Still Sick

I've had two more days off.. urg! Contrary to popular belief, and while I enoy the rest, I actually hate sitting around on my ass all day when I know I could be doing something. However yesterday I was thoroughly miserable, and very crook, so working really was out of the question. The Dr told me to have today off too. He pulled some blood as well, but I forgot to ring them to find out if there's anything wrong before they closed because I was busy learning the guitar and helping dad with his resume.

As for guitar practise, I know 6 chords, A, Am, C, E, F and Gadd (whatever that is...) and I can sort of play Missy Higgins "Don't Ever" It's getting there, I just need to work on changing chords more smoothly, and working out a strumming pattern would help too. but my fingers are already hella sore from just that. I need to take a break for a bit. I'll build up callouses eventually, just not all in one night given the current pain.

I'm back at work tomorrow, and will probably have buttloads of piled up work. (That is why I don't like missing too much work) On the brighter side, Ryan is coming to stay tonight, and is driving me in in the morning, so I won't have to get up at 6 to catch the bus... so can't wait for this other guy to move out of our room! The new place is in Ringwood, and much closer to where I work... it's going to be awesome!

I missed a driving lesson yesterday which sucks big. I have like 5 weeks left till my test and I REALLY need to be able to practise as much as I want. Mum isn't very good about letting me drive either, so I don't get a lot of practise there. This frustrates me no end.

Also I have learned 2 things about my mouse, Dimebag since moving back in with mum. (They were looking after him since we moved out of Ryan's mum's I couldn't have him at either of the other two places I was at) First off, he doesn't like chicken... at all! Number 2 is that he LOVES spaghetti. He will go mental for a peice of the stuff (cooked that is) and then sits there munching on it as fast as he can. He threw (well dropped with definite propelling force) away the chicken he was offered in favour of spaghetti, and then begged me for more spaghetti, by sitting up and peering through the bars at me. Cute... :)

I have also become addicted to YouTube Music Videos made with Sims2 sad, I know, but this chick is really awesome,a dn I am sure there are more out there if I keep looking.

Lyn from work just rang, checking if I'm going to be in tomorrow. I said yes, I really have to be. I am better today, and there will be so much to do. I just hope that i don't suddenly get told I am hella contagious or something :P

Well, i can hear the Simpsons callign to me agian, I'll talk to ya later!

Miranda xx

Sick..

Well I'm stuck at home with a horrid virus (I had to get off the train this morning coz I was going to puke) So I may as well update everyone on my life.

I'm staying at mum's for the next couple of weeks, till Ryan and I can get our own place... scrap that... WE HAVE OUR OWN PLACE! It's a share house, with a 30yo bloke and another 18yo girl, but our room won't be avialable for a couple of weeks, but we are guranteed the spot.

Jim (the guy who has the place) is awesome, and there is a pet turtle too. Her name is Cleo. There's also a slightly crazy neighbour. THe best part about it, is I get to cook... all the time! (I happen to love cooking for other people)

Even better, as Jim is single, and doesn't need so much space, we get the master bedroom, which has a massive walk-in robe, and it's own doorway to the bathroom. Not quite an ensuite, but close enough for now!

I'm still working at the same place... and still more or less enjoying every day. I didn't want to miss work today, even though I felt crap, but jumping off the train to go chuck in the station toilets kind of meant I had to.

Also, I am > < that close to getting my license, I passed the computer based hazard perception test (barely I think) and am doing the driving test on the 22nd of June. Keep your fingers crossed for me! I was VERY nervous fo the HPT test, and was convinced I would fail. God only knows how I'll be for the actual driving component. I tend to go to peices and make silly mistakes during practical tests.

Other than that life is good, Ryan and I had our two year anniversary 10 days ago, which was lovely. We went to Kublai (the head chef there was on the Biggest Loser!) and then headed back to his dad's where he is staying for a couple of quiet drinks.

My 21st party was also awesome! Not too big like I wanted, but still big enough for me to be exhausted, and barely get to spend more than 5 minutes with anyone the whole night. I also got some beautiful pressies, including a VERY beautiful necklace from Ryan's mum which I absolutley adore. It's rose gold (sterling silver core) with tiny seed pearls and a couple of turquoise too. Mum has tried to steal it several times.

