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If you don't want to read something that is not very uplifting, then you probably will want to sit this one out. This is one of those gloomy blog entries that I sometimes do, you know, trying to make sense of things.
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Happy New Year to you, your family, and your friends.
Here's hoping that 2025 doesn't suck for anybody in that list.
It's back to work for me this weekend, so my time off was good enough, I guess. I didn't do anything special on NYE. In fact, I ended up by myself that night because my partner wanted to see fireworks. I generally hate people outside work, so I just let him go. It also sends him away because, this isn't a lie, 90% of our conversations involve complaining, whining, or something like that. It was a nice break, I have to say.
Anyway, I hope it's all going well for you! :) Until next time, folks!
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Christmas has already happened, so I hope your Christmas was happy, jolly and full of excitement. I worked all through Christmas, so the pay is nice. My partner spent most of his time with his family, which is fine. We attempted to do some shopping the day after, but his brother had other plans for him--ones that I dare not interfere with. So besides my time at work overnight, it's been a bit of a quiet one. That's fine. It's still really difficult for me to feel any Christmas spirit when it's not cold.
I'm not working New Year's Eve or New Year's Day and I'm not sure what the plan is. I'm contemplating showing up at the liquor store early this morning to pick up a few mixed drinks, but then again, alcohol is a big money drain here in Australia. It's certainly not something I need to enjoy the night.
Plans are also in full-swing to go back home (to the USA, for those who are unaware) in April and May. Slowly getting that together.
Now that I've bored you enough, I'm outta here. I've just been busy lately and taking a bit of time off right now before I through myself head-first into my career again.
Bye for now, everyone.
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Hello! This is going to be a very short one today since I'm working this weekend. I am suffering from stomach issues this weekend too but I need the money. Lots of visits to the toilet, but it's not uncontrollable. Since my childhood, I've always had a lot of health issues with my stomach so a lot of problems, I don't even acknowledge as problems anymore. I just get used to it. They're kind of irritating today, but I figure I can do a shift today since the money I make makess it worth it.
As I said, this isn't a long one. I will be back soon! I will be fine, just feel a bit 🤢
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There isn't much to say this weekend and I think that is okay. Over the past week, I didn't do much except sit around waiting for repairs to be done to the house, since my husband seems to think that I like to sit at home waiting on my days off. I'm still bitter about that, by the way...
This week is going to be a busy week for me and I am dreading it, but I have to earn money to do things like eat and pay for my car.
I'm still thinking how I would have loved to be in the USA with my family right now which was the original plan. Things didn't work out and now I am stressing over my planned trip this coming April-May. I really want to avoid a summertime trip over there. It's way too hot over there... humid too.
I'm stressed about that because I need to renew both my passports, pay for a ticket and my mom's ticket, and take time off from work. My only solution is to work more right now so I can go. We will see though.
Oh and my birthday was last weekend--but I'm not sure if I posted anything about that. It was quiet. I already feel old.
That's all for now. I hope the start of the month has been great.
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This weekend is my birthday weekend. Unfortunately, I haven't been feeling well. Gastrointestinal problems. Let's just leave it at that. I've been having every symptom of any good GI illness. Yeah...
The family I have in Australia and my husband are bringing me out for dinner tonight which is really nice--that is, if I felt well enough to eat without something unfortunate happening. I'm going to try to take some meds to keep it together.
My husband also tricked* me into driving to the cheesecake shop to pick up my cake. * - Disclaimer: I already knew what he was up to because I had picked the cake I wanted about a month ago. It's a caramel popcorn cheescake and it's sitting in the fridge. Maybe tomorrow I'll post a picture. It's a beautiful cake and it's so nice that I have a partner who remembers it. (I would wait to see whether my exes would remember - most did, some didn't.)
Husband's been pointing out that it seems like I am down and depressed but I have no energy to do anything and just want to chill out and do nothing. Hopefully tomorrow is that day. I feel like I've been so busy lately, but really, I haven't been that busy. My days off seem to pass so quickly. Maybe that's a perk of getting older.
So, yeah, hopefully I will feel better soon. I'm not entirely sure why I can't retain any food. It's a bummer. It's the reason why I am a bit down. Maybe I will be able to stomach some good food tonight.
I hope your start to December is fantastic. I'll catch you all later! :)
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I hope everyone out there is doing well. Summer over here seems to have started quite early this year. It has been hot (for me, at least) for the past few days. It makes doing anything outside for a few minutes absolutely unbearable. Pair that with seasonal allergies and BAM, you have a recipe for disaster. I took some allergy medication last night before I slept so I can at least breathe today, but even that's not working well anymore. Oh well, I guess I could have worse health issues right?
The husband has been volunteering more for things, such as telling people to come and install curtains and blinds in our house at 9 am. Well, what's the problem with that, you may ask? I usually work nights so I come home between 7:30 am and 8:00 am. I usually wake up around 2 pm the day before that to go to work so when I get back, I'm quite tired. I can't sleep knowing someone will be over later in the day. So my sleep has been affected.
The way I tried to explain it is that it's like someone coming in at 1 am to do work and would he like for someone to do that? Of course, no one would want that. I have plenty of days off to choose from. I have given him access to my work calendar so he can plan around it. Oh, and don't think I just did that. He's had it for five plus years and still asks me every day when I work... then ignores it by scheduling work to be done on the house on my work nights. It's annoying. I feel like he abuses the fact that I am home during the day and I work at night. I haven't had an uninterrupted sleep in a few weeks now and judging by this post, I'm a bit moody about it.
I feel like I am perpetually tired. The antihistamines aren't helping. I'm tired right now, but I know that once he gets up, there will be no rest for me.
I feel like I complain too much, but I think it's unreasonable to have access to my work schedule and then plan around the fact that I am HOME at certain times instead of planning around my time off. I don't think I'll win this battle.
That's all from me. Hope you all get plenty of rest!
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OK, so that didn't work out the way I would have liked for it to, but what can you do? Suck it up and be embarrassed being an American every day for four years, I guess. Anyway, life goes on.
So, on to nicer topics, shall we?
I get these cravings for certain foods sometimes that last for weeks. Some weeks, it's a certain kind of cereal. Sometimes, it's spaghetti and meat sauce. My ice cream with Nerds candy phase has started now. When I was a kid, I'd usually go to Dairy Queen and get a Nerd Blizzard (usually grape). I don't think they even make them anymore or they're just seasonal or something. I haven't spent enough time in the USA to find out. (And I'm also craving quite a bit of food from over there. I need to start making a list of the food I want and the places to eat it at. It's my favourite thing about travelling--food. It might tie with seeing my family.)
Recently, I've lost my last living grandparent and she used to be one of the ones who would get me those Blizzards so it makes me think of her. I didn't go see her the last time I was in the USA because I had been one of the lucky ones to contract COVID while I was there. I'm kind of glad that I didn't go see her, in a way. She was one of the ones who made the nice moments of my childhood, um, nicer. I am lucky to have had a grandmother like her.
So yeah, I have gotten a box of Nerds and put them in soft ice cream. Good stuff and