New boss on the horizon
Yesterday was such a blur, I swear. It felt like I spent all day doing minor things here and there, I didn't even get a brief done. And it affected Alanna too, because I think she spent all day doing my matters.
Imad came to me just before lunch with something urgent that was in court at that very moment, and Alanna and I worked together to fix it. She was in my room pretty much dictating while I typed, and in the back of my mind I thought "wow, I'm next to a former Miss World or whatever she was in".
Anyway, we fixed it up and I went to Court to give it to the people doing the list. One lady who seemed kinda new to the whole thing thought it was my file, until I said I had only gotten it 20 minutes ago. The other girl, Moira, knew me and said she knew because my name wasn't anywhere on the file. Anyway, I had to go back and re-do it again, this time I was in Alanna's room dictating while she typed. I thought we made a really good team.
Karina also returned my movies yesterday. We had a brief talk about each of them in the corridor, but that was it. I hadn't really planned to not see her, but I didn't have in mind to go out of my way to see her. I just didn't feel the need. She mentioned she was sick and how it affected her throat, and I said she could sing for my birthday. She asked when it was and I told her. She also complimented me on the purple tie I was wearing.
After work I went home and then drove to the gym. It's starting to come back to me now, my familiarity with strength.
Maybe I had thought of it just before I went to sleep, or maybe I came up with it during my sleep, but I woke up with the idea that instead of calling everyday like a stalker to see if Nabi is working, I could just rock up each Saturday at the usual time and check out the line up. If she's there, then great. If she's not, I'll pick another girl and ask her about the whereabouts of Nabi. Sound like a plan? You betcha.
I was kinda late to work today so went to buy Macca's for breakfast. I bumped into Alanna and Amy at the lifts, and they were joking about how this proved I didn't live in the office. Shortly after I settled into my room, Alanna came over and gave me an orange. She said it was from her boyfriend's parent's tree or something, but it made really sweet juice.
I was pretty happy and put my hands out to catch it, and then she lobbed it to me.
Today seemed a bit similar to yesterday. It seems like Alanna devoted today to working on my files because she would have the rest of the week off for study leave. She said she would take some briefs home to mark on the weekend, and when I said she didn't have to, she said she would because I gave her the courtesy of handing them in early.
I had soup and bread quickly in the office before ducking out to watch the third and fourth quarters of Game 6. Fucking hell, what a disappointment. The Celtics scored, what, 68 points??? Anyway, I watched it at a bar and felt like I had to buy something, so I bought a coke and sipped it, which meant...I LOST THE WAGER WITH KARINA!
I was going to tell her about it back at the office and offer her the free lunch, but she had gone home sick.
At the end of the day, we got an email which basically told us that the boss was changing departments, which meant we would be getting a new boss soon. This was pretty big news, but I didn't really have anyone to talk to about it.
I kept working and then Alanna came in to talk to me about it. I think it's the first time she has approached to talk about something like this. Usually we talk about either my files or hers. Maybe she had no one to talk to about it either.
She said it was annoying because this meant we would have to prove ourselves all over again to the new boss. I never thought about this, so I was glad she pointed it out to me. I can tell she definitely knows how to get ahead. I said she should apply for the job and she laughed. I pushed a bit more and said I thought she'd be good at it. I think she secretly craves these compliments. Like earlier today, she came in and said something like "you must be glad I won't be here for the rest of the week", and I said that wasn't possible or something.
Anyway, she gave me her orange, saying she didn't eat it today.
I kept working until 7pm, and then went home. I checked that Asian social website, and couldn't help but feel a bit of a tickle in my heart to see that Niko had accepted my friend request and that she had visited my profile :)
Imad came to me just before lunch with something urgent that was in court at that very moment, and Alanna and I worked together to fix it. She was in my room pretty much dictating while I typed, and in the back of my mind I thought "wow, I'm next to a former Miss World or whatever she was in".
Anyway, we fixed it up and I went to Court to give it to the people doing the list. One lady who seemed kinda new to the whole thing thought it was my file, until I said I had only gotten it 20 minutes ago. The other girl, Moira, knew me and said she knew because my name wasn't anywhere on the file. Anyway, I had to go back and re-do it again, this time I was in Alanna's room dictating while she typed. I thought we made a really good team.
Karina also returned my movies yesterday. We had a brief talk about each of them in the corridor, but that was it. I hadn't really planned to not see her, but I didn't have in mind to go out of my way to see her. I just didn't feel the need. She mentioned she was sick and how it affected her throat, and I said she could sing for my birthday. She asked when it was and I told her. She also complimented me on the purple tie I was wearing.
After work I went home and then drove to the gym. It's starting to come back to me now, my familiarity with strength.
Maybe I had thought of it just before I went to sleep, or maybe I came up with it during my sleep, but I woke up with the idea that instead of calling everyday like a stalker to see if Nabi is working, I could just rock up each Saturday at the usual time and check out the line up. If she's there, then great. If she's not, I'll pick another girl and ask her about the whereabouts of Nabi. Sound like a plan? You betcha.
I was kinda late to work today so went to buy Macca's for breakfast. I bumped into Alanna and Amy at the lifts, and they were joking about how this proved I didn't live in the office. Shortly after I settled into my room, Alanna came over and gave me an orange. She said it was from her boyfriend's parent's tree or something, but it made really sweet juice.
I was pretty happy and put my hands out to catch it, and then she lobbed it to me.
Today seemed a bit similar to yesterday. It seems like Alanna devoted today to working on my files because she would have the rest of the week off for study leave. She said she would take some briefs home to mark on the weekend, and when I said she didn't have to, she said she would because I gave her the courtesy of handing them in early.
I had soup and bread quickly in the office before ducking out to watch the third and fourth quarters of Game 6. Fucking hell, what a disappointment. The Celtics scored, what, 68 points??? Anyway, I watched it at a bar and felt like I had to buy something, so I bought a coke and sipped it, which meant...I LOST THE WAGER WITH KARINA!
I was going to tell her about it back at the office and offer her the free lunch, but she had gone home sick.
At the end of the day, we got an email which basically told us that the boss was changing departments, which meant we would be getting a new boss soon. This was pretty big news, but I didn't really have anyone to talk to about it.
I kept working and then Alanna came in to talk to me about it. I think it's the first time she has approached to talk about something like this. Usually we talk about either my files or hers. Maybe she had no one to talk to about it either.
She said it was annoying because this meant we would have to prove ourselves all over again to the new boss. I never thought about this, so I was glad she pointed it out to me. I can tell she definitely knows how to get ahead. I said she should apply for the job and she laughed. I pushed a bit more and said I thought she'd be good at it. I think she secretly craves these compliments. Like earlier today, she came in and said something like "you must be glad I won't be here for the rest of the week", and I said that wasn't possible or something.
Anyway, she gave me her orange, saying she didn't eat it today.
I kept working until 7pm, and then went home. I checked that Asian social website, and couldn't help but feel a bit of a tickle in my heart to see that Niko had accepted my friend request and that she had visited my profile :)
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