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life is like life is like busy frustrating happy sad fast fun difficult easy a struggle different same sweet challenging but most of all for the most part i think my life isn t bad and mostly it is good 5 13 2009 work life balance and the will to win that is a myth i think it s wednesday i have been working for 2 days i had monday off and finished late at 7pm both nights and for one of those nights i have woken and thought about ways to solve the problem till i finally succumbed to sleep last week i was at work late most nights and working till midnight working on the same problem over the last two days i have been trying hard to resolve the problem and reach a viable solution because we must submit a paper which outlines 2 options recommends a solution and explains the risks of both options every step of the way there has been this woman who is so counterproductive in the way she works the only impact she has on me and my team is to make us chase our tails and work in circles it is excruiating it is absolutely incredible how that unproductive woman stays in her position this problem has been haunting some of my colleagues for nearly a year and it finally landed in my lap i can reach an outcome but the woman who has kept this going for the year the counterproductive one is working against me at every step and will keep doing that right till the death that is the way she has always worked against me she must be my nemesis i will get an outcome despite the complexity and history of this problem approximately 100 000 has been spent getting legal advice on various ways to solve this problem despite my hearing of the death of my aunt on monday night despite me occassionally breaking down in tears in my office over the last two days about the loss of my aunt the stress of the work and the problem making caused by this other woman and despite the guilt that i feel because i have to leave it all to my sister to help my mother my aunt s carer through this time i will finish what many people have not been able to solve i am resilient i can achieve i will win posted by amanda 5 13 2009 10 56 00 pm 1 comments 5 02 2009 i don t know what has posessed me to return to this blog probably the euphoria of having a computer that makes uploading my photographs easier this was actually taken a long time ago spring in november 2007 to be exact i suppose with our heading into winter i am drawn towards the end of the year already when things will bloom again this is a view from down my street it makes feel lucky to live in this street posted by amanda 5 02 2009 04 00 00 pm 1 comments 1 25 2007 return to work hard to believe i am at the end of my first two weeks of being back at work unfortunately i returned to act in the most senior position in the division which meant of course i was the boss lots of meetings mainly and dealing with staff dealing with staff dealing with staff it seems that is my main occupation at work these days some days however i feel like i work for them and not vice versa in the midst of this p s dear grandmother died after a slowish decline from about november 2006 when i was told the news less than a week ago i mainly felt relief i guess because since november there was such an outpouring of love for her from the family that we actually got to say i love you and basically without words goodbye she wasn t conscious in the final couple of weeks so i also felt that she had already gone by then too it was a fairly big deal not just because of the loss of her beautiful soul but because elliot was close to her and there was some explaining for us to do we had the funeral on wednesday and we asked elliot to come and speak if he wanted to elliot spoke of her in front of the family during the ceremony we were very proud of him i wanted the words to come from him so we lay on my big bed together 3 nights ago and got out the lap top and i asked him what did you think of when you think of nanny he said lots of feeling and then when i prompted him well she had great catching hands not bad sentiments i know but i knew i could extract more from him so i tried the old tried and true acrostic poem and this is what he came up with and said at the funeral my grandnan an acrostic poem g grandnan was a great lady r rated highly by me a always remembered my birthday n never got mad at me d dear to my heart n nicest person i will ever know a always happy to see me n no one will take her place i was a very lucky boy to have a grand nan and we got to know each other very well and i will always remember her love and kindness it was a touching moment nanny s children spoke her grandchildren spoke and so did her great grand children a loving tribute to a beautiful person that i am so much better for having known her i will miss you nanny posted by amanda 1 25 2007 10 24 00 pm 1 comments 1 12 2007 new bathroom these are the tiles for our new bathroom which is to begin by the end of the month p used his computer skills to work out how the feature tiles will map out the chocolate brown tiles at the bottom are actually the floor tiles he didn t have time to 3d properly the shower will also be inside a semiframe not bad p he has actually chosen it all posted by amanda 1 12 2007 02 12 00 pm 1 comments 12 28 2006 dialogue sank you mummy with her drink in her hand thats all right dear i say no say my pleasure she replies i ve got an idea she says quite brightly to me as we are driving off to do some grocery shopping what i inquire don t say what she says sorry i mean what s your idea don t say what she says again okay tell me about your idea there is silence i think the idea has been forgotten posted by amanda 12 28 2006 03 01 00 pm 0 comments 12 07 2006 ever the diplomat recently turned 3 and a sophisticated miss and very much adored by all and sundry she is also very friendly when i picked her up from day care on friday i was told she charmed another mummy by putting her arms around her and made comments about her lovely earrings and makeup gabriella loves all the trappings of femaledom when i ask her how much do you love me she usually replies like daddy daddy gets the reverse reply when asking the same question i wonder where she learned diplomacy i was looking for my gingerbread recipe so start the christmas baking and read some old posts i wish i could start writing again i just miss that process but two years down the track life is so much busier than it used to be its quite sad really last night i was in bed by 8 30pm work has calmed down finally and i no longer wake up before the day starts properly and dread what result i could possibly be asked to produce this week i was very much dreading work for the first time in ages though not an excuse for my intermittent posting i worked out the blogger beta move is working against me when i have gone to post a picture to this blog or my cooking blog it takes ages to load so i lose patience and give up posted by amanda 12 07 2006 05 11 00 pm 3 comments 10 17 2006 cricket fever dear gabriella has caught cricket fever from elliot this is elliot s first year of club competition with his first game beginning last saturday morning i knew he was looking forward to it but i didn t expect him coming into our bedroom at 5 30am in his underwear and pads reminding us that he was playing that day gently admonishing him i called out yes yes we know its the big day but please put some pants on before you put your cricket pads on i took him to buya helmet on saturday afternoon it was fun but definately a venture into new territority for me as p normally takes the role of taking elliot s to sport shops for bits and pieces we were going to buy gloves too but i have this thing about kids getting things all at once and then expecting things to happen all at once when their adults i think there are some good lessons to learn from understanding there are advantages in delaying gratification and managed to placate him with a promise to revisit things like shoes gloves cricket bags and cricket clothes over the next month or so in looking at all the pads gloves and helmets that can be purchased i honestly felt like i was kitting out a gladiator not a mere 8 year old boy posted by amanda 10 17 2006 08 21 00 pm 0 comments about me name amanda location brisbane queensland australia mother of two with one of each wife of one dogless busy working five days a week baking and cooking when time allows writing rarely these days wishing i had time to read more often view my complete profile www flick r com this is a flickr badge showing public photos from gabrielliot1 make your own badge here previous posts work life balance and the will to win i don t know what has posessed me to return to th return to work new bathroom dialogue ever the diplomat cricket fever news spring cousins waiting archives 08 01 2004 09 01 2004 09 01 2004 10 01 2004 10 01 2004 11 01 2004 11 01 2004 12 01 2004 12 01 2004 01 01 2005 01 01 2005 02 01 2005 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