Crossing all things jointed

NEWS FLASH!

I have applied for a job at the hospital. Sounds very interesting, it's in the Pulmonary/Respiration Laboratory, and I really hope I get it - this job would be PERFECT for me.

And of course would still allow me to be a part-time belligerent housewife. --I mean, reluctant.

So any of you reading this, if you have a spare sec, could you send me some crossed-finger-vibes through cyberspace? Much obliged!

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The Rustbucket's Fate

Our old car, a '95 Opel Corsa teenytiny rustbucket thingy, had its biannual EU-checkup today. I was very excited to hear how she'd do, since being 16 in car years is like being 86 in people years - and we live in a very damp/raw area of Bergen, where cars rust so quickly it takes 5 (people) years off their lives. It's like being a human and living under a high voltage power mast, or in an area that has been used for illegal toxic waste dumping. They do say that rust = car cancer.

But apparently things weren't so bad - there are some repairs that need to be done, but it's not as awfully expensive as I feared, and I think we'll spring for it. Two more years with our little rustbucket, yay!!! I do like the little car after all. Plus I stuck a Darwin Fish on it, which I love, and hubby won't let me stick one on the new car. Party pooper.

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My new favorite doodad

Check this out:

My new favorite toy :) Yummy coffee, perfect milk, SO easy to keep clean compared to my Krups-espresso-monster; just awesome. I am drinking a decaf now even (sacrilege!), and it doesn't taste half bad!!! Amazing. LOVE this thing.

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House-less

Oh and btw, I'm starting a campaign to try to get hubby interested in buying a house for us. We live in a great flat at the moment, love it here...but we really do need more space, sad to say. I don't consider it too freaky, my desire to live in a house, but hubby seems to think I suffer from delusions of grandeur, like a house is too FANCY for us regular folk or something. But really, if we spent three years slugging it out in Korea and we're NOT buying a house, then I will be very put out, to put it mildly. In my head, all the cr@p we went through there was almost bearable because I kept my focus on the fact that when we got back home, we would have saved up enough money to buy a decent house. Am I nuts? I don't think so!!!

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Feeling slightly better today!

Sorry about dragging you all down with me the last few posts...I am really, really good at feeling sorry for myself when the kids and I are sick. I can't help it, since it feels like we are never well - we don't get to enjoy any good health before we're down with the next bug, you know? Ah the joys of young children...

They should have been in nursery today but I kept them home. We were up half the night coughing, or G and I were, so this morning when A asked if we could just stay in I caved pdq. But since I'm not working it's just as well :) If we're lucky we'll have avoided a germ today, you never know!

As for my housewife status it's still there, at least partway. I'm working at the deli counter still, and I enjoy it...more as a hobby than as a job, I must admit, but still I'm getting out of the house and actually making some money. The boss likes me and wants to hire me for a few days a week, either 2x8h or 3x6h...I'm kindof hoping for the 3x6h solution, that would suit me wonderfully. But we'll see. No more news from the Pathology lab as yet unfortunately, but still - they know I'm here, right? :)

Any other news? Nah. I better go while A is watching Curious George and G is having a little nap - try to do something useful!!!

:)

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Oink oink

...and since then, we've been sick. Getting over what MUST be the swine flu at the moment...feeling like this should be a medical blog, all I write about is our germbag existence! Getting really really really tired of it. I was considering a third kid, but I am seriously rethinking it because I cannot stand all the sickness...

:(

Sad silly depressed old me.

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Bigger fish to fry

Well the kitchen got sorted out in the end, and it looks fantastic - we can never move now! A few little things remain - the built-in spots aren't working properly, and the Quooker isn't installed yet; but all in all it's great!

But bigger things are happening here at Reluctance Residence.

It started earlier this week - G got sick on Tuesday evening, some super-virulent stomach bug that has knocked out half the nursery school (adults and kids alike); I mean a really bad, get-the-exorcist stomach bug. So since Wednesday was my first day at work (YUP!), hubby had to stay home that day with her. He was not happy, let me tell ya.

(Work update part 1: Got a job helping out at the deli counter at a store I used to work at a loooooong time ago!

part 2: Met the head of Neuropathology, who wants to hire me for some project work, fingers crooosssseeeedddd!!!

But for now it's the deli counter, and I'm having fun with that.)

And since Thursday was my second day, and hubby refused to stay home, we called in my mom. She stayed with the kids in the morning, and I left work early (how embarrassing is that on day 2!). And when I got home A was doing a great impersonation of Linda Blair too! Poor kid :(

And when hubby FINALLY got home and I was looking forward to a little help, he started puking his guts out as well, so I had more work instead. I mean I feel bad for him and all, but dammitt! It is so unfair!

So since it really doesn't feel right to go to work in a deli counter when 3/4 of the family is throwing up (plus I don't like my odds either, ugh!), I talked to my boss and said I'd see him Monday.

Very embarrassing to miss work on the first week, ugh...but then again, this is beyond my control! I think he gets it, thank goodness...

I'm glad we don't really celebrate Thanksgiving here, or this one would probably be the worst one ever!

Still - I'm thankful that it'll be over soon.

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