Inconvenient Annoyances

There are some guys (they're all guys) I've been hanging out with in my computing course but lately, since the winter break, I've kinda been getting the cold shoulder. Little things like using my workstation*, or getting up to go to lunch without waiting for me. Last Friday they were sitting on the other side of the classroom from where we normally sit. It's a really small class and the group I was hanging out with are the over-20s/returners so I can either continue hanging out with people who don't seem to want me around, start hanging out with the teenage boys, or find someplace quiet to read on my own.

I really liked the idea of having friends, however casual.


* specific computers remember your settings, but each time I log onto a different computer I have to start over - creating shortcuts to shared files, downloading chrome, moving icons I never use and can't delete to the bottom of the desktop,  stuff like that.

I got called a non-native English speaker by a member of the public yesterday while I was at work.  It was particularly annoying because I'd gone out of my way to take extra details to help her out so she would not have to drive back and forth between York and where she lives trying to chase down one thing.  I laughed it off with some colleagues today.  It was nice they found it ridiculous too.

I got called a non-native English speaker by a member of the public yesterday while I was at work.  It was particularly annoying because I'd gone out of my way to take extra details to help her out so she would not have to drive back and forth between York and where she lives trying to chase down one thing.  I laughed it off with some colleagues today.  It was nice they found it ridiculous too. 

that's just absurd! 

I'm in the library to start on another set of essays (four this time!) and I'm just too tired and unwilling to be really productive. I think my thyroid is acting up again because I just don't feel like myself and I haven't been on pills in a while. All I want to do is go home and eat a plate of chicken vindaloo, but I'd rather not get take out but I don't want to wait to cook it myself. I actually wouldn't mind too much if the ingredients were already in my fridge, but I'll have to go and buy the materials.

Another IA: We're STILL waiting for internet in my flat. We moved in December. Will my life in the UK ever involve me waiting less than three months?!   Other people somehow manage to get theirs installed within a week, why can't I??? I keep informing my family and friends back home that I'm not avoiding speaking to them via skype, we're just waiting for internet. They ask if my flatmates don't want internet or something, but that's not the case. My father is definitely waiting for a phone call from me since he hasn't skyped with me since December. I just don't want him to hold it against me.

I made baked oatmeal the other day, so things have been a bit naughty this week with my diet. Not too crazy, but not great either. Saturday is my birthday, so I don't see things improving until next week!   

I "walked" to school this morning without having to lift my feet. Good thing it's pretty much all down hill - I don't think ice skating up hill would have been nearly as effective.

I "walked" to school this morning without having to lift my feet. Good thing it's pretty much all down hill - I don't think ice skating up hill would have been nearly as effective.

Oh my goodness, it took me 3 times as long to get to work this morning and J called me on his way to tell me about an accident with a bus and car (not good) and it took him four times as long (he's terrified of falling) to get to work.  It was definitely a Yak-Trak morning! 

I just bombed my first job interview.  My DH got me an interview with his friend's company the day that my residence permit got here.  And I was nervous since I don't really have any friends here to go to for support or guidance.  My heart wasn't in it, but I was relying on his faith in me to get through it.  He had to go to Spain this week for business, so it took every ounce of courage to get there on my own.  And though I left 2 and a half hours before my interview, i still got there with only minutes to spare due to stupidness on my part with public transportation.  All the prep work I had done went out the window because all I was thinking was how unqualified I was for this job.  And it was the most awful experience of my life, and they asked me what kind of fruit would I be?  And they just sat there staring at me across the table like I was some hick that had no business being there.

I am totally and completely discouraged and feel like I disappointed myself and my DH.  Now I am all by myself until tomorrow and can't stop crying because I keep reliving what I said yesterday and feel like such an idiot. 

Job hunting sucks, and in the states, I got every single job I've ever applied for the first time.  Here I feel like a complete alien.  I'm so sick of being in this house doing the washing up that seems neverending, and doing laundry, and being too scared to get out and enjoy the fact that I live in a beautiful place with lots to do.

I don't know how to get out of this rut.  It's really annoying.

I just bombed my first job interview.  My DH got me an interview with his friend's company the day that my residence permit got here.  And I was nervous since I don't really have any friends here to go to for support or guidance.  My heart wasn't in it, but I was relying on his faith in me to get through it.  He had to go to Spain this week for business, so it took every ounce of courage to get there on my own.  And though I left 2 and a half hours before my interview, i still got there with only minutes to spare due to stupidness on my part with public transportation.

Hey, at least you got there on time! I misread maps and showed up 30min late to one interview, sort of half-assed my way through it (due to fatigue/stress), and still got the job, so there is still hope.

And it was the most awful experience of my life, and they asked me what kind of fruit would I be?  And they just sat there staring at me across the table like I was some hick that had no business being there.

WTF? That's the weirdest interview question I've heard.

Have you gotten definite feedback from them? No news may be good news (though I'm not sure I'd want to work with people who think fruit is a good interview topic, personally).

Good luck!

Arrrgh, I just logged onto my online banking and my Barclays account has a £443 charge on it today from Sprint Wireless that has absolutely nothing to do with me.

So I rang up fraud, they've cancelled my card, I'll get refunded in 24hrs, a new card in the post on Monday, and fraud forms to fill out next week.

The good thing is that I caught it EARLY so it shouldn't affect my finances too badly (it's not like they cleaned me out before I noticed), but it's annoying to have to bum money off my husband for the weekend.

This is the first time I've ever had fraud on any card of mine, and I reckon it must've been that some place I ordered from online was hacked, because I am VIGILANT with cashpoints checking for skimmers, and I never loan my card out to anyone or write down my PIN or do other stuff like that.

It could've been worse but it's still annoying.

I forgot some papers I needed for a meeting today. Grrrr.

I made baked oatmeal the other day, so things have been a bit naughty this week with my diet. Not too crazy, but not great either. Saturday is my birthday, so I don't see things improving until next week!    

I know that feeling all to well my B/day was last Thursday I totally blew my diet that 3lbs I lost before my B/day I found them again lol.    Oh well I had a Wonderful B/day & a awesome weekend of food & company so now back to the routine of healthy eating except for V/Day  we are having Chinese.  I'm not kicking myself for the weight gain whats the point of that just dust myself off an get back on the program.  

My IA is minuscule but annoyed me I forgot to take my antigerm wipes to the gym so I had to wipe down all my cardio stuff with a wet paper towel yuck.    

I got so soaked and frozen walking home from work in this horrid gale and biting/sharp/icy rain -

So as soon as I got home, I luckily had a few spare minutes for a hot shower which warmed me up.  However, it absolutely chilled me- as several hours later, I am all stiff and achy now and my skin is still stinging from where the wind/rain bit into me

Realizing that, by the time I get my visa stuff back, that I'll probably immediately have to get a new passport for going back to the US for a visit in March or April.  It expires in August and the people are all weird about travelling on a passport with less than 6 months on it.  It's annoying, and I really don't want to have to spend the money on it.

That, and it means my passport is going to have the new ugly pages with bald eagles and amber waves of grain all over them.  It's silly, but I like my state seals better! 

That would be me, although I'm not afraid of dogs.  I just don't like them.  I was bit in the face by a dog when I was in high school, and I really don't care to have anything to do with them.  I will not react badly if a dog jumps on me or comes up to me, but I would much prefer it didn't.  So I'm one of those people who wants dogs on leashes.

I can understand that. I was once bitten (on the leg) by an Alsatian who was tied up (on a long rope) in his front yard. I was walking past on the sidewalk minding my own business. I don't dislike dogs -- but I am wary.
DS's former room-mate was bitten on the face by her own dog. So, you just can never tell, lead or no lead.
Having said that, I think Ace is adorable