5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

mhagster

Okay, I'm back! Did do a post on Thursday but it was lost....again! It is so frustrating when you type out a spiel of words then it disappears!

Had such a sore head on Wednesday & into Thursday. I just had to go & lie down. Thursday I went back to bed after taking dd2 to school and slept for another few hours. I was feeling very sorry for myself this week, missing things from home.......I think it was my first bout of homesickness! I've read that around the 5-6 month point away, can be difficult. My darling niece is expecting her first baby and I am happy for her but sad for me that I won't know him/her as well as I would if home.
I really miss having friends in my everyday life. I know friendships deepen & develop over time and I knew before I left this would be an area I would struggle with. I am by nature a chatterbox (never?) and when I said that I would come out here not knowing anybody, everyone was saying 'you'll be fine! you'll meet new friends straight away'. But I don't have the same people contact I had back home.....again, familiarity of living in same place all your life! I miss my dog so much it brings tears to my eyes just thinking about her BUT I know it was the right decision to leave her with my mum, she's much happier chasing squirrels than struggling in this heat! And is good company for my mum.
I got an email on Thursday to say I wasn't succesful with my job application and that upset me too!



Anyway, in no particular order PLEASURES!

1.I waited so long to come out here, we spent so much time apart as a family...so was miserable back home!....I am happy to be here & so happy to be together as a family!

2. Saw a lorikeet fly down on the ground the near where I was walking. Google them to see how beautiful they are. I've only seen them in flight or up high in a tree,they are the most beautiful shade of green.

3.My dd1 has been invited to go to Melbourne Flower & Garden Show with the head teacher this week, after doing excellent work in her Food & Garden class ( grow it, cook it ,eat it!). This is not a subject she would have been offered or even considered back home & she really enjoys it. The class were offered 8 free tickets ,after the HT tasted their chutney (was sold to teachers) and sent it off to organisers of show! I am so proud of how well she has settled into school.

4. 1 mouse caught! Don't know if it was a one off or if there's more ! Yikes! Husband dealt with that!
ETA: no 2 caught! will get more traps.....apparently still had it's teeth around the chocolate

5. Got my prescription cheaper yesterday! You can shop around for the best price so saved $8 from last month!

6. Have not had anything sweet in 2 weeks. Missing it but realise I was eating too many sweet things !

7. Finally got rain! After a week of forecast rain it finally rained on Thursday night. The air has been a bit cooler and I've had my jeans on and even had a cardi on all day yesterday! Much cooler in the mornings & at night but not putting heating on yet!

8. Getting scan photo of my new great niece/nephew. It is beautiful! We are coming home in September/October to meet him/her....had better not be late!!

9.DD2 made spag bol from scratch the other night as a part of her homework, she had to make a healthy meal for her family,write about it & we were to make comment! Her & a friend did it all themselves with supervision. Then on Thursday night she made pancakes herself!
She loves to cook & help and I know I'm very guilty of 'Oh, I'll just do it myself,it will be quicker!'
I must relinquish my power in the kitchen!

10. Hoping to get a wee car for me & my son to share .He will be 16 in June & can learn to drive here then. I really need a bit more independance in my life....to go further than the local bus service offers! To go shopping on my own, without having to be taken at the weekend! To release me from my mundanity of daytime! , so think we are going new to me car shopping this weekend!

It's now Saturday morning, birds are singing/cheeping/warbling/very noisy! So going to get up & embrace the day!
I know this has been a long one......hope you've not nodded off!
Mhags x

Ladyhawk

Caterina - yooohooo!!!! We require an update!!!

CCP - thanks - feeling much better thank you!

Mhags - sorry you are going through a rough patch. I also moved to the other side of the world an really sympathise. It gets better with time, but I am sure you know that anyway.

Had a frustrating day today - got caught as piggy in the middle between my boss and his boss... I don't care which decision they make as long as the make one! Grr!! Didn't help that they were both in a stroppy mood so I got it in the neck from both of them.

1) Was naughty and had a lie in... and only got into the office at 10.45! I did work on the train in so technically I started work at 9.45.

2) Went out for lunch with my colleague T. I had yummy steak sandwich which was so good. I also nicked some of T's whitebait as well...

3) Met up with my friend L for a quick drink after work. Always good to catch up with her.

