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Post by Clare on Sept 8, 2004 23:38:01 GMT 11
Smitten with spring and the curiousity it brings!
What a wonderful two days I've had - lying in the sun watching the clouds float by in dragons, cats, anvils and possums. Leaves in my hair, warm breezes and stairs to skip down. Late nights in the library lugging gigatuan piles of books down to the photocopying room - much to the amusement of random passerbys.
Spring is my season. If I had a horse I'd be galloping from one rolling green hill to the next (with a bucket on standby for the enormous amount of sinus fluid produced from my horse hair allergy). If I had a beach, I'd be building sandcastles and throwing seaweed in people's hair (so... I have a slightly obnoxious sense of humour.. but it's the thought that counts!) T-shirts and bare feet and sun on my skin.
**breathes deeply**
Phwa.... need to empty my rubbish bin. Something is growing mould.
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Post by Elspeth on Sept 9, 2004 0:00:28 GMT 11
Hehe - now you've gone and made me feel all Springy, too.
Good luck with that rubbish bin.
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Post by Elspeth on Sept 16, 2004 14:30:45 GMT 11
Good things have been happening to me of late and I just wanted to share. * my Timothy got a job that he loves * we're going to move into a house with room for my piano!! ;D * I just got a pay rise that was back-dated to March (that was a very nice surprise!) So, despite the fact that I have a disturbing tax bill (thanks to my crappy bursar), I have a lot of other things to be thankful for.  Has anyone else experienced some good luck lately? |
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Post by Min on Sept 16, 2004 14:57:03 GMT 11
Hey everyone, Glad to hear everyone's so happy I've got quite a bit to be happy about at the moment really: * I've gotten the promotion at work that I've been dying for. So when I get back on the 27th, I'm Client Tech Support ;D * I've found a NICE BOY. Yes, there was one out there - and he's mine!! * I'm going on holidays with this nice boy all next week - to the Gold & Sunshine coasts, me for a tan and he to surf. HOLIDAY HOLIDAY HOLIDAY! First break in 9 months (not counting my trip to sydney, since it was just for a weekend). * Today is my last day in my 'old' job ;D <-- biggest grin possible. * There's only 3 days until my best friend's bah-some wedding is OVER! |
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Post by Glynnavyre on Sept 16, 2004 17:44:19 GMT 11
Hey everyone, Glad to hear everyone's so happy I've got quite a bit to be happy about at the moment really: * I've gotten the promotion at work that I've been dying for. So when I get back on the 27th, I'm Client Tech Support ;D * I've found a NICE BOY. Yes, there was one out there - and he's mine!! * I'm going on holidays with this nice boy all next week - to the Gold & Sunshine coasts, me for a tan and he to surf. HOLIDAY HOLIDAY HOLIDAY! First break in 9 months (not counting my trip to sydney, since it was just for a weekend). * Today is my last day in my 'old' job ;D <-- biggest grin possible. * There's only 3 days until my best friend's bah-some wedding is OVER! SMILE!!! ;D mmmm... sun  Gee I wish it was going to be sunny where i am... hehehe  |
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Post by Dameon on Sept 16, 2004 18:17:20 GMT 11
I realised that I haven't said anything happy.
Well, as I asked people to talk about triumphs, I'll give you an unusual one.
Some of you may remember my difficulties six months ago in forming a good relationship with my best friend's boyfriend.
They'd been going out for like a year or more, but somehow James and I could never get along. We didn't dislike each other, in fact, I liked him a lot, he's a great guy. According to Sophie, he really liked me too. It's just that the two of us could never strike up any kind of conversation or become friends. There was no rudeness or anything, but one of us always felt a bit 3rd wheely, and we just couldn't be friends, no matter how much we liked each other or how much we had in common (which turned out to be quite a bit).
I was always whinging to Sophie that I couldn't get along with him like I thought i should (and I wanted to), and she says he was always whinging that he couldn't get along with me. It was driving her nuts, because it was always "Does Kate hate me?" and "Does James dislike me or what?" and she was always "ARGH! NO! WHY CAN'T YOU TWO JUST BE FRIENDS!?"
So anyway, it was a big challenge for me and for him, but we really worked hard at it. We made a point of making conversation with each other, we tried our best to include each other so there would definetly be no third wheelishness.
Then we got a job working together, which meant he had to take me on a half hour drive across town every week. That did wonders for our relationship, because you just HAVE to find things to talk about.
