Life, Love and the Everyday

Hi everyone! I just want to check in and see how everybody is and bring you up to date about a couple of things in my life. I don't know whether I have broadcasted this or not; but I still don't have a job. However, I have successfully reapplied at my old childcare center and have dropped my resume in at fast food joints, childcare centres and local cafes and restaurants. After much thought and reflection I wandered why I wasn't getting the gigs. Needless to say, I came to the conclusion that my experience wasn't quite enough so I put the wheels in motion to remedy that. There is a new Italian restaurant in my area which is still trying to gain local recognition - so I walked down the street to see if they could offer me any. Because it is so quiet in the restaurant right now, they were happy to give me work experience but they could give me no guarantees on whether they could give me a paid job. That would be nice and all, but I agreed to the work experience b...

Six years ago I asked a work mate of mine. "How's it going?" and he replied truthfully. "It's either laugh or cry." Last night I finally found out what he was talking about. My boyfriend A. is what I like to call a passionate cook - once he's in the zone his one quest is to get dinner done - after dinner I went back to the kitchen and started to cry and laugh at the same time! Dirty dishes were piled high in the sink, traces of food were scattered over the bench-tops, floor and stove! I don't know why I laughed but I figured it was better than crying. Then I asked A. to kindly come and rinse the dishes!  Since MKR started we like to rate each other's dishes, the closest I have gotten to a ten is an eight. Sometimes my dinners rock his socks and others are complete flops and we have to substitute dinner with dessert. Until last year my master dishes were chicken and vegetable stir-fry, steak and vegetables and spaghetti bolonaise - that chan...

Hello one and all! I am sorry I have not written anything for awhile, to be honest I did not know what to write about. However, a few weeks ago I decided to return to childcare and the first place I went to was - guess where? My old work. I have applied for a casual position there but I am also considering other childcare centres to put my resume in because as you know, casual hours sort of ebb and flow. Also I am currently doing volunteer work in my church café on Fridays and love it so much that if I don't get a shift I feel somewhat deprive!. I enjoy working alongside three girls I have become quite close to and I love going home smelling like coffee-beans! The skills I am sl-ow-ly acquiring give me a sense of fulfilment and anchor a glimmer of hope that there is a future for me in the work industry, I just have to find my niche.  I still want my book café dream but I have accepted that for now I need to stick with my current skill set and to my delight, I d...