Panther On A Shirt

I was right when I made my earlier prediction that this was going to be a huge week at work. It has been full on. Lots and lots of stuff happening. The heat hasn't really helped, but I think that generally everyone is still conducting themselves in a professional manner. At least I think that's what's happening. I could be delirious from the heat and have been hallucinating the past few days. It wouldn't surprise me.

I just had a chocolate flavoured peanut paste sandwich. It was pretty good. I didn't like the consistency of the paste though. It was too much like a liquid. It was similar to a runny honey. Not like a proper peanut paste. It isn't really very chocolatey either. It tastes a little bit like Nutella. Or Reese's Pieces. Still, I bought the jar for the craic , so I'm not too disappointed.

So the interviews continued today. I really am appalled at the competency of some of the applicants. It's really disappointing. I don't know if this is just a childcare thing, but just showing up for the interview isn't going to get you the job. One girl came in stinking of cigarettes. Another requested that we repeat and break down each question for her. Two have been almost unintelligible. It sucks. These are all people that have passed their Certificate III in Children's Services as well. It makes me wonder.

On that note I finally completed my first two subjects for that certificate. It's only taken me a year. In the end I was able to have a conversation with somebody over the phone. We spoke for an hour, and at the end of that hour she said that I was competent and that she'd try and organise some Recognition of Prior Learning for me so that I wouldn't be required to do the written assignments. I was very happy with this result. I guess that I have learnt something after working in childcare for the past 2 years. The lady on the phone was very pleasant and I look forward to my future conversations with her. Especially if it means that I will get this course out of the way sooner.

Ha. I think that I'm trying to have my pie and eat it too.

I was thinking of going to Kasabian tonight. I don't think that I'm going to get a chance to though. It's Ria's Dad's birthday, and he's in town. So we're going out for dinner. It should be good. I hope that the storm doesn't hinder our plans though. It could be a doozy. It's certainly been hot enough.

This weekend I'm heading up to Woodgate again. I really like it up there. I'll have to make sure I take a good book. And some beer. It is Australia Day, don't you know?

I've been thinking back to what I did on Australia Day last year. I'm pretty sure that I just went down to the coast for the day. I was spending a lot of time down there at this time last year, and I am really glad that I did. Sure, I was alone for the majority of it, but that time alone really enabled me to work a few things out in my head. I enjoyed my nights sitting on the balcony looking out over the street and the park and the beach. It was very nice. Things certainly aren't very complicated when you can be completely selfish. I prefer it this way though.