1 more day til payday, 1 more day...

Seeing as I've been a little skint, the last few days have been fairly uneventful. Yesterday and today have been cold, wet and windy so not a whole lot has happened. Brought dinner to Cat & Quentin's last night and ended up watching a horror movie. Cat & I now know why we never watch horror movies. I think Quentin may have been offended by our laughter.

My fellow members of the un/semi-employed club are all male. I am continually entertained by watching a group of 20-something guys turn everything into a competition. My faves from yesterday alone included who can throw the pen in the cup, bust the balloon with the wine cork, and build the tallest structure using jenga blocks. (No one got the pen in the cup or burst the balloon. Clive had the one and only structure.)

Feel like I am living in a time warp when I try to give anything a time reference. Last summer was a year ago but I've been living in winter for a while... and last winter was 6 months ago to me, not last year... you get it!

As Nick (my friend and new manager) said, I had a baptism of fire! He likes to dramatize things though...

Foley's still standing with only a few minor incidents... we had a drunk guy piss on the floor of his room Friday night and I accidentally overcharged a crazy man's credit card by $300 on Saturday, but other than that all went well! It's not a difficult job but it is really tiring! The managers are responsible for all the laundry and some other cleaning during the day as well as all reception duties from 8:30am til 9:30pm and then are on duty (have to stay on hostel grounds in case of any alarm or emergency) until 8:30 the next morning. It's a busy day! But I really like it - very fun to get to chat to other travellers all day!

So yeah, training was Wed & Thurs, on my own Fri & Sat. I was absolutely wrecked by the time I finished on Sat night! That had a lot to do with the vicious late night game of spoons on Friday though... and I call these people my friends! Sunday Gemma was back in town so we went for coffee (and spinach pinwheels at the Globe Mark!) and then I basically wandered around town enjoying the sunshine and freedom. Another round of cards started up last night - Shithead was the game of choice then.

Today, after sleeping in I rounded up my fellow members of the un/semi-employed club (John, Scooby, Clive & Glen) and we went for a walk in Victoria Park in the Port Hills. It started with a walk in the woods (we lost the path before we even started) and then around the park and ended up in the playground (Joey - John didn't attempt the swings this time). Then we drove along the summit road but, surprisingly, I missed a sign and we ended up in Diamond's Harbour, facing Lyttleton, the town we were heading to. Whoops. Good thing none of us have anything to do! It was a gorgeous little spot as we walked along the cliffs and climbed on the rocks, but eventually the wind drove us back to the car.

And that's it - I've been too well behaved for my own good. This working thing relly gets in my way.