So much appears to have happened that I have had to do a plan for this blog post! LOL!
First W appears to have had an interesting appointment with P on Thursday. Apparently P has told him that it does look like the marriage is over and W has to take some action. W did say that P said that I was screwing W and he would be a loser in the end, but I don't know if that was P's terms or W's interpretation. W and I have had a couple of chats- well Thursday morning before he went he refused to drive me to work until I told him that I was making a huge mistake and we could work things out. I didn't tell him that and instead decided to take the 'you are being such a prat, now just drive me to work' route which kinda worked. I am really avoiding him and putting off ringing MIL. Apparently W has told PIL that I want him to leave and MIL has said that he has to wait to see what I arrange. Typical! I want to ring MIL and tell her that the only think I will be arranging is a flight to Adelaide for W to go and live with them, as I know that would prompt her to do something! I know she gave her other son a significant amount of money before Christmas to help with their new house, and it would be nice if she could do the same for her other son, but I can't really see it happening.
Work has been hectic. I can't wait to get paid this week because a) I have worked over 85 hours in the last fortnight, and b) I changed my tax status after I realised that I wasn't claiming the tax free threshold from anywhere! I am hoping that I can put a couple of hundred dollars away for my Sydney trip, but realise this may be pie in the sky. I have opened my own account with a new bank who will not have any fees if I direct deposit my salary each month. Easy! Plus it has a Visa Debit function so i have the joy of Visa facilities, but with no credit. I was going to talk about Sydney later on, but will add it in here! I go down for a week after Easter- I hope to work Easter Monday as it is a public holiday and fly out early Easter Tuesday. I so hope to spend some time with S and catch up with L. S- I am also hoping I can have a bath again! LOL! I am going to spend the weekend I am there in Sydney itself, probably staying with friends who live near the city, but I am also toying with the idea of using the two nights I have from some holiday club mum signed us up to and having 2 nights by myself in a hotel! I am going to ask Mum for some money in lieu of a birthday present as I desperately need some new clothes (down over 17kg now), but will see.
I have been really enjoying working in electrical at work. One of my team leaders keeps telling me there are possibly contracts coming up and whilst I love the casual rates (and have had some good hours in recent weeks, even though the next fortnight is back down to a 58 hour fortnight) I would dearly love to have a set roster and every second weekend and Thursday evening off. So today I plucked up the courage to ask the electrical manager if there was a contract going, this being after he told me that he thought electrical was the place for me. He said he would look into it, but he says that about everything so I may have to ask further up the management chain.
One of the girls I worked with over Christmas is an Irish tourist who is travelling with her boyfriend. Well she left on Friday so we went out for drinks. Of course I had no money so had a glass of wine and shared some chips with someone who took pity on me. I had already blown up at W about how I am working so hard and he is still getting his treats- during the week he had $30 in his wallet. I said that he should spend $5-$10 on dinner and bread and milk and the rest needed to go on petrol. So when I got home from work and found $9 in change and chocolate biscuits and lemonade and hit the roof I was the one being unreasonable. Typical. He is meant to be applying for jobs. One he is interested in closes at 10am tomorrow and I did say I would read through his application, but am yet to see it and I will be in bed in the next hour. It is a stupid job anyway- part time mental health worker. Blind leading the blind if you ask me, but at least he is thinking about it.
Anyway, I went straight from work to the bar, changing in the loos at the shopping centre. I was a bit early so went and had a look in the bottle shop around the back. It has only opened recently (First Choice) and has a massive range of everything. They also have wine tastings. Well as I was tasting the $2 Chardonnay this guy started chatting to me. We both agreed it tasted like cat piss! I went to the next table and he followed. He poured me a half glass of the Semillon Sav Blanc and asked if I was driving (no- but I was too poor to be at the bar buying drinks, not that I told him that!). He was being quite chatty and I was a little oblivious until he went onto the red and poured a whole glass then asked me how long I had been in Cairns, introduced himself, shook my hand and asked me what I was doing that night! I told him I was going out with some girlfriends from work and he asked if I wanted to change plans! Then the penny dropped and I said thanks but no, I was looking forward to my night out with the girls. Of course if he wasn't old enough to be my father with gold jewellery all over his fingers I might have considered it! But at least I know I have been chatted up!
Oh and I had my hair dyed on Wednesday! Mum had paid for it when she was up and I just told the hairdresser I had had enough of being blonde. I love my new colour. Everyone says it makes me look younger and I keep getting stopped by colleagues to say hoe great I am looking. Miss I loves it and thinks I am copying her colour! I haven't disagreed with her!
W and I are off to Miss I's counsellor tomorrow to tell Miss I's history from pre conception to now. Could be interesting! Will report in after that (and it will be my 100th post!)