4) Found a bag of jelly beans in the back of the cupboard... i love jelly beans!

5) For the first time on about 5 days my mouth has not been sore. I ate come chocolate biscuits on Sunday and had an allergic reaction to the chocolate. I know I shouldn't eat chocolate and dont even actually like it.

Night night - have a great weekend.

L

Tealady_2

Evening

CCP - Glad to hear the cat has been given the all clear
Mhagster - Glad you are feeling better. I am the same in the kitchen with my DD, I must give up the control but it is soooo hard

Pleasures for today, has been a naughty day not MSE
1. Was quite stressed this morning due to a family member asking for something that was so insensitive and hurtful that I still can't believe she said it :mad:, after having a rant to my friend have calmed down and this is one of those times so glad they live at the other end of the country. I couldn't even begin to be civil if I saw them
2. Decided to go to the pub at lunch time. We sat outside in the sunshine and was lovely
3. DD has tidied her room :j
4. We decided to go out to dinner so no cooking for me today.
5. Wearing some shoes that I hadn't worn before and while they are not the most comfortable they do look lovely:rotfl:


Hugs to all who need them

Caterina

Hi all

Thanks for all your good wishes and sorry for brief disappearance, Weds I came back very late then yesterday I was out (Vitality Show, free ticket of course) and today I have just managed to get online.

Ladyhawk, I would have gone online straight away on Weds night to update but I came back after 9:30 pm and was wiped out by tiredness so I just had to crash out, sorry!

Ok here is how the interview went. First of all they asked me to take a database test, now I have been working with Access databases for the last 15 years at least, so I was not worried. Silly me. I was put in front of a laptop with the newest version of the software, it was like going into a different world - and was told to follow the instructions on the paper, then save the database on a memory stick. Total mess, I did not manage to do all the tasks. Even the most basic one, creating a table, looked completely alien to me.

Then I was asked to sit at a table, in a big room full of computers and with a number of women working on them (students, not employees), and to answer a few questions from a different paper, but to take only 5 minutes - I did my best. Then I was taken to the office for the interview proper, which went quite well, I answered all their questions which, bizarrely, were the same questions that I had answered a few minutes before in writing (never had this situation before!). The people on the panel were pleasant and they seemed to be ok with my answers, I know that I have all the skills and the experience required by the job. At the end I had the opportunity to ask questions etc and I explained that I had messed up the test because I was not familiar with that version of Access. Then I asked about the role etc.

They will let me know after next Weds because they are still interviewing some people then. In all honesty, if they offer me the job (unlikely if the test is anything to go by!) I would accept it but if they don't I am not going to be gutted. It is a very small organisation, I am not sure I would be happy there, the only other colleague I would have in the office is the director who is an older man (even though he appears very pleasant) - there would be no office banter there, of that much I am sure ! No fashion gossip etc... which is one of the pleasant aspects of working in an office and I would miss it. The place is quite claustrophobic, the office where I sat to take the test has no natural light and it is small and cramped. I am not sure that I would even want the job, having seen the place, really.

So now it is a matter of waiting and seeing what they say. I would be relieved if they do not offer it, honestly. However, looking at the vague possibility that I might get the offer, the positive side is that this job is a completely new post and I have a lot of experience in that sort of thing, setting up systems from scratch and creating administrative procedures etc... so if I were offered it and given a free hand I think I could do it quite successfully. We will see.

Here are my pleasures for the last couple of days.

Thursday

1 - Vitality Show with my OS friend

2 - There I got lots of lovely freebies

3 - I also treated myself to some natural cosmetics at an amazing price and got more freebies thrown in

4 - Also treated myself to a pair of sketchers (sp?), those trainers that wobble and supposedly make your bottom and legs work harder and get toned. I wore them all day today and they are very comfy - we will have to see the botty difference in a few weeks, no?

5 - Enjoying dinner at home after having skipped lunch (just had lots of cheesy tasters) and then to bed after spending the day walking - I was exhausted and fell asleep almost immediately!

Today:

1 - The weather - lovely or wot? Please let it last a few more days at least!

2 - Long walk with my new trainers (can feel my bum getting beautiful as I type LOL).

3 - Model appt at the hairdressers, got roots touched up and a few more highlights put in.

