Where has the time gone??
It's already almost March ::looking at calendar:: I can hardly believe I have been back from the States for almost 2 months. The time just seems to fly by, and I can't seem to remember what I have done.
March 1st, Autumn is here, and the weather will start to get cooler. I can tell the leaves are starting to change and fall, but maybe that's b/c we have absolutely no water here. Yes, by May 1st, Melbourne will most likely be on stage 4 water restrictions. It's getting really bad, this whole water situation. Back at home, in Oregon, water was NEVER a thing to worry about. But since being here in Australia, water is constantly on everyone's minds. What the government is doing about it, well who knows. It's scary to think that we could be out of water. Our water levels are at 30ish percent at the moment. Back in 1997, they were up at 95%. That is a HUGE drastic drop in the past 10 years. But we're just not getting any rainfall.
The next few months will be a bit busy for me. I'm going to have to start preparing our immigration stuff, ONCE again. I can't believe the 2 year period is almost up. But luckily we don't have to go into as much detail with the documents. However, I still need to do all the stat decs, the medical checks, the police checks, all that stuff. I just hope I can remember when I need to do it, because some take longer than others. Plus, I need to get my fingerprints sent to I think 2-3 different places. ::rolls eyes:: It's as if I don't have already enough stress in my life!! But I try to tell myself, once September rolls around, hopefully all of this immigration stuff will be over, and I'll have permanent residency.
One bad thing, we don't have the support of the GLITF group like we did the first time around. We're no longer members, well we are, but we don't get the "free advise." I don't think we need it so much now, as we did the first time around. The first time around, it was vitally important we had everything. Now, aside from the stat decs and police/medical checks, I don't think we need to have a lot of documentation. In fact, I think they only want one big envelope sized package of documents sent to them.
But time is quickly going by and I don't feel like I have fully adjusted to my time back here. There are moments where I get sad and am quite unhappy. But work is really kicking me in bum, and it's totally giving me a headache. I've had some pretty bad headaches, went to the doctor, they took some blood, but don't know what's wrong. I called the clinic on Thursday to get my results, someone was supposed to call me back that night, and no one did. They were only checking to see if I had low iron. I figure, if it was life threatening or something drastic was found, they'd have rung me by now. I know my headaches are stress related. I know when I grind my teeth at night, I wake up with a headache.
I'm going to see how things whole integration at work pans out. It seems like it's going to be a good thing, but I don't know how long it's going to take. I told myself I'd give it a go, and if things didn't improve, I'd start looking for other work. I know my health isn't worth all of it, but I'm trying to work on it. And work knows about my headaches and my level of stress. They know how much pressure I put on myself, and even though it helps with my performance, it still isn't worth it all.
At least I have a short vacation to look forward to in June. My partner's best friend is getting married in June (long weekend), and we'll be heading up the Thursday night, have Friday to look around, Saturday is the wedding, Sunday aftermath of the wedding, and Monday we'll head back. Then it's back to the grind on Tuesday. But we're going up to Queensland, and I haven't been. So it'll be good to get out, away from the chaos here.
March 1st, Autumn is here, and the weather will start to get cooler. I can tell the leaves are starting to change and fall, but maybe that's b/c we have absolutely no water here. Yes, by May 1st, Melbourne will most likely be on stage 4 water restrictions. It's getting really bad, this whole water situation. Back at home, in Oregon, water was NEVER a thing to worry about. But since being here in Australia, water is constantly on everyone's minds. What the government is doing about it, well who knows. It's scary to think that we could be out of water. Our water levels are at 30ish percent at the moment. Back in 1997, they were up at 95%. That is a HUGE drastic drop in the past 10 years. But we're just not getting any rainfall.
The next few months will be a bit busy for me. I'm going to have to start preparing our immigration stuff, ONCE again. I can't believe the 2 year period is almost up. But luckily we don't have to go into as much detail with the documents. However, I still need to do all the stat decs, the medical checks, the police checks, all that stuff. I just hope I can remember when I need to do it, because some take longer than others. Plus, I need to get my fingerprints sent to I think 2-3 different places. ::rolls eyes:: It's as if I don't have already enough stress in my life!! But I try to tell myself, once September rolls around, hopefully all of this immigration stuff will be over, and I'll have permanent residency.
One bad thing, we don't have the support of the GLITF group like we did the first time around. We're no longer members, well we are, but we don't get the "free advise." I don't think we need it so much now, as we did the first time around. The first time around, it was vitally important we had everything. Now, aside from the stat decs and police/medical checks, I don't think we need to have a lot of documentation. In fact, I think they only want one big envelope sized package of documents sent to them.
But time is quickly going by and I don't feel like I have fully adjusted to my time back here. There are moments where I get sad and am quite unhappy. But work is really kicking me in bum, and it's totally giving me a headache. I've had some pretty bad headaches, went to the doctor, they took some blood, but don't know what's wrong. I called the clinic on Thursday to get my results, someone was supposed to call me back that night, and no one did. They were only checking to see if I had low iron. I figure, if it was life threatening or something drastic was found, they'd have rung me by now. I know my headaches are stress related. I know when I grind my teeth at night, I wake up with a headache.
I'm going to see how things whole integration at work pans out. It seems like it's going to be a good thing, but I don't know how long it's going to take. I told myself I'd give it a go, and if things didn't improve, I'd start looking for other work. I know my health isn't worth all of it, but I'm trying to work on it. And work knows about my headaches and my level of stress. They know how much pressure I put on myself, and even though it helps with my performance, it still isn't worth it all.
At least I have a short vacation to look forward to in June. My partner's best friend is getting married in June (long weekend), and we'll be heading up the Thursday night, have Friday to look around, Saturday is the wedding, Sunday aftermath of the wedding, and Monday we'll head back. Then it's back to the grind on Tuesday. But we're going up to Queensland, and I haven't been. So it'll be good to get out, away from the chaos here.
posted by Gaylicious© at Sunday, February 25, 2007
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