Fighting Thunderstorms with James Bond

Hi!

Well. Am I happy that week is over. Sooooo busy and stressful. Thankfully it went pretty fast, for the most part. The last half dragged but Friday evening eventually appeared. And then the weekend. Ahhhhhhh. Peace!

So the week. Hmmm. Started off on a crazy, wild weather note Sunday evening with that huge storm. And then I think it was the Monday or Tuesday evening we got hit again, tho not as bad as Sunday, and again Wednesday evening.... I think. All I know is all week long one bad storm after another has blown through town. A couple neighborhoods near me haven't fared too well. My boss's house did ok through the first storm (couple bits of fence broken, terracotta pots broken, etc) but that second one got him with 4 feet of flooding. Bummer. My friend Jan had a huge gum tree dump itself onto the top of one of her sheds - the one with her car, purse, phone and brand-new, $1,000 air-conditioning unit inside. Poor Jan. And she just finished getting her place ready to sell, now she has to start all over....... Incredibly my dumpy apartment building is still here. Today is reallyreally windy tho, so I keep waiting for the big Eucalyptus tree out front to land in my kitchen or one of the palms along the side of my place to twist itself into either my bedroom or living room. The wind already tipped my poor little scooter over this morning! Scratched the bottom/side and skinned a bit off my throttle handle. Poor scooter. It's only little and look what happens in a big wind! So I picked the poor thing up (thankfully, easy enough to do as it is so small...) and parked it a bit closer to the units and near a short palm, to try to block some of the wind, or if it tips again, hopefully it'll go towards the palm. But otherwise, thankfully, the weekend has been glorious weather - bone dry and clear. They say this wind will die down in the evening. Hope so. Am just a bit stressed out worrying about the roof blowing off (it ain't exactly Grade A construction) or a tree moving in.........!

So work. Yep. Is good. Still a bit up in the air if I'll be extended past the end of Dec. or not, but seeing as a guy from a "partner" department gave me a big-ish project to do, hopefully that means I'll have to hang around into the new year?! Fingers crossed. I really like my job and would love to stay. I hate the thought of looking for work. I live in hope!

Oh yeah, one really nice thing I did during the week was take a half-day on Wed to go with Dom (guy from work who also had the day off due to a much-needed visit to the dentist) to go to see the new James Bond movie in Gold Class! Yeeeaaahh! It was EXCELLENT! The movie was pretty good too......! I love splurging to see stuff in Gold Class (that's the little screening room sized cinema with the comfy seats and they bring you your food and drinks when you schedule them to. It's the best! It costs a little bit more, but ahhhh it's so worth it! And if you go mid-week it's about $11 bucks cheaper than on evenings or weekends. Cooool). But the movie was really pretty good. I have to say I haven't liked a James Bond movie in yeeeeeeaars. Probably since they started in the 80's with the crazy chases and effects. And then in the Brosnan years, well, they just got goofy stupid. But with Daniel Craig, they've stripped it down to the story and the character, no flashy unbelievable explosions, no stupid special effects or any of that hooey; in fact, in these last 2 there hasn't even been any Q with his goofy gadgets! I really like this direction they're taking. 'Course, am a huge fan of the books. I must say I really liked it. I highly recommend it if you're thinking of watching them again!

And then the weekend! Hooray! Have done nothing! Chores yesterday but that's about as exciting as it's gotten. I tell you, after the week that was, doing nothing is exactly what I wanted. New car or not (tho I must say the novelty of driving to work isn't going to wear off for a long time)! I just think with the stress of the storms and worrying about if my crappy apartment is going to come apart (and why not - nicer places than mine have, just a neighborhood down the road!), and with the stress of not knowing if I have a job in 6 weeks, yeah, I've been ready to just sit and read and nap.

So there you are. Not as exciting as it has been, but a gal needs a break from such excitement every now and then! Hope you're all well up there! C'mon down!!!

BYE!
J!