Okay, so it helps that we work together, and that he always offers to beat people up for me, but I would definetly count James on my list of best friends, these days, which is absolutely amazing when I look back on the days of "Er... hi..."
This is great, because it takes the pressure off my friend, and she's so much better off knowing that her best friend and her boyfriend can strike up a coherent conversation, even if she's not there to mediate. And now neither he nor I has to feel like the other two are excluding us.
Anyhoo, that's my success story. If you work hard at it, you can improve your life and make things easier for yourself, and for others.
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Post by HeartoftheDarkness on Sept 16, 2004 18:45:56 GMT 11
yay!! i like happy endings ;D
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Post by HeartoftheDarkness on Sept 16, 2004 18:46:44 GMT 11
now i sound like i'm three years old, as opposed to my 515 years
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Post by Elspeth on Sept 16, 2004 20:59:06 GMT 11
Well done, Kayt. You've done a fantastic job there. |
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Post by Miska on Sept 17, 2004 9:48:20 GMT 11
okies i havent read this threadn and i dont have time... *ducks from flying ice cream*..but i just had to say
IVE FINISHED MY SILLY ASSIGNMENT!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOT no more bees for me! *does bee waggle dance* duh! got to stop that...okies now party shopping..*quickly wonders off*
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Post by Lucy on Sept 18, 2004 8:25:34 GMT 11
;D I'm very cheerful because to day my balances at worked actually balanced! (Stupid accountancy)
And also, I'm going on holiday tomorrow!!!!! Yaaaaay!! Been waiting for aaaages! So, I will be absent for a week, although I don't think I'm *that* much of an infulence of the boards, so I'll makle a swift exit, a swift return and no one will be the wiser....oh, I jsut told you all didn't I....oh well. ;D Yaay holiday - no numbers for a week!
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Post by Miska on Sept 18, 2004 8:51:08 GMT 11
ooo have fun lucy!!!!!!!!!! enjoy ur break! we'll still miss u!
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Post by Elspeth on Sept 18, 2004 22:19:13 GMT 11
Of course you'll be missed, Lucy. No-one's as proudly British as you. |
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Post by Natally on Sept 18, 2004 22:28:58 GMT 11
the school holidays in 6.2 days!!! w00t!
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Post by Elspeth on Sept 23, 2004 14:39:18 GMT 11
SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
I just found out that our application to lease a fantastic house has been APPROVED!! Yay!
*bounces about hyperactively*
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Post by Miska on Sept 23, 2004 15:27:47 GMT 11
*bounces with buneater* thas fabulous news! so whens the sending coming out!  ;D 
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Post by Arien on Sept 23, 2004 15:31:11 GMT 11
Have a great time Lucy! Even though you're probably already holidaying by now... *Congratulations!* To Buneater! That's great!!! ;D |
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Post by Dameon on Sept 23, 2004 19:02:30 GMT 11
Yay!!!
CONGRATULATIONS BUNEATER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KSL
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Post by Elspeth on Sept 23, 2004 20:31:04 GMT 11
Thanks, guys! I'm rather happy about it. We're going in tomorrow to sign the lease and do all sorts of serious things. But there's a lovely backyard for you all to camp in when The Sending's launched. Some of you can even sleep in the garage. I hope everyone else experiences at least one similarly fantastic thing in the next week. |
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Post by Timm on Sept 25, 2004 20:02:23 GMT 11
Ooh!
*grabs tent*
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Post by Elspeth on Sept 26, 2004 21:37:30 GMT 11
Links to piccy-pics, if anyone's interested. Unfortunately, there are no shots of the backyard you'll all be camping in. Once we move in, I'll rectify that. Pics of the Buneater's house |
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Post by Arien on Sept 26, 2004 21:47:11 GMT 11
aw, it's so cute! ^.^ nice kitchen benches and i like the bathroom. it looks really sweet |
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Post by Miska on Sept 26, 2004 22:31:02 GMT 11
i bags the bathtub:P.... tho it look like such a nice place! congrats buneater!
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Post by Dameon on Sept 26, 2004 23:03:41 GMT 11
Ooh!
How 70s!!!
Love the kitchen!!!
KSL
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Post by Lucy on Sept 27, 2004 7:58:23 GMT 11
Woowoo - go Buneater! It must be fab to have a home that you'll love and are all excited about! Hope you make many happy memories there.
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Gee I wish it was going to be sunny where i am... hehehe 
