I’m jealous of other people’s abilities to do retrospectives on their years. Um. It’s too hard.

Stuff this year:
-I got a Josh
-I got the first real job I have liked
-I managed to put up with prac teaching, if “put up” is defined as not actually quitting at any point
-I finished uni for the 3rdish time?
-I did basically no proper exercise :(
-I didn’t get the job overseas that I wanted
-I listened to a lot of Arcade Fire
-I was sick one million times
-I ate a lot of frozen peas

See I don’t knowwww.

Resolutions for next year:
-Do more (any) exercise
-Eat better
-Drink less Coke Zero
-Get a career
-Move out

I don’t have to go to work for… 5 days \o/

Real proper holidays (not the “do your assignments” kind) are nice. I am way relaxed :)

I don’t have to go to work for 13 days \o/ Yay Christmas.

I have only needed presents for eight people this year: immediate family, boyfriend, work KK, Chow’s Mystery Christmas Gift Exchange person, and two people who have told me they got me something (um, if you have something for me and I don’t know about it… please drop a hint!). This does not seem like very many? Possibly because last year I was responsible for all the Cousin Gifts and this year they somehow got taken care of before I noticed? Anyway Christmas shopping was easy, everyone told me more or less exactly what they wanted. And in some instances came with me to get it, and then carried it for me because it was heavy.

In return… well in the case of my sister’s present to me, I actually went and bought it myself and then gave it to her. It is a new mouse! Unlike my current mouse, it will scroll down. I never knew how much I would miss scrolling down until I couldn’t do it for a fortnight!!

Anyway, yes it eliminates the element of surprise. But gosh it makes life run smoothly.

P.S. Turtle!

I am sick again :( But it is just a cold! Colds are a non-intimidating type of sick, woo. I am prepared to put much of my recent ill-health down to anxiety and its side-effects. Needing a job is stressful :( I have been feeling a bit frustrated with myself for not making smarter career decisions eight years ago. If I’d been more pragmatic back in year twelve, I could be doing something much better now than wafting around, 25 years old, in consequential debt to the government, and not really qualified for anything that I want to do?

Have a plan, kids.

I think if I could manage to get employed in something that was kind of using my degrees (at least one of them?) and felt somewhat like a real job, I would actually feel okay about most things in my life? But it’s kind of a big thing to have lacking.

Anyway I am applying tonight for a year-long contract in the DECS policy directorate. I would like to get it.

I had a nap with my hand under my head, and this happened!!

BLUE. These were taken like 20 minutes after I woke up too… it’s fading now, but still not gone. PRETTY COOL.

Tim gets philosophical:

11:46:53 AM Tim: lack of blog updates
11:46:55 AM Tim: by anyone!
11:46:58 AM Claire: i know right
11:47:38 AM Tim: well whats the point in blog
11:47:42 AM Tim: without blogging?!