Asleep on a Train

Thursday and I'm full of ideas and thoughts. I rang a truck school yesterday and for $850.00 they will take 3 days to teach me how to drive a HEAVY RIDGID truck.I suppose I will need to pass a test as well. I now need to find out the job options available. I will speak with a person I know who runs a fleet of trucks. Slowly getting used to using the home PC for this bloggy stuff . I'm actually on a train today while I enter these words. I'm listening to a CD I made up of MP3 tunes. I play them on my Sony Discman. I made this one with the theme of female country singers, you know , Shania, Dixie Chicks, Faith Hill, and then I threw in a few more old favoutites such as Don McLean, The Eagles and the Corrs. Then I set the Sony to shuffle and I have an instant Easy Listening radio with no ads! I really like my Sony. Uni was cool. We needed to give a brief presentation of our team database. I did all the talking this time, but next time I think I will let another m...

...flicked through the Principal Centered Leadership notes, I reliased that is what I am/I do/ I behave. Now I will have to find an organisation that is also behaving like this. I'm the first to admit I'm not perfect at being this way, but I think that each day I can continue to hold on to an abunance mentality, and empower my charged to be all they can. Noble words, but I need to do this. Later days

...Inertia drags me down. The IT job market is quiet this week so I'm trying to concentrate on sorting out the other stuff in my life. If I can build up a lead in the study regime I might have one less thing to stress over. I need to push myself to not just sit around blaming things outside my control for the current situations I'm faced with. To this end, I've begun to reread the old notes I have on the 7 Habits... and Principal Centered Leadership, by Steve Covey as a way to reset my goals and energy. As the Cunchie ad once said ...”Life's a long long journey son, and before you get too old, don't miss that opportunity to strike a little gold...”

...Tis done., I've left CAG but I return today as a contractor. Al [the boss] doesn't think there will be much for me to do, so we have agreed to limit my time to 5hrs a week at the start. I will need to keep lots of detail about my activities. My assignment is started, which is good! I've sent off the framework to the team. More work on it tonight Watched '50 First Dates' last night. I really enjoyed the movie and would put it into my favourite 5 romantic comedys without another thought.

Friday night 'when the weekend REALLY starts' had me rushing off to my new part-time job as barman at the Bridge My Pub where I got stuck on the late shift after a bunch of actor-type ppl came in after a huge performance at the local thea-ate-her next door. Getting down with the remaining locals, three likely lads gave what I regarded as a very poor imitation of Queen's famous "Bohemian Rhapsody", The Song singing along to the jukebox. They shoulda stuck to the script, or maybe they were just the stage-hands. Any how, I was absolutely buggered by the time I managed to bike the 7kms home...in the rain...after midnight...sigh. Saturday had me up bright and early so I could get to Monash Uni My Uni for my afternoon Tutorial. This was the first one for the Semester and I needed to talk to the boyz 'bout what our team project involved. It is a 6 hour round trip with the bike-ride, train-trip, tute etc, then train/bike again, is factored in. Got back ...

...I have been retrenched, and in my typical ISTP (Firefighter) style, I have been quietly putting my house in order, prior to my departure, which I thought was on the 28th July, but, bugger me, I looked at 'the letter' again, a bit more closely than the last time. ie my eyes weren't blurred up with my tears, and I noted that the last date is 26th July, a Monday of all things. Crap. now I will have to finsih a couple of things sooner, rather than later. Number One on the list is writing and sending out a "so long and Ta for the Fish" type email to and and sundry...so you should all hear from me personally again ...shortly :)

I've only got two weeks work left here at CAG. Panic has settled in, but it is a funny kind of panic. A quiet panic, with no external signs such as finger-nail biting, or strange smells. Maybe that will come along shortly. I've been reading an employment book called "what color is your parachute" It has some common-sense info that has helped me retain a sense of propective about what is happening in my life/job. I may end up deciding on a completely different tack at the end of the day. I've started part-time work at a local pub, as a barman, and I've also rejoined Uni for the last of the subjects I need to begin the MBT proper, so my dance card is nice and full.