Well, it felt like a hugely long weekend. I took youth group kids to a conference/worship service on friday night; we missed the first half thanks to English being a tool and getting us lost, needed to get out and go to the toilet and, when i was on the phone for directions, jumping in the drivers seat and starting/stalling my car. I nearly killed him. I treat him like an adult, and he acts like a child. But he apologised, and i can't hold a grudge so it's all good now. We did make it in time for the second half of the service and heard a good talk about how we see the world today, how we take for granted everything that we have.
On saturday, i dragged my butt to stateswim. My kids are completely nuts, but some of them are absolutely adorable and i'll miss them when i have my last shift in a few weeks. That's right, i finally handed in my notice. My last permenant shift is on the 27th. I said i'd still do fill ins though, the extra money occasionally can't hurt. One of the parents of one of the kids i used to teach who moved up to the last class a few months ago came up to me on the weekend and thanked me for the great job i did teaching her little boy - he's already moved up to the next class. Comments like that make the job worth it, but so many parents just take my job for granted and just smile a hello at the start of class and yank their kid out of the water at the end. I'll miss a few of my babies, but i think i'll survive without my job... now i just have to find a new one!
After my shift we were supposed to have chinese for lunch with the family, but they bailed, so Loz and i grabbed our picnic gear and headed out to get some take-away chinese. Did you know that it's borderline impossible to find an open chinese restaurant at 2pm in the afternoon? Well, it is. So we got Maccas instead and got out rug out on Unley Oval and chilled there for a little while. ShirtlessBuddy and his little bro turned up and played soccer and hung out with us for awhile, telling us about their misadventures the night before. Afterwards, Loz and i flew to the bottle-o for some refreshments (and i didn't get carded, which means that they thought i was over 25; that means i apparently can pass for 16 or 25... weird) and then i had to whizz to the cinemas.
I met up with SB and a few of the girls to see Angels and Demons. I remember reading the book a few times, but it had been awhile and i couldn't remember the story perfectly. In the end that was probably a good thing, because i didn't spend the movie trying to pick out the discrepancies. Although quite sensationalist, the movie was a good one and had me on the edge of my seat as it got to its dramatic climax. Tom Hanks did a great job, though i'm generally not a fan of his, and Ewen McGreggor played his character with excellent believablity. The plot was well developed, thought not as much as it was in the book, but that can be expected. All in all, a good movie. It get's my thumbs up.
I raced home to find English waiting on my front doorstep, and we hung out for awhile, feeding his One Tree Hill addiction before i took him home.
Sunday saw an excellent morning service that was packed to capacity, full of kiddies and misadventures by our silly reverends. I stayed afterwards and tried to study all afternoon, but i didn't get nearly as much done as i should have. Evening service, i sung, i sounded a little like Kermit the Frog, i ate party pies, i watched the boys play pool and i took English home... and i didn't get any more study done.
My suckitude is amazing; i have enormous piles of work to do and no ambition, no desire, no drive to get any of it done. Screwed, i'm completely screwed. And yet i'm sitting here blogging instead of working... i am suffering both from absolute panic and complete disinterest... AH!
It's only monday, but i'm already completely and utterly desperate for the weekend. I don't have that much on that i'm looking forward to, but maybe i can get on top of my work and fingers crossed one night i'll have something pretty awesome to do... cross your fingers that it works out. And your toes. Any maybe your eyes? Whatever.
Geez, life sucks sometimes.
On saturday, i dragged my butt to stateswim. My kids are completely nuts, but some of them are absolutely adorable and i'll miss them when i have my last shift in a few weeks. That's right, i finally handed in my notice. My last permenant shift is on the 27th. I said i'd still do fill ins though, the extra money occasionally can't hurt. One of the parents of one of the kids i used to teach who moved up to the last class a few months ago came up to me on the weekend and thanked me for the great job i did teaching her little boy - he's already moved up to the next class. Comments like that make the job worth it, but so many parents just take my job for granted and just smile a hello at the start of class and yank their kid out of the water at the end. I'll miss a few of my babies, but i think i'll survive without my job... now i just have to find a new one!
After my shift we were supposed to have chinese for lunch with the family, but they bailed, so Loz and i grabbed our picnic gear and headed out to get some take-away chinese. Did you know that it's borderline impossible to find an open chinese restaurant at 2pm in the afternoon? Well, it is. So we got Maccas instead and got out rug out on Unley Oval and chilled there for a little while. ShirtlessBuddy and his little bro turned up and played soccer and hung out with us for awhile, telling us about their misadventures the night before. Afterwards, Loz and i flew to the bottle-o for some refreshments (and i didn't get carded, which means that they thought i was over 25; that means i apparently can pass for 16 or 25... weird) and then i had to whizz to the cinemas.
I met up with SB and a few of the girls to see Angels and Demons. I remember reading the book a few times, but it had been awhile and i couldn't remember the story perfectly. In the end that was probably a good thing, because i didn't spend the movie trying to pick out the discrepancies. Although quite sensationalist, the movie was a good one and had me on the edge of my seat as it got to its dramatic climax. Tom Hanks did a great job, though i'm generally not a fan of his, and Ewen McGreggor played his character with excellent believablity. The plot was well developed, thought not as much as it was in the book, but that can be expected. All in all, a good movie. It get's my thumbs up.
I raced home to find English waiting on my front doorstep, and we hung out for awhile, feeding his One Tree Hill addiction before i took him home.
Sunday saw an excellent morning service that was packed to capacity, full of kiddies and misadventures by our silly reverends. I stayed afterwards and tried to study all afternoon, but i didn't get nearly as much done as i should have. Evening service, i sung, i sounded a little like Kermit the Frog, i ate party pies, i watched the boys play pool and i took English home... and i didn't get any more study done.
My suckitude is amazing; i have enormous piles of work to do and no ambition, no desire, no drive to get any of it done. Screwed, i'm completely screwed. And yet i'm sitting here blogging instead of working... i am suffering both from absolute panic and complete disinterest... AH!
It's only monday, but i'm already completely and utterly desperate for the weekend. I don't have that much on that i'm looking forward to, but maybe i can get on top of my work and fingers crossed one night i'll have something pretty awesome to do... cross your fingers that it works out. And your toes. Any maybe your eyes? Whatever.
Geez, life sucks sometimes.
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