Visiting friends is always fun, visiting friends on their birthdays is always a blast, but when one has a young, newly neutered dog along for the ride, well we’ll just say there will always be a few surprises. Him deciding that the carpet in her hallway looked like a toilet when he became too excited, well, that was the worst of it. Still, we had fun after we’d taken him out for a quick walk.
Somehow it’s almost scary to think that I have friends who I’ve known for nearly seven years and we’re as close now as we were when we met. Today was just one of those days when I realised, however, that we’ve changed a lot, both in our way of thinking and our way of handling things, both positive and negative. I realised that the Birthday Girl had grown up a great deal more during the past few years than I myself have. Where she has progressed I’ve regressed. Still, admitting it is the first step in taking charge of it, right?

In other news, I’ll finally be able to play piano again! A few years ago I gave away my Baby Grand because I didn’t really bother playing it. As the days turned into months, months into years, however, it dawned on me that I really did miss it and oddly enough, my prayers were answered just a couple of days ago when an acquaintance of mine decided that she was getting rid of hers and said that “If you can take it out of here, you can have it”, so of course I said I’d take it.
Now comes the real problem, though… finding strong arms to help me.

You’d think I would have time to update during Christmas, considering how seldom I update even when there isn’t anything else going on in particular, but for once, I feel as if I might be in a slightly… divulgatory mood.
Spending the holidays with family is something most of us take for granted, but I’ve realised recently how dear it has become to me these past few years. Since meeting my boyfriend I’ve spent the winter holidays away from my own family twice already, but somehow, it almost feels as if all that’s happened is that my family has grown larger. I no longer feel uncomfortable in the presence of his mother and father, his grandparents and his brother, in fact I feel as much at home here as I ever have in my own parents’ house.
Good food, good company and most of all, lots and lots of love and figurative warmth (because, in all honesty, this house is cold as a penguin’s bottom) is what we can enjoy.

I hope the few people who might come across this blog and who might, by chance, actually bother to read through my nonsense, take the opportunity to just look around at those they have nearest, the people they care about, the people you love. Give them the time of day, not just once or twice a year, but as often as you can, to just talk and listen to one another.

You never know how many many more days you’ll be able to enjoy their company.

I got it, i got it, I got it! w00t!

As you can tell, I’m more than a little happy with the fact that I’ve finally got a job. As I was heading through town in the company of my boyfriend and two others, my phone (which I had tucked in between my breasts for some reason) rang pleasantly. This caused me to squeal and then answer with a mildly flustered tone before I turned on a mildly serious side in myself.
As it turns out, it was the young man who interviewed me yesterday, of course, and he could pleasantly report to me that there was a spot for me on their team! Obviously I was more than a little overjoyed, so as I gave him the information he needed, a sense of relief flooded my senses and I was able to relax for the first time in months. When our quick phonecall ended, I leapt onto the back of Sebastian, a coworker of my boyfriends, who immediately gave out a sound of confused joy.
In the end, I was congratulated by everyone around me and now, as I sit in the kitchen with old and new friends, I feel content. I feel calm and I feel like another beer might be in order.

Peace out!

As stated above, I was off to an interview today. Now, since I was unsure if I would be able to find the place I went early… and I mean way too early, so I ended up passing the time by writing a little:

14:41
At the moment, I’m waiting for a job-interview to begin. I decided that, since I have no navigational skills, I would set out early to find the building in which I am to meet my (hopefully) employer-to-be. In the end, it was much easier to find my way than I had originally imagined, and so here I am, sitting in the lobby of a rather beautiful building, simply watching the seconds on the clock go by, as the ugly head of nervousness rears its head in my chest. I’m not normally a person who is comfortable in being too forward, lest it has to do with my love-interests (my current boyfriend knows all too well how easy it is for me to act on my emotions, the poor dear) and so I’m dreading the fact that I have to put up a front of confidence and perkyness.
I’ve never had any real jobs before. Mind you, I’ve got some experience in handling people, due to my career’s practice in school, but during summer-breaks and the like, I’ve spent the past five or six years baysitting my nephews and the children of my cousins. If not else, this has given me some training in handling stress and stubborn little monsters, but somehow I don’t feel like that will come too much in handy when it comes to sitting on the support-team for one of Sweden’s top broadband-deliverers. Well, it may help me deal with customers under the age of twelve, but in all honesty, I don’t think they’re the main clientele here, or what do you think?
You must forgive my ramblings, but this sort of thing is truly nerve-wracking for me and so I really don’t know how else to work off my stress. I bought myself a pack of gum and a bottle of water so that I don’t end up fainting, though the risk of that happening is extremely low.

