The Silly Season

Surely I'm not the only person who is starting to wonder where the year has gone, right? Geez, it only feels like a couple of months ago we were celebrating the new year, and now the year is almost out! And there is no need to explain just how crazy things get in December... Something I had slightly forgotten during my hiatus from retail. Something I can see becoming an issue in the not so distant future.

The store has been reasonably busy, but you can always tell when the silly season is approaching by the carparks. On the one hand, they are usually maxed out, and the only spot you can get is really far away or you drive around in circles waiting for somebody to leave. It hasn't quite got to this stage yet, but I'm sure it will. I did see a different kind of indication today though- or lack of indication it would seem. I went to get my lunch today, and a guy with his young daughter went to cross the road. A four-wheel-drive pulled out from a side road and turned even though he hadn't indicated and, although he was going slow enough to let the man and his daughter across, the dad came back out onto the road to abuse the driver. Nice parenting champ.

Yep, the silly season has definitely begun. But I've never really hated the whole Christmas thing, in a working sense. In retail the days are so busy that your days fly by, and besides the crazies who think you can perform magic and fulfil all of their half-assed, last minute requests, most of the customers are happy enough because, hey... it's Christmas. And in OSHC Christmas was always fun, as you'd expect, because of the kids. If anything, it made me realise that Christmas' at home are now a little bland. We, the 'kids', are no longer kids by most of the classifications of the term, so the hype of the day is kind of lost. But the plus is we can all drink together, and it's days off for all of us this year. Can't complain at all.

Christmas also means extended hours and additional shifts for casuals like me, which is doing the Bali savings account a lot of favours already. I paid for the bond/deposit of my villa last week, which was very exciting. Besides actually getting there, most of my trip is organised now! And with 57 days to go still. I've probably forgotten something really important... murphy's law (refer to post last month).

Dave 'shared' my blog on facebook today while I was at work, which was really sweet, but I thought it best to repeat this: I do not expect anybody who stumbles upon this blog to find it interesting. Awesome if you do, but at this point in time, its just another outlet for me to be excited and write lists and stuff. I expect the better postings will actually come while I am in Bali (here's hoping), or at the very lease, and I quote, "so that my mum and dad know I'm still alive". Depending on the internet connection and how often I can be bothered, I will try to upload photos and write about what I'm doing so that people who want to know don't have to wait for personal emails and stuff.

Well, that's it for now. :)