24th August 2006

What a hectic week it has been. I have already worked more than my 25 hours for this week which is great for my pay next week. On the job hunting front, nothing has happened in regards to some applications that I put in a couple of weeks ago. So I will have to go back again and try for something else. At least I am not feeling as rejected as what I did and also, I am lucky to have a job even if it is pretty crappy at times. I just wish they would realise my worth and give me some permanence (be it part time or full time). I am really tired and havent really had more than 2 days in a week off since coming back from the SAM retreat last October, and often it has just been the Sunday I havent worked (too expensive). Combine that with my early morning starts and I am sure you can appreciate how tired I am at the moment. I just keep plodding onwards though.

I havent had much time for scrapping this week and I need to get to my table and keep busy. It has been 5 days since I had a ciggie. I think today its been a little hard, I am really craving a smoke and I am trying not to give in. I am glad I am keeping busy. It generally takes my mind off it.

I am getting Paige to design a cover page for the album I am doing of our exchange students that have come to stay. We have had 3 Japanese students now, they have all been for a couple of weeks. We have loved having them and look forward to having more of them. All 3 of them have been very very polite and really appreciate all that we have done for them, and we have enjoyed the experience of having a person from an entirely different culture staying with us. I have about 2 more pages to complete of our first student Manami and then I will go on to Takeshi our second student, that stayed with us during Christmas 2005.

Anyhow, I hope everything is going ok in your patch of the world and I will try and keep this updated.

Take care

tess