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stui magpie wrote:Surely there's more odd things than me?

Anyway, left the old girl up bush for 2 weeks while I do some bathroom renovations. She's been living with me now for near 2 years, and it just felt really strange, or odd even, having the house to myself after so long.

Little things like being able to crank up the radio in the back room at 7:30am, dishes not doing themselves, just the feeling of being alone. I like it, but I'm not used to it.

Can't afford to get too used to it, I have work to do and have to bring her back in a couple of weeks.
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really? its nearly 2 years? shit thats gone fast! enjoy! and you never know, she might want to stay there, then you will miss her!! cheers
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Just got back from dropping the daughter off at the airport and my guts are in a total knot.

She's off to Europe for 3 months and I don't know if I'm worried or what it is. I know she's sensible and smart, usually, but this chick she's "sort of" in a relationship with is the most disorganised bugger I've ever met.

The original plans was my daughter had a kontiki tour all organised and booked, now she's dropped that to make it up as they go along. She's got the flight to Athens booked, somewhere to stay there and then the flight to London and that's about it. :?

They were both supposed to come here this morning, leave the daughters car here while she's gone, and I'd drive them to the airport, but the GF had a last minute meltdown trying to finish packing, so squirt left her with her mother to organise her and came over here on her own. She did get a call on the way that mum must have knocked her into shape and they were on the way.

My baby girl off to europe with a disorganised froot loop (who I quite like as a person actually) and I feel sick.

I really hope she has a great time. I'm going to miss seeing her each Sunday. :(
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shes got her head screwed on right, she will be fine papa bear!
um, when did she switch sides??
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Yikes! That is all water under the bridge.
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think positive wrote:shes got her head screwed on right, she will be fine papa bear!
um, when did she switch sides??
Yeah, that's what I keep telling myself.

The switching sides is interesting. She told me Xmas eve she was sort of seeing someone. I asked if it was (X bloke) and she hesitated for a second and said it's not a bloke. I digested that for about 5 seconds and just said "whatever makes you happy" and I meant it.

I'm not sure she's fully switched sides and I don't think she is either. I asked her a while back if this means she was done with blokes and all she said was "I don't know", so I'll put that down to personality dependant. I'm not really fussed either way, whatever works for her.

the reason I say "sort of" in a relationship is because that's how she refers to it. lala (not her real name) is supposed to be staying in Europe and getting work (despite not actually getting her working visa, having saved any money or being organised in any way) and squirt has always planned to come back.

I can see some very tense moments in their future in the next few months, I did caution squirt last night that no matter how much Lala irritates her, hitting her on the head with a brick is not a good idea, especially in a foreign country.

I quite like lala, she's been over for dinner several times on Sunday's and she's fun. I can just see trying to travel with her for 3 months is a potential nightmare. You'd love her but she would do your head in at the same time.
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She just texted me, they'e arrived in Singapore and it's apparently bloody hot. :lol:

Few hours stop over then off to Athens.

She's not always in control, she's worse at paying bills than I am and if it wasn't for the last minute she would never have done a school assignment, but she won't take shit from anyone and is strong mentally. This will be an absolute experience for her. We've clashed something fierce at times, but always get through it and I love her to death.
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Hugs mate, have a drink, She be right! You did good
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^

She's having a ball. Started in Athens, then moved to Crete. Spent the past week and a bit in a 2 story house in the mountains mainly hiking, relaxing and cooking at home. One big shop at the local version of Aldi lasted a week.

Anyway, what I'm finding really odd is that my computer mouse has developed an aversion to my right hand.

It's a cordless mouse with a small wireless thingo plugged into a USB port to connect. The PC is under the desk so that may cause some interference, but this is strange.

When I use my right hand, it frequently hangs, isn't responsive, won't move where I want it to and basically drives me mental.

When I switch to my left hand, it works fine. :?
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Suit on, shoes with socks :? about to head to the city for a sort of "Handover" for a job I know very little about.

Feels weird, and I've got butterflies in my stomach the size of pterodactyls.
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good luck hope it went well
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stui magpie wrote:Suit on, shoes with socks :? about to head to the city for a sort of "Handover" for a job I know very little about.

Feels weird, and I've got butterflies in my stomach the size of pterodactyls.
Good luck Stui, I am sure you will be fine. I hope the butterflies are happy butterflies!
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All good, cheers guys.

Had a handover with the bloke who's leaving, lot of reading to do before next Monday, had a chat to the new boss on the way home, looking forward to it.

Gonna be interesting being HR support to a bunch of snr academics, but meh, I'm sure they can be taught. :wink:

One thing that was a real shock was being in the northen part of the CBD during the day. I thought the train must have gone through a space portal and I was in Bejing. :shock:
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earlier this week, one of the girls at work asked me what my speciality cook was on Sunday when the kids come over.

I replied with a few and the bloke behind me chimed in with they have crumbed chicken and mashed potatoes every Sunday.

Every Sunday. :?

I mean, growing up we had a roast lunch every Sunday, but the protein could have been chicken, lamb or pork (rarely had beef)

But having the exact same meal every Sunday?
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