The other bonus for me, was Ryan's lil cousin M,(she is a tad younger than my eldest cuz Phee) painting me my own plate with my name on it. Not only was I totally not expecting her to do that, I don't recall EVER having my very own named plate! I haven't actually eaten off it yet, but I will soon.

As for the music guessing game... come on people... give it a go, I've had one person answer... see if you can beat 8! I know some of the songs are a bit obscure, but think about it, it's me... there are a few artists I am obsessed with, so there should be some free (or at least easy) points in it for you.

Anyways, best be off... Simpsons are calling.

Miranda xoxox

Music Game for all!

To make up for my recent absence, here's a little game for everyone to enjoy. Basically I'll random my entire music collection and put down the first couple of lines of some songs and you have to tell me the song and who they're by... no googling! Whoever gets them all/the most correct gets bonus brownie points.

I got the idea from Melissa Anyways... on with the game...

*Any songs that are cover versions, any artist is fine for!*

1) Left on an eastbound train, got on first thing this morning

2) Start spreading the news I'm leaving today

3) He was a boy, she was a girl, can I make it any more obvious?

4) Scar tissue that I wish you saw, Sarcastic Mister know it all

5) Well this is just between us, but between let's get high

6) I've seen you twice, in a short time

7) Well you call your momma tiger, and we know that you ain't lyin'

8) Wonderful baby living on love, the sandman says maybe, he'll take you above

9) 6 o'clock already I was just in the middle of a dream

10) Well we got no choice, all the girls and boys

*Miranda skips two instrumental songs*

11) Yessir... Well the bigger the city, well the bigger the lights

12) A weakling weighing 98 pounds, will get sand in his face

13) Tommy gets to work on the docks, union's been on strike he's down on his luck

14) Sometimes I feel I've got to run away, I've got to get away

*random song not in english*

15) You know the day destroys the night, night divides the day

16) The sirens are screaming and the fires are howling, way down in the valley tonight

17) I took a walk around the world to ease my troubled mind

18) If I did not have an ego I would not be here tonight

19) It's astounding... time is fleeting... madness takes control

20) Katie was a little girl who said "I'll find a way"

21) Long lost words whisper slowly to me, still can't find what keeps me here

22) We'll roll on with our heads held high, our consience in the gutter our dreams up in the sky

23) And here's to you Mrs Robinson *too easy for any more lyrics!*

24) Sarah won't you tell me your name, I've been waiting here for hours

25) Went down to Santa Fe where red wine paints the walls

26) Welcome strangers to the show, I'm the one who should be lying low

27) Left a good job in the city, working for the man every night and day

28) Who's that whispering in the trees? It's two sailors and they're on leave

29) So here it goes another lonely day, you're saving time but you might as well wait

*skips 4 obscure Meatloaf songs and 3 Nickelback in a row!*

30) Ay-yai! When I dance they call me Macarena...

There's a few songs to get you started... update on my lif post coming soon... promise!

Long Time No See...

Well I've moved about a billion times, and sucky living circumstances are forcing Ryan and I to live separately at the moment. Him at his dads and me at Nicker's place. Why oh why won't some goddamn rental accept us? This is crap, seriously. Not to mention Nicker's mum just sold her place and I have to be out of here by the 31st of May... oh did I mention there's not enough room at Ryan's dads for me?


Right-o, vent (only a small one) over. Believe me you've missed some good vents while I've been offline. Mostly Nath-centric might I add. Long story, won't go into it cbf about it/him anymore. Just wish the whole damn thing could've been sorted out a little bit better so I could feel a tad less confused about the whole SNAFU... mind you a massive rant post might not have helped.

Anyways, my 21st is coming along just nicely :) However I haven't had any RSVPs yet... HINT PEOPLE!!! Mum and I have planned most of it so far, and she is being a gem by paying for it all.

Anyway, I think I am going to go and have a shower now... my back is killing me. I will try and get on a little more often from now on again!

MWAH xoxox

Random Update

Nothing new really. I have been back at work for two weeks now. Lyn has been away for nearly all of it. She's busy sunbaking at Saftey Beach from what I understand. She came in briefly, to "work" for a couple of hours. Translation: Shuffle everything around so when she left I couldn't find anything, and throw out stuff she deemed "useless" but turns out I actually needed. However, she didn't actually achieve anything other than rearranging the desk.

