Announcement

Greetings, groovers and shakers! I trust you are well on this most marvelous of Mondays.

It's time for my rather splendid announcement. Brace yourself for a stunning revelation of epic and monumental proportions!!!! Or something...

Drum roll, please! 

Ok, so you have to imagine the drum roll. Got it? Good. 

My announcement is....

I have been officially offered a casual library job AND, I commence on Tuesday, January 12 for induction and training! 

If you are reading this on Monday Jan 11 that means tomorrow! YAY!!!! 

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! 

Also...

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!!

I'm scited. That's totally a word. It means scared and excited all at the same time. Mostly excited. But kinda sorta scared. 

I looked up words that mean nervous excitement and there are many. Such as:

• Agitation
• Antsiness
• Clamour
• Flurry 
• Fluster
• Perplexity
• Tizzy
• Transience
• Tumult

I really thought flurry meant something else. A maccas sundae, maybe? Um, no. That's a McFlurry. My mistake. Ahem. 

Another interesting tidbit (speaking of great words...) is another word for nervous is the term screaming meemies.  

I thought a screaming meemie was something like this: 

Since we are making announcements I should also declare that I purchased a dress with POCKETS. Now that truly is a big statement. Almost bigger than the job thing. Well, do you know how a rare an occurrence it is to find such a thing?! It deserves a drum roll AND a trumpet call. Again, your imagination is key here. 

In other news, we were thinking of getting away for a few days next week, but you know, there's this pesky little global pandemic thing. Sigh. We shall see what happens. We have not been away since 2016. This is not ideal, but what can you do. 

I've completed a tremendous amount of paperwork in order to commence this casual position. I'm starting to understand why people never leave council or government jobs. There's so much red tape!

On Saturday, I went with Mickey Blue Eyes to check out where the library branch is. It's right near a favourite old cake shop I haven't been to in DECADES. We had a pleasant little stroll down memory lane recalling the time we got sausage rolls and I accidentally squirted one of those little squeezey tomato sauce sachets all over my front. As we were dressed up and on our way somewhere (can't recall where), it was most inconvenient. Thinking about it now is curious because I'm not even particularly keen on ingesting  tomato sauce let alone wearing it.  Weird.

Oh yes, there's also an op shop in the same street. Could be dangerous. Or delightful! Cakies and books FTW!

Anyway, wish me luck! I may need it. As we were heading back to the carpark a black cat sauntered directly across our path. Good thing I'm not superstitious. Not AT ALL.  Nope.  No way.  Not me. Well, not really. Gulp. Shudder. 

See you on the flipside! 

Until next time,

Ness 

PS. On Sunday we were in a different carpark and another car reversed out straight into the back passenger side of our car. Nothing to do with the black cat thing, right? Superstitions are all complete nonsense, RIGHT? Good. Therefore crappy things can't happen in threes... I hope. Fingers crossed! 

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I Miss Blogging

Hey. Remember me?

I just suddenly felt like typing some words here again. Apparently I have not done so since September of 2019! It is now 2021. Just an FYI in case you were unaware.  I'm very helpful with the Captain Obvious stuff. 

Oh, and there's this pesky old global pandemic thing happening. Fun times. Said no one ever. 

Consequently it felt a bit silly and unimportant in the scheme of things to keep on rambling on here in my ridiculous way. I dunno. I do overthink  things, because only a handful of people read my ramblings anyway. Which is how I like it. So on with the proceedings. 

Anyway, a few things have happened since September 2019. A bullet list is always a lazy yet efficient way of imparting information  So let's do it. 

• I have continued being a volunteer administrative support assistant at Blacktown Community Hub St Vincent De Paul Society *waves at Vinnies people* 
• I have finally completed my Diploma of Library and Information Services and am participating in the Australian Library and Information Association's mentoring scheme as a mentee. 
• I completed my industry placement at Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College in North Sydney in order to (finally!) achieve my diploma. You may or may  not recall (or even care) that I was scheduled to begin a placement at University of Western Sydney back in April, then BOOM: Lockdown. Luckily I was able to keep my enrolment open in case a truncated placement became an option. And it did. See above. 
• I have applied for a billionty jobs and had one or two interviews. Although I did not get the position I interviewed for I was offered to be put in the casual pool. I'm quite pleased with this outcome. I had my pre-employment medical just before Christmas, so fingers crossed some actual shifts in a library may be on the horizon. YAY! Unless we go into lockdown again... In which case I imagine libraries will close again. Related: wear a freaking mask, people! 
• Last June we farewelled our lovely rescue dog Cookie. Such a beautiful soul. She rescued us, really. She was quite old and her cancer returned. She had previously had breast cancer before we adopted her. It was really difficult to let her go, but in the end it was the kindest thing to do. 

RIP beautiful Cookie 

• We welcomed another rescue dog to the family! I always knew we would get another dog, but I've gotta admit it happened a hell of a lot quicker than I had imagined. But I am glad of it. Enter Chandler.  See below. He's a Jack Russel and Fox Terrier cross. He was a lost doggy at the local pound who was not claimed by his previous owners. All I can say is, their loss is our gain. He's definitely one of the family now! 

• Mickey Blue Eyes and I have continued our tradition of scintillating Sunday drives. Here are a few highlights: 

• Oh yeah, we celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary last November. That's kinda a long time, right? 

• I have a milestone birthday coming up next week! Hoping to have an appropriately socially distanced celebratory dinner with my family. And, of course, CAKE! 

So basically some things have changed, but on the other hand nothing ever changes with yours truly. 

Why mess with what works, right? 

Until *next time,

Ness 

*Next time could be next week, next month, next year... Who knows? 

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