4 - Lunch at a friend's, she also offered me a few hours per month work to set up her admin systems as she is going self employed. She needs me once a month for a few hours. I did not want to charge but she prefers to pay (I understand her reasoning) so we agreed a low rate and she will give me lunch as well. This could be the start of my business!

5 - Back home, got a call from another friend and she came to have dinner with us.

Good night all x

Edited to record no. 6 - OMG how could I forget? 5lb loss since two weeks ago when I weighed 13st9. Today, 13st 4! Not been this "slim" (relatively speaking of course) since I was 32 years old! YIPPEE!!!

imogen-p

Hi,

1. Signed paperwork and got key to allotment.
2. Home made bread.
3. Washing dried outside on line.
4. Peas and beans have sprouted
5. making oven dried tomatos

cat_g_83

1. Had a lovely reading day (started and finished "Room" by Emma Donoghue). A brilliant read.
2. Bought a beautiful top from Pepperberry.
3. Had a McDonalds breakfast (sssshhhhh don't tell the diet police) which was exactly what my hangover brain needed.
4. Walked round Liverpool in the sunshine with my lovely BF when I didn't think I was going to see him for 2 days.
5. Got a letter from the Halifax saying my ISA has moved, earning more money. Woo and hoo!

Hannah_10

1. Walking round town thinking how wonderful the sun is.
2. Gorgeous baby daughter was in a thoroughly good mood.
3. Some brave children might potentialy have saved my dogs life.
4. The confectioner lady remembered my favourite sweeties (how OS is that, I eat hand made sweeties, not my hands, but the real OS deal still surely).
5. I wrote the children thank you letters and enjoyed doing it.

villagelife

Welcome to all new posters.

My five for yesterday.

1. The weather again.

2. Went swimming outside and it felt warm.

3. HM chicken pie made from cooked chicken I had frozen and bits of frozen veg. Followed by apple crumble. I also used up the bits of pastry that I had left.

4. A lovely walk and met a friend.

5. Washing drying on the line.

6. DS2 went shopping for a party and had to buy an outfit for £10. He went shopping with friends and managed to buy a tshirt, shorts, sunglasses, flipflops and as didn't have enough left for a hat got a flower for their hair.

Kittikins

Wow, some really lovely pleasures here and I wish I was organised enough to do a more personal yippee post, but welcome to new friends and yay to lovely things happening and not forgetting massive huggles to people who need them x

Yesterday was a much better day, I felt a bit miserable first thing until

1. I had a great chat with my counsellor about the situation with MrA that had made me so miserable and react in such a dramatic way
2. Met with MrA and apologised calmly for my reaction, not putting myself down for once - he reassured me that we all get a bit like that at times, and that (my words now) me occasionally being a bit of a wierdy paranoid girl didn't mean his feelings for me would change. He also said that I don't need to panic about whether he loves me, everything is fine and he was so sorry that he had had to do something that he knew would upset me due to the situation he was put in. I know, the L word!!! Now, if that isn't a pleasure, then what is?
3. The sunshine and making plans for the weekend with DD and MrA
4. Had lovely chats with a couple of my best girlie chums and am planning a sleepover with DD at one of their houses so us mummies can put the world to rights and watch chick flicks
5. Have been reassured that I wasn't as badly behaved as I thought I was last Friday - phew! Apparently I was rather inebriated but am going to stop beating myself up about it now!
6. Playing i-spy with DD and MrA at the dinner table
7. I found some yummy looking wheat, gluten and dairy free recipes online, so am planning on making very yummy walnut bread and other goodies when I can get round to buying the right flour!
8. Watched the final of the Jimmy D farming competition and fell asleep - now missing the end of the programme isn't a pleasure (but at least it's a recording so I can watch again whenever I like) - but the pleasure is that I had a lovely sleep until about 5 this morning, yippee! Must have had over 8 hours sleep last night for the first time in many a month.

Right, I'm tired again so think I shall mosey back to bed for hopefully more sleep. Look forward to reading everyone's pleasures later.

VJsmum

Oh what a lovely thread this is - hope you don't mind me joining in?

Yesterday:

1 - the weather (seems to be the same for everyone:D)
2 - blossom on the trees and the daffodils
3 - my yoga class was fab (is that OS?)
4 - dd has kept her room tidy for a whole week :eek:
5 - my dinner - lamb steaks on a bed of puy lentils and green beans - was delish. And i only had 2 small glasses of red wine.