Not the best week

I did not have a very good week this week. Of course this happens to all of us, but just as I thought that I had really gotten the hang of my time management, I got sick. I was off work for two days and I slept most of the time. Probably I needed it, too. But still, it shows you that if something unexpected happens your lists and plans go just out the window and you fall considerably behind. And that doesn’t make you feel good either.

Then I went back to work today just to be sent home again, as the assistant manager had not told the manager that I would be back today, despite the fact that I had called to let them know, and she covered my shift. That made me so mad especially as it was not my fault but it is going to be my loss as I really need the money. But, of course I cannot help that now.

On the other hand it gave me the opportunity to catch up a little, which I did. So possibly I should just see the bright side. Another good thing that happened this week is that Maya finally got her stitches taken out so that she got rid of that collar as well. She is really happy now.

Apart from that, this is a week better not to be remembered.

busy busy busy

These days I really feel like a very busy bee. Running from one place to another and trying to get everything done. I had so many appointments these last few weeks, and one week I worked 37,5 hours just at work. I am really having my first day off in three weeks today, of course I had days off work but these I spent at Uni, so you can imagine that I am quite exhausted now and very determined to enjoy my day off. It might after all be the only one for the next few weeks again

So what have I done? I went to various doctors appointments, I had a job interview but was never invited for trial work (kind of disappointing, but at least I have a job), Maya was neutered and does not want to leave her collar on. The first night she was home we had to take her to the emergency animal hospital because she was somersaulting so much that we were afraid she ripped open the internal wound. but she was fine. And apart from all this I almost finished my next chapter and developed a serious lack of sleep. But ever since Ben and I set a rough date when we want to go back home, I have been working really hard. Interesting what a bit of pressure can do. So if ever you feel like not getting on, try and set yourself a date. It might help!

Cleaning out my closet…

Ben decided that we might clean out our closet today. Well, really he suggested next Sunday but as I am working the next three Sundays we thought we might as well do it today. And it is amazing what kind of things you keep just because you think you might use them again, such as old modems, cables you do not even know what they belong to etc. Well, our closet is cleaned out now, the rubbish bins are full but we feel a lot better and lighter. Maybe the Feng Shui people are not all that wrong when they claim that the soul profits when your house is declattered.

Uni-wise I have spent a lot of time in the library lately, which is quite new to me, as I prefer taking books home and studying on my desk. But I was attending a couple of very interesting computer  courses- which, by the way, I really loved. I never thought that I might ever become even slightly interested in the workings of a PC, but there you go, now I want to learn as much as I can about them.

I also used my time in the library to read an 1830 edition of a book (obviously the only edition there is) in Special collections and I must say I love it up there on level 12. Apart from being quite cold every time I leave, the room is fabulous and the view over the city is something else. Not that it is overlooking a particularly beautiful bit of Glasgow, but you are so high up and able to see houses from the top that you would regard as really high when passing them on the street. One day was really sunny and I enjoyed being able to at least look out the window and see the sun while studying. A definite improvement from my workplace, where I never see the sun. The good thing about that is that I do, of course, never see the rain as well, except for when the people who enter the shop are completely soaked

So I am planning to get my next chapter (or the draft) finished this month and then go ahead full speed so that I might still finish this d**n thesis in the time I had originally planned for it (3 years that is). So wish me luck and keep your fingers crossed that my spirits remain in their current high!

Oh and I thought I might give you a treat and show you a picture of Maya. She has grown so much now, she is almost a ‘real’ cat: