Taking the money and running

Redundancy is scary. Volunteering for redundancy does give me a slight sense of control but still makes me wobble at the knees a bit.

Funny how I was offered one leave date at first and now it has been altered to just before I would apply for maternity leave. Our dear leaders have finally figured out they don't have to pay my maternity and can push me to go before hand. They have done this to everyone who is pregnant for around the same time. Moral...never let anyone know you are pregnant until you have to. Anyway I freaked at first as the leave is worth thousands. Then again it is not worth as much as the PFO payment.
And I hate the job, the work, the industry. I made a suggestion to my boss the other day which could potentially save money and make for more accurate reporting. The boss immediately started to talk across me and tell me how we do things now and that way is best. The boss had no interest in my suggestion and never will have any interest in my suggestions. I realised that I needed to leave there and then. Several thousand will not make me happier or more productive.

My particular place of work is so despised by staff that they were over subscribed for voluntary redundancy at a time of serious unemployment.

I am going to leave. Take a chance for once. I cannot wait.

Coco Rosie

Last night in the Button Factory.

Another wonderful gig.

I was concerned that the venue would lose the music but I was wrong.

Sexy, inspiring and surprising as usual.

The band was fantastic and I loved the human beat box guy.

They were as wonderful as I remember them being in Whelans and I was so happy they covered "turn me on" again.

The support were great fun too. Light Asylum bringing back the 80s. Shannon their main singer has an incredible voice.

Everyone should see Coco Rosie.

the other day...

at work I assigned a private investigator to someone. The PI has to follow a person to check out what she is doing about her work cause we have a feeling she is attempting to exaggerate her loss of earnings. I would like to point out that our policy holder rammed her stopped car at traffic lights and caused 8k worth of damage to it because he was pissed and not paying attention to the cars stopped in front of him. She was actually hurt.

Anyway the PI will follow her, record her about her day, take pictures of her and send in a report on her movements. I will use this report to discredit everything she claims.

I have moved one step further into the dark side. I may not be able to see light anymore

Scan Today

Today I got to confirm that there is indeed a tiny little one inside me. No I wasn't imagining it at all. We could see the heartbeat so very clearly and it was terribly exciting. Shame the pictures aren't clear but I think that is fairly common.

The day was marred slightly by the nurse telling me to watch my weight and that begin pregnant didn't mean I had a licence to eat what I wanted. FFS I know I have been slightly over weight for a few years now but I could have done without being made to feel crappy about how I look right now. Now I am feeling completely paranoid and freaking out about what I should and should not eat.

Gil Scott Heron

Was wonderful. Everyone should check him out.

I was in awe and very happy leaving the gig.

Almost there

Friday is the big day. We get to hear all about the redundancy plans.

tick tock tick tock.

Of course it has to be a Friday before a long weekend.

It is hard to do any work at the moment as you can imagine.

Casualties of snow.

5 regular Geraniums - lovely white and red ones.

2 edible Geraniums - lemon and nutmeg flavoured.

1 baby Fuschia.

1 plant out the back that I forget the name of but it may be recovering.

1 small bush/tree with delightful orange berries.

1 french lavender.