14:52
The marble floors here are gorgeous, perfectly smooth, reflecting even she smallest detail on the ceilings. The slightly darker stones, frames by paler ones make it seem quite regal, but the simplistic and rather cute round sofas placed upon this grey foundation seem to give it a touch of warmth and light. It looks welcoming, but I must say that it helps very little against the anxiousness that is still rooted in my body.
The people who wander these halls seem to be very well-versed in all that has to do with computers and communication, whereas I can only boast a few hours on IRC and a quite shameful amount of time spent on facebook and other online communities. To put it truthfully, if I don’t get he job, I’d understand it full well, but if I do get it, I’ll be damned if I don’t do my best at it, no matter how small and insignificant my part may be on the whole.
The woman in the lobby, who let me in, was kind enough to come by with a cup of tea and a cookie, saying that I don’t have to worry and that my interview will probably go very well indeed. I can only hope the rest of the people around here have the same pleasant attitude towards someone new and more than a little nervous.
Oh, dear there’s only three minutes left.

14:57
I know I’m rambling, I know that this whole post will probably only be read through by one, maybe two people, but nonetheless it makes me feel just a little better to have written it. After all, the few people who do visit my blog once in a while will complain if I don’t update it from time to time, don’t you think?
I’m still counting down the seconds, but somehow the nervousness is slowly being drained and instead has been replaced by a sort of calm. That sort of feeling that allows me to realise that, even if this interview goes straight to hell, I’ll still be able to keep searching elsewhere, right? This is only one job out of many hundreds. They may be hard to find, considering the current economic state of our country, but there’s no use in giving up without trying, is there?
Impressive how I’ve managed to babble on and on about so much even though so very little time has passed, isn’t it. I myself am actually mildly amused by it. People have often said that I have an ability to talk about utterly pointless things for long periods of time, but I’ve never really taken them seriously until now.

15:00
Time to go in. I’ll give you an update as soon as I’ve got some time to myself again. ;)

16:08
Apparently, everything went extremely well! The young man who interviewed me was easy to talk to, and very welcoming I might add. I was afraid it would be some uptight nerd who focused only on the technical aspects of the job, but I was so very mistaken. Still, according to him, I aced both the technical and the social part of the interiew, he was pleased and so, obviously I am too!
Now, I’m heading home again so I can do my dishes and play a bit of Need for Speed with one of mah best friends evah!

So now y’all know what has happened today! Hopefully I’ll be able to report good news tomorrow (when I get the final verdict on my possible employment) so look forward to it!

Peace out, y’all!

It can come at the best or the worst of times. How can it come at a bad time, one might ask, well it’s quite simple, really. When there is no computer or at least a blank sheet of paper and a pen, it’s a bad time, or so I feel. I guess it’s a bit my fault too, though, since I very rarely carry my scribble-books around with me anymore.
I will apologise to the two or three people who seem to actively check in on this blog from time to time, that my posts have been so very sparse, but I won’t make any empty promises that I’ll get better, though I will try. I’ve just realised that I’m not a very ambitious person, so I only do things like this when I have that nagging little urge in the back of my head.

Now for a quick update!
My cousin’s marriage, roughly two months ago, went smoothly and I got some lovely photographs of her in her beautiful dress, and her gorgeous hair and makeup (done by me, so be impressed y’all!) that I’ve not bothered to upload, but I will do so soon, I think. After all, I have to be able to boast a few more interesting pictures than those I already have up, yeah? ;)

Other than this, a great many new friends were made last week, one whom I grew especially close to, though I never would have guessed it would happen due to the odd circumstances leading up to our first meeting, as well as what happened that evening.
It was definitely strange, but I’m very glad it all happened.

Still, I will add a note to myself: Never party every single night for a whole week. It’s tiring, to say the very least.

Peace out, y’all.