year, the time has flown past so quickly it's a bit worrying.
Got some lovely cards and money from hubbies family, haven't seen my family yet because we only came back from Edinburgh yesterday tea-time so will be going down to see my lot this evening when we go to pick up the cats from my Mummy.
Still a bit weird being married, never thought I would be as I was the one that was going to concentrate on my career and never worry about a man until I was ready to focus on something else, strange how things turn out.
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Good news about tech............for a change.
@ 24/09/2008 – 11:23:57
I only have the Wednesday night class until Christmas and then I start the Tuesday night class at Easter so really pleased about that.
So tech is only one night a week so that's good.
