Drag King show update

Okay, so my first thought of what the drag king show would be, was something to the effect of the drag king shows in The L Word. I assumed there’d be a lot of ladies, and some fantastic performers. Uhhh, that didn’t happen at all. The bar was ironically called The L Bar. But there were about 25 people there, and there were only two performers. One of the performers is dating my friend N from work. But they were very novice, if you could say that. It wasn’t fun and exciting, like I had hoped.

But N and I were pretty bored, maybe it was because it wasn’t our scene. But I had hoped for a little better show. Even though I’m not really into the gay scene, I do enjoy drag nights. I don’t like bars because I always feel like people are rating me, and plus, people smoke. I can’t stand people who smoke, I think it’s pretty rank. Sorry, for those readers who smoke ::snickers:: Smoking within the lesbian community…it seems like so many lesbians smoke. I think N and I were the only ones last night in the bar that didn’t smoke. Though there were not many of us (I think around 25) that still was a lot of smoke to be surrounded by.

All in all, let’s just say that though I was happy to go out with N, it’s not something I’d do on a regular basis!

-current mood-FEEL BAD, forgot to send mum's pressie. Will send it Tuesday

Drag king show

N from work, came up to my desk this morning and asked me if I had any plans for this evening. Because my partner works, the answer is usually NO. Again, it was no..lol. She asked me if I wanted to come with her to a drag king show. So that is where I am going tonight. I’ve never been to a drag king show, but have always been interested in it. And probably with the fact that they’ll be a lot of lesbians, how can I not say “okay.” No worries though, I’ll only window shop ::snickers::

I’ll update tomorrow how my night went, since I’ll most likely be back tomorrow morning.

-current mood-LOOKING FORWARD TO TONIGHT'S SHOW.

Moved to team

Earlier this week, I had a chat with my team leader. It’s the 5th week, and that’s around the time where we find out where we’re going, in terms of what team. There are 5 teams, that depend on where the client lives. I was told, that I was actually being considered going to Due Dilligence. Due Dilligence is actually a separate team (though people are picked to be a part of one of the 5 teams) that deals with the initializations of clients. So if someone has just been had us appointed, it goes thru Client Relations first. They deal with the first client contact, finding out about the client, visiting them, that sort of thing. Then it goes to Due Dilligence for 3 months. In that team, people chase up the pensions, the income, the assets, everything that is needed for when the client then has a personal financial consultant.

Due Dilligence is a pretty tough role because you have 65 days I think, to complete everything, to be compliant with the community standards. When you’re in one of the 5 teams, you’re clients are all “alike” if that’s possible. But with Due Dilligence, it’s different. But my team leader was discussing my progress with her team leader, and they think I might be a good fit for Due Dilligence. When I heard this, I was pretty wrapped. I didn’t know how I was doing, and I’ve been told by my friend N, that they (my bosses and such) think I’m doing a good job. But I guess my team leader has seen that I’m organized, and that I’m able to do things within a time frame. Those two things are key points to be a Due Dilligence consultant. New people usually don’t start out in Due Dilligence because there is so much to know. But I guess they are confident that I will be able to pick up what needs to be done, and then do it. So I’m excited.

I don’t start training until I think a month. I’ve just moved downstairs (there are 9 floors) to the Rural team. There are 2 people who are on leave at the moment, so I’m “filling” in for them. I started doing a section 61 report today with R (my training buddy) and when I got back to my desk before lunch….I found about 20 more budgets to do. Some are very easy, I can usually do them within 30 minutes. Others are more complex, and it takes me awhile. But the team leader at Rural knows that I’m still in training, and that I’ll be doing other trainings. But the 3 new starters that started last week, in about 3 weeks time, they’ll probably be ready to move to a team. And Tuesday, there are 3 new starters that will be starting then. Plus I heard there are 6 more interviews this coming week. So there are a lot of people starting, but it’s a matter of where they are going to fit everyone.

I can tell that I’m already stressed. Usually I’m able to go to sleep pretty quickly, but the past few nights, I’ve been lying in bed till 11:00. It’s not very good for me, when I’m tired as in the morning, and am dragging toward the end of the day. But maybe I’m feeling this way right now, because I know it’s Friday tomorrow, and it’s a 3 day weekend as well. Labour Day is on Monday…yippeeee.

I enjoy the job, I just sort of feel overwhelmed that I don’t know enough yet. But I know I’m not supposed to know everything. Now that I’m actually doing the work, it’s showing what I’ll be doing. And I ask a lot of questions, and I just hope people don’t get annoyed. But tomorrow we’ll be doing another section 61, but I’m going to be doing all the calling and contacting of people. That’s yet another skill I need to get more confident on….phone calls. I feel like I’m stumbling over my words when I’m trying to convey a message. But I know it’ll get better with time and practice!

-current mood-SAD, missing my hunny.

Suduko

Any bloggers enjoy playing this Japanese based number game? If you don’t know what it is..google it. But the basic idea, is you have a 3x3 square, that has 9 squares in each of the squares. Your job is to put the numbers 1-9 horizontally and vertically, without using the same number in each row and column. Besides that, you have to have the numbers 1-9 in each of the 9 squares..and of course, none of them can be duplicated. When I first heard of the game and saw it in the newspaper, I thought “this is hard.” But I started one rated easy, and figured out how to do it. Now I try to do one every night. If I can’t get it from the newspaper or a magazine, I have a program that makes a game for me..and I print it off and do it before heading off to bed. If you haven’t tried the puzzle, I recommend trying it. It doesn’t take any math skills, just logic and skill. I haven’t been able to complete difficult ones, but I’m learning!

-current mood-PEEVED off at someone, but won't go into details. ::rolls eyes::

Car

My car only cost me 100.00 to get fixed. The mechanics said that they didn't think it needed a tune up. The problem had something to do with a computer relay or something along those lines. But they said that it seemed to be running okay, that a tune up wasn't necessary. Here I was expecting to have to pay a heap of $$ but it was only 100.00. I just hope that the car problem isn't the type, where you can't figure it out, unless the car dies on you, while doing a diagnostic, or after the car dies, and you have to get it towed. Keeping my fingers crossed that I won't have the car die on me, and that I won't need any more repairs.

-current mood-HAPPY, my car repairs only cost me 100.00.

Tagging

Any loyal readers out there enjoy tagging, or doing graphic design online? With either Photoshop or PaintShop Pro?? I’ve seen some beautiful tags out there, and have become recently really intrigued on how to do it. As I was talking to a friend about it, I have no idea what the possibilities are. But I’m very interested in learning. So if there are any peeps out there that 1) know how to do it, and wouldn’t mind teaching me the very basics at first…with either program. Or 2) know how to do it, and have a group I could join, that would help me learn how…that would be very much appreciated!

-current mood-NOT HAPPY JAN, got a bill that doesn't seem right. Lucky it hasn't been charged yet.

Another weekend down...

…which means another week ahead. Let’s hope this week is a good week. I have an appointment on Tuesday to have my car serviced. I’m hoping and praying, that it won’t cost a lot of money. I just hope I’ll be able to drive the car to and from the train station without any qualms or problems. It’s supposed to be cooler tomorrow, so maybe I won’t use the AC. And I’ll definitely be going home the usual route, not the route I went on Friday. I know my car issues could be related to a lot of different things, but I’m just hoping that 1) I make it to and from work okay, and 2) it doesn’t cost a lot to get my car fixed.

-current mood-TIRED, I think I slept too much last night.