in my excitement i forgot a title

Never in my life did I ever (ever ever ever) think I’d get to try on a Tiffany engagement ring. Ever!…

Today a couple of the girls from work and I went for a quick one-hour shopping trip in the city to check out the new Wheels & Dollbaby store on King Street. After that we decided to pop into Tiffany & Co and looked at all the silver stuff. Then Laura’s like “Let’s go upstairs” while Katie and I quivered in our scuffed shoes… so glad I did though, because one of my ex-coworkers from Gucci is working there now! We had a lovely catch-up and I was so happy to see her - she was one of my favourite people to work with, but she was miserable at Gucci too.

It must have been my lucky day because she happened to be working at the engagement ring counter, and after pointing to a few and asking how much like in a Bangkok night market (”$95, 000″) I giddily got to try on my dream ring. When she informed me it was cheaper than the one I’d tried on in some no-name jewellery store down the road I almost wept.

Immediately texted James to let him know I tried on my dream ring and he said we’ll look at it together! YAY! Still don’t know where we’re supposed to cough up that much money, but it’s a step in the right direction, right??? YAY!

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i’ve been busy, okay?

Lots of stuff to catch up on. Loooooots. I can’t even bare to face a computer on the weekend, except for looking at recipes. In fact, I’m writing this blog post up in one of my newly rare downtimes at work.

Rare downtime, you ask? That’s right. I’ve stepped into a semi-new role! Our Intranet Coordinator left on really short notice, and I casually mentioned to her that I could probably do some of the Intranet stuff along with all my other HR/office stuff, and then she mentioned it to her manager, who mentioned it to my manager and within a day I was having a chat with the ICT Manager and telling him about my childhood hobby of making websites and blogs and got “hired” on the spot to be the new Intranet Coordinator! I had a 3-day crash course in SharePoint from an external consultant (who has also left his company, so I’m now on my own - hooray) and now I have no idea what I’ve got myself into doing both HR and Intranet/Internet coordinating. Luckily for me, though, I got to drop the Office Management side of my old role, which gave the Receptionist an opportunity to step up and she’s so much happier, and I’m so much happier. Even though my HR Manager is a little skeptical of it all working, we’re working hard to make sure this “temporary restructure” becomes a permanent one. And I’m keeping my fingers crossed that I can completely drop the HR side too, haha.

I’m really enjoying the creativity of playing around with the Intranet, and I guess it is somewhat useful that I’m in HR and have a psych degree and I can understand the human interaction side of it too. It’s amazing, I was just lamenting that I’d be so much happier in a field where I can be creative, and this opportunity pops up. (And you know what? It’s my third professional job without an interview… hoping it’s a trend that will carry on for life!). It’s crazy going back to my ‘roots’ - I’m channelling the 11-year-old in me and learning all this computer stuff for the first time. My second boss (yes, I report to two bosses now…) is sending me on a SharePoint course in October, which I’m really looking forward to. Hope this is something I’ll want to stick with for a while! I’m not sure if you’ve noticed, but my attention span is a little short when it comes to work…

In other news, James and I are trying to plan our trip back to Canada, and it’s really not working out. For one, I don’t actually have enough annual leave accrued, so I need to make a special request from my General Manager, but before that I need to have found a plane ticket, which is just NOT WORKING because I want to leave so close to Xmas, and leave Canada so soon after New Years. And the money thing is an issue. For the two of us to go, it’s a sizeable chunk of our non-existent income. I’m thinking of not going at all, but then James and I will be apart for 2 months. It’s a no-win situation.

We could really do to win the lotto right now!

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settling in

We’re so in love with our little baby Samson! After a few nights James brought him into bed with us and he’s been sleeping with us every night - which may be to our detriment as Samson loves to lie between us so he can touch us both, and it seriously impacts Mommy and Daddy Time. We toss him out of bed but he still comes back - love. He’s really opening up a lot and runs around the house like a little terror (especially first thing in the morning which isn’t so bad during the week when I have to get up at 6am, but weekends?… Bad Baby!), but he’ll still run and hide at any sudden movement or noise. He’s such a funny little thing - especially his bright blue googly alien eyes. Purrrrrfect!

I had my performance review at work on Thursday. Hm. My boss and I came to a mutual understanding that I pretty much hate my job, and while I’m not “actively looking” (*COUGH*LIE), if I do get an interview somewhere just to let him know so he can start recruiting for my role as soon as possible. He even offered suggestions for other places to work. But in the meantime I’m just plodding along and he extended my contract for another 3 months - but let’s hope I don’t have to stick around that long! I’ve already got one rejection letter… I guess more are coming…

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