Again, I sit here musing over how time flies, and how I seem barely able to keep updates up to... ahem... date. Anyway, i've had two long weekends in a row, which has been a wonderful thing. And, with that, two completely different types of long weekend.
Easter weekend could easily be described as spending most of it wandering around dark clubs mostly trashed. In amongst all that was visiting the family for breakfast one Sunday morning (Ant was ill at home), and sleeping, recovering from the previously stated trashiness. In all, the dance parties (Rawhide, Recovery and Market) were fun, although the little get together back at friends Matt & Simon's place was possibly the highlight of the two days for me.
Not wanting to sound like a broken record, the reality is that I just can't do big weekends much anymore. They tend to make me feel drained for the rest of the week, and I get the feeling that work is the place you go inbetween clubs. I don't want that no more.
Last weekend was more in line with what I consider an ideal weekend. On Saturday, Ant and I got up and went to gym, followed by a little bit of shopping at Chadstone. That night, we went out to Pink to see the drag show based on The Sound Of Music which, while the venue was somewhat dodgy, the show was great, and all of us had a fantastic night.
Woke up on Sunday and went to gym again, and spent the day pottering around the house. With Ant off to work on Monday, I had the day to spend to myself, and spent it doing little things like cleaning up my home inbox (it was out of control), converting more of my old music VHS to DVD, and getting myself organized, satisfying the Capricorn side of me. I went and had lunch with old workmate Sharon, who has just recently started working with Destra, and then went to pick up Ant from work. I was contemplating gym but had been so sore from the previous two days that it went out the window.
We went out to the POW $1 pots night to catch up with some friends, and although it took some time to get in, had a great night camping it up to old retro tunes and generally enjoying the company. Afterwards, the group splintered, with Simon, myself and a few of their friends deciding it was time to call it a night, and Ant, Matt, Jimmy and Travis carrying on to The Market to see Inaya Day. Ant finally resurfaced home at 9.30am (despite me asking him not to be too late), and slept while I got up, went to gym and enjoyed the outside sunshine.
Work this week has been SLOW. I mean, really SLOW. I wish I had known how slow and I would've put in for the entire week off! However, there is still enough to keep things interesting and not have the day feel like it is dragging. Let's face it - there is always something to do, whether it be client calls, interviews, reference checking, whatever... so I can't complain there. I was approached over the weekend regarding a new role, and when I said that I wasn't really interested was asked what it would take to get me to consider it. But the reality is that I am enjoying what I am doing right now, and feel like i'm still learning a lot of new skills, so I can't really see the point of throwing myself into a new situation right now. I'm also keen to continue this counseling interest I have, but would rather that be more organic too, taking a few years to finally reach the destination I hope to achieve.
Have a backlog of emails and friends to get back to. If you're reading this, i'm so sorry i've taken so long to reply to any of your messages. This week has been the first week i've actually been able to collect my thoughts and spend some time reflecting on the past few weeks. It's hard to believe we're fast approaching May already, but here we are on the cusp of the new month, and before long, new financial year (Yay for tax returns!)
Make sure you stay happy, healthy and well... and watch the new Doctor Who series, now showing in the UK! :)
