Having reached my first goal for weight loss, I purchased an Alphonse Elric figure (from Fullmetal Alchemist that being the series I'm most into at the moment. I have two of the three, Edward and Alphonse. Alphonse has two spare hands and a cat. Ed has a five spare hands, three spare arms, a removable jacket, a dagger and a curved piece which attach to one of the arms and a spear. I can't help but feel that's somewhat unfair.
I have been insanely busy at work since I got back. The person whom I mostly work for is being seconded up to Auckland for six months. Next week. So he was aiming to make his budget yesterday and today. We've almost done it and since he's in for some of Monday and next Friday, I think we will make it. It does mean that I will have to break in a new author (we are getting a replacement) and makes me more inclined to go for a position in the new Mechanical/Electrical Patent team when that becomes an option. They are looking for the geek people at the moment - ones who don't speak to their shoes, by preference. We're also looking for support staff, so if you are a good typist, both with accuracy and speed, and think you might like working in intellectual property f, drop me and email and send me your CV and I'll pass it onto our practice manager.
There were green things at morning tea in honour of it being St Pat's day tomorrow. I'm more looking forward to daylight saving changing over on Saturday night. Not so much the fact that it will be dark so early but that it will be much lighter at six am, when I am getting up. Currently the view from my window now, at nine pm, is much the same as the view from my window at six am, except there are fewer house lights at six am, unsurprisingly.
maudlinrose came up to my work drinks this evening, which was nice, and then we wandered down to Borders again. I went there after work yesterday. It's going to be a draw card for a while, I think. I'm enjoying checking out the range. Completely unimpressed with the SF/Fantasy section - although they'll have a hard time breaking into the market unless their prices are very good, what with Dymocks and Arty Bees already being around. Like the manga section, which will be hard to resist - I'm already making a mental list of what I want to collect. It's just manga series are so long and they're about the same price as a regular book. And once I start collecting a series and have the entire series readily available for purchase, I have a really hard time restricting myself to a book a fortnight or so, especially if I haven't read them first.
Finished the crossstitch for Kura while I was sick. I need to hem the edges and work out how I'm going to sign it. I'm currently thinking about a slightly elaborate K and the date in one corner, then out of framed view, in a far corner, my actual name and the date. If I do that at the very edge, then it's clearly not for public view. My standard signature for stuff I'm keeping is my first name in very plain backstitch and the year in a dark colour, but not for stuff I'm giving away. I didn't sign my work for ages. My dragon will be signed normally, but in white.
I'm clearly babbling. I wonder why.
Chocolate. I feel like chocolate sometimes. I don't usually want block chocolate, but cakes, brownies and biscuits I find hard to resist, especially when I walk past Ma Higgens and smell freshly baked food.
C. is home now with new blue boots. I will go look.
I have been insanely busy at work since I got back. The person whom I mostly work for is being seconded up to Auckland for six months. Next week. So he was aiming to make his budget yesterday and today. We've almost done it and since he's in for some of Monday and next Friday, I think we will make it. It does mean that I will have to break in a new author (we are getting a replacement) and makes me more inclined to go for a position in the new Mechanical/Electrical Patent team when that becomes an option. They are looking for the geek people at the moment - ones who don't speak to their shoes, by preference. We're also looking for support staff, so if you are a good typist, both with accuracy and speed, and think you might like working in intellectual property f, drop me and email and send me your CV and I'll pass it onto our practice manager.
There were green things at morning tea in honour of it being St Pat's day tomorrow. I'm more looking forward to daylight saving changing over on Saturday night. Not so much the fact that it will be dark so early but that it will be much lighter at six am, when I am getting up. Currently the view from my window now, at nine pm, is much the same as the view from my window at six am, except there are fewer house lights at six am, unsurprisingly.
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Finished the crossstitch for Kura while I was sick. I need to hem the edges and work out how I'm going to sign it. I'm currently thinking about a slightly elaborate K and the date in one corner, then out of framed view, in a far corner, my actual name and the date. If I do that at the very edge, then it's clearly not for public view. My standard signature for stuff I'm keeping is my first name in very plain backstitch and the year in a dark colour, but not for stuff I'm giving away. I didn't sign my work for ages. My dragon will be signed normally, but in white.
I'm clearly babbling. I wonder why.
Chocolate. I feel like chocolate sometimes. I don't usually want block chocolate, but cakes, brownies and biscuits I find hard to resist, especially when I walk past Ma Higgens and smell freshly baked food.
C. is home now with new blue boots. I will go look.