45.7°C on Wednesday! Only 42°C today, phew.

My job interview was yesterday. It wasn’t a terrible interview as far as I could tell, but the receptionist told me that they’d had at least ten people through, so… not very good odds :(

Meanwhile, I have encountered the primary peril of casual employment and been laid off from my current job :( Today is my last day :( I am going out for lunch with my managers and also going to have a big cake… it’s pretty sad though, since this is the best job I’ve ever had by just about every measure.

So the job-seeking is full time starting next week.

Last night, my friend Marcie took me to see a movie about a dog where the dog dies at the end. THIS IS NOT WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR IN A FRIENDSHIP :@

Currently enjoying Cake Wrecks! E.g. bad cakes, awesome cakes, awkward cakes, and reaaaally disturbing cakes :)

Anyway. If I can pass a typing test this week, I have a job interview! Not in DECS, but elsewhere in the government. Yay!

I’d like to apologise to everyone who’s had to deal with me for the last few weeks. I know it’s a lot of moping. You get used to being on a certain trajectory, and when it crashes out on you, there is a period of adjustment… which in my case manifests itself as mild to moderate despondence, and being really boring and annoying.

Anyway I don’t care if this sounds like I’ve got tickets on myself: I was meant to do better than not really expecting to get interviews for high-school-graduate-level admin positions at the age of 25, and I reserve the right to be disappointed in myself for at least a week longer.

Claire’s #1 Weight Loss Tip:

Write down everything you eat, every day.

If you want to take it further, count the calories.

Obvious but effective!

I am bored because MSN is dead :(

Applying for jobs you don’t really want is way too depressing.