It wears me out being upstairs at work the whole day, sure. But I'm not the only one who hopes she decides holidays are more fun and that she doesn't want to come back to work. Honestly, I don't think there's anything that she manages to do efficiently, and she upsets Dean and Barry heaps too, upsetting Dean isn't hard, he rants like a moron from the moment he opens his mouth in the morning to the moment he closes it in the evening, but actually seriously upsetting Barry is no easy task! That man is an ex-cop, so he is extremely cool-headed and hard-working, but the fact that Lyn upsets him and manages to make him bellow shows just how irritating she is.

I have my first driving lesson on Monday (finally I hear you say) and I am quite nervous about it... it's at 5.45 in Croydon, so traffic will be somewhat spastic. Stay off the roads people I am finally on my way!

Anyhow, we're going out or something soon so I better go brush my hair and stick some shoes on.

Have fun!

(Oh yeah.. picture host seems to have repaired itself... yay!)

Picture Host Is Down...

Gotta find a new place... crap! Enjoy blandness for a while people.

A love note I have sent...

My Darling Boy,

20 Months already! Gah, where does time go? Next thing you know it'll be 20 years!

There are moments when I wonder how it's possible to feel as much love as I do. When I think of you, I smile so much my face hurts, and I feel so happy I have to worry about my chest exploding. (And that would be bad... no more boobies!)

Everyday I find another reason to love you more than I already do. I must be up to a million reasons by now. Even the things I moan about are so much a part of you, I have to love them all the same. And truth be told, I wouldn't change them for the world... even the nailbiting and that odd 'scratch n sniff' habit you have!

Thankyou for the time so far, you make me feel like the happiest and luckiest girl in the whole world! I can't wait to see what the next 20 months hold with you.

Anyway, I know you find love notes corny so I'm going to stop rambling. (Also I know you're struggling to read my writing)

All of my love,

Miranda

Back... at long last.

Here I am at last folks, alive and well, and with a new network card. (Very grateful it was only that and not my whole mobo.)

In more serious news first off:

Ryan "Tweedledum" Galdeas. A bloke from work. Got the call on Tuesday afternoon, he was in a car crash Friday and passed away shortly before Trev called me to let me know. Work will be a quieter and sadder place without "Little Ryan" to hang shit on, throw things at and generally have a good giggle over his antics. May he find himself in a place with fast cars, HAWT chicks and enough Jim Beam to satsify his needs.

Generally though life is the same. We are still living at Lisa's which is not really a barrel of laughs, but hey, it's a roof over our heads right? Brea (the baby) is too cute for words, and there's a new kitten here, Snooker who is pretty damn cute herself.

I've been on holiday from work since the 22nd, and loving it. Have been drinking and sleeping to my heart's content.

Christmas and NY has also come and gone, and both were pretty cool, got to see heaps of people, and on a materialistic note did extremely well in the present side of things. Fave pressy THE ENTIRE SERIES OF M*A*S*H, including the movie and special features DVDs! Thanks to my wonderful boy Ryan. (Who also gave me a Rocky Horror calendar which I picked and paid for myself lol)

Other than that, life goes on in it's usual non descript fashion. I have work in 4 days... which I'm not looking forward to in some ways, and am heaps in others. (Getting out fo the house can only be good for me)

Not much new than that, guess I'll update if I remember anything else awesome to tell you.

Could it be...

That venting cheered me up? I do actually feel better now (however the whole growing balls statement still stands)

Little to report again, I cooked tea tonight, which was yummy, although by the time it was on the plates I couldn't even remember what I'd put on the chicken when I was asked! Talk about goldfish memory.

However, it was extremely hot today, so hot in fact that the waistband of my jeans got damp... (my stomach sweats heaps...?) not a pleasant feeling in the slightest.

Not to mention my crappier than normal eyesight, my depth perception is funky atm too. Getting my eyes checked on Saturday, hopefully it's just the heat and being tired that's doing it, I don't really want to pay for new glasses, or wait till Janurary for my health insurance to renew so I can get more money back. Specially seeing as if I have to wear them all the time, (this depth perception thing may make me need to) I will want ot get new frames, like I picked nice-ish (but cheap) ones when I got them only for reading, but I don't think I could wear them all the time, specially seeing as my face has changed heaps in the past year and they don't suit my face so much anymore.

*yawn* It's only 8.30 and I'm already tired, but I slept pretty crappy last night, stupid heat. Ryan had a good winge about me too this morning, apparently I was actively practising bed aerobics last night, and not the good kind ;) :P Basically, I was rolling from one side of the bed to the other and kicking heaps... poor thing didn't get much sleep between clinging to the edge of the bed, fighting for the doona, and dodging kicks!

Blah... so need to come up with something exciting to write about for a change... c'mon people, questions! If I get enough questions, I might even do an FAQ all about me :)

Blah...

I haven't updated in ages have I? Man I can be lazy, but there's been a bunch of random stuff going down, and I really didn't want to just post a big rant/vent thing, and be all angsty and crap. I am not after all an emo.

Two things mostly have been bugging me, work & someone in RL. (If you know what's going on, good for you, and make sure you tell me who told you so I can forcibly silence them... am not big on this being spread around anymore than it already has)

Work has just been blah lately, Lyn is having issues realising that I can do anything, so much so that I have done practically nothing upstairs for weeks. And yet, I do everything so much more efficiently than she does, and put stuff where it belongs. Jealousy, or maybe worried that Trev will realise that I am more capable than his own wife?

Not to mention that we don't produce downstairs fast enough to require two full-time blind cleaners, and you can only clean the kitchen, sweep the factory and otherwise pretend to look busy for so much of the day, so I also spend heaps of time doing sweet FA, when there's a pile of stuff I could be upstairs doing, but Lyn is "working" (making personal calls, reading the newspaper and eating) and doesn't want me up there "disturbing her." OH... and THEN she gets upset because nothing is done, and I spend a lot of time doing nothing. GAH!

Hold that thought, going to get souvlakis....

Back now, that was nice, sat by the river and chilled, quite spot, good cheap food and sitting in the back of the pannie, our ideal date :)

Have just realised I am still venting heaps about all the crap that is going on, despite not wanting to write an angsty horrible post. Ah well... guess it's better out than in right?

And the other thing I'm pissed about is someone basically went and betrayed my trust, and told someone who told someone etc etc etc... to rather devastating effects, nearly ruined my relationship with Fungus, and has finally earned us our 2 week notice, next weekend we are out of here... SHIT GUYS.

However we are working on a place to live, and we do have a sort of option, at least for the time being, and the relationship issue is now gone, however I am still inredibly hurt and angry at this person, who I honestly thought I could trust for opening their mouth, and there's a wonderful bitchy part of me that hopes that this blantant lack of respect for my privacy and friendship has an equally devastating, if not more so, effect than it did on Fungus and myself.

And while it may take a while, I would be prepared to forgive this, ok sure maybe they slipped up when they opened their mouth, but what irks me even more than the fact they said anything at all, that they didn't even have the guts to tell me "whoops", instead let me find out through someone else (the person they told, told their workmate, who lives with Ryan's sister), which is what caused so many of the problems.

And now that they know the shit hit the fan, and that I am rightly EXTREMELY angry at them, they have now all but dropped off the face of the planet, hardly answering SMSs, and NEVER on MSN... seriously, grow up and get some f'n balls, you fucked up big and it's going to have to be dealt with one way or the other.

Otherwise the routine is the same, work, eat, sleep, with not nearly enough of the last item on the agenda. Mind you, I can never sleep enough, something always gets in the way, particularly recently as bedtime is the only time we have to discuss anything, so many D&Ms have kept me up waaaay too late, and thus result in a sleep deprived me, yet another reason I am pissed off because someone has a big mouth.

I bought my first pair of jeans in years last week too... and other than chilling around the house, I am now never out of them, they look HOT. :) They even tone down the size of my ass, (which if you know me is something I am always just a lil concerned about... so yeah, I can be vain)

This is turning into a huge entry... wow. Think I might leave you with my most recent "words of wisdom"


"A camel is a poor substitute for an elephant"