I'm still employed! I got the (kinda) promotion.
I will be learning how to run the pays for this new little project over the next few days...and will probably be in charge of it all by the end of next week (eek!).
It doesnt look too involved, just an extension on what I do now.
I get a payrise - an extra $1 an hour - which may not seem like much, but it all adds up.
I would've announced the grand news earlier but my stupid computer wouldnt let me log in to blogger...
So yes! Happy now! Feeling much better!
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Too many chocolate chip cookies
So. Drama. Just when my life was starting to get under control I get Drama.
There are currently two positions held in my department that are (I was told yesterday) going to get merged into one job. I hold one of those positions.
Which means I have the potential to be unemployed in the very near future.
True there is also a chance that I get to keep my job in the newly formed position, get some more work and a payrise to go with it....
But that is still not enough to keep me from panicking and feeling very out of control of my life.
What is complicating matters is that the other girl who holds the second position took the information/newly created job description away last night to think on it.
And she hasnt turned up to work today.
So. I've no idea where things are standing.
I could be competing with her to keep the job here, or I could be the only one who volunteered to stay and take on the responsibility.
Either way - the lack of information is not helping anything. I dont know whether to update my resume, start looking for other jobs or start counting how I'm going to spend my payrise.
So. I'm stuffing my face with chocolate chip cookies and trying to just get through to the weekend without crying (much).
There are currently two positions held in my department that are (I was told yesterday) going to get merged into one job. I hold one of those positions.
Which means I have the potential to be unemployed in the very near future.
True there is also a chance that I get to keep my job in the newly formed position, get some more work and a payrise to go with it....
But that is still not enough to keep me from panicking and feeling very out of control of my life.
What is complicating matters is that the other girl who holds the second position took the information/newly created job description away last night to think on it.
And she hasnt turned up to work today.
So. I've no idea where things are standing.
I could be competing with her to keep the job here, or I could be the only one who volunteered to stay and take on the responsibility.
Either way - the lack of information is not helping anything. I dont know whether to update my resume, start looking for other jobs or start counting how I'm going to spend my payrise.
So. I'm stuffing my face with chocolate chip cookies and trying to just get through to the weekend without crying (much).
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Things you dont know about your parents...
My Dad was in the New Zealand Navy for a great number of years. We never really knew what was involved in his working life - as kids we knew he disappeared for a few months at a time and came back with presents.
As grown ups we were more cautious about asking questions - and were (are?) probably a bit more self-involved in our own lives.
My Dad is also not exactly forthcoming with information. He'll just shrug his shoulders and get on with whatever is in front of him, the past doesnt come into it so much.
We had a family dinner on Sunday and for some reason my mother got it into her head that we should learn more about our father's history. So we all got to ask a question and get some history explained.
We now know what all his medals are for - among them a medal for witnessing (attending?) a nuclear bomb test by the French at Mururoa Atoll. He's got photos.
The others are for his participation in the Gulf War and East Timor conflict.
He also told us some super-spy business his ship had a hand in during the Gulf War but I dont want to go into specifics in case the US government come for me (I've seen conspiracy TV shows! I know how things work!).
He was also a Navy Diver. And as the police force in New Zealand did not have a diving team at the time, the Navy were responsible for a lot of recoveries. Body recoveries. Suicides who dove off the Auckland Harbour Bridge - as well as recovery from the Rainbow Warrior.
One particular event made him quit the diving team and focus on other naval pursuits. It involved a car crash in the Waikato River, the current had carried the car and they had been unable to find the wreckage - and the teenagers in it. About 2 weeks after the accident they pulled the teenage boys out of the river and onto the bank - and witnessed one of the fathers trying to resuscitate his son.
My Dad has seen some bad things in his life. I guess I can understand why he doesnt really discuss it that much with his children - it does not paint such a pretty picture of the world.
But despite this - my Dad has made it through it all. Has raised some hopeful & well-mannered children (or I'd like to think so).
And can now sit back and enjoy the rest of his life - with no bad things to come his way.
As grown ups we were more cautious about asking questions - and were (are?) probably a bit more self-involved in our own lives.
My Dad is also not exactly forthcoming with information. He'll just shrug his shoulders and get on with whatever is in front of him, the past doesnt come into it so much.
We had a family dinner on Sunday and for some reason my mother got it into her head that we should learn more about our father's history. So we all got to ask a question and get some history explained.
We now know what all his medals are for - among them a medal for witnessing (attending?) a nuclear bomb test by the French at Mururoa Atoll. He's got photos.
The others are for his participation in the Gulf War and East Timor conflict.
He also told us some super-spy business his ship had a hand in during the Gulf War but I dont want to go into specifics in case the US government come for me (I've seen conspiracy TV shows! I know how things work!).
He was also a Navy Diver. And as the police force in New Zealand did not have a diving team at the time, the Navy were responsible for a lot of recoveries. Body recoveries. Suicides who dove off the Auckland Harbour Bridge - as well as recovery from the Rainbow Warrior.
One particular event made him quit the diving team and focus on other naval pursuits. It involved a car crash in the Waikato River, the current had carried the car and they had been unable to find the wreckage - and the teenagers in it. About 2 weeks after the accident they pulled the teenage boys out of the river and onto the bank - and witnessed one of the fathers trying to resuscitate his son.
My Dad has seen some bad things in his life. I guess I can understand why he doesnt really discuss it that much with his children - it does not paint such a pretty picture of the world.
But despite this - my Dad has made it through it all. Has raised some hopeful & well-mannered children (or I'd like to think so).
And can now sit back and enjoy the rest of his life - with no bad things to come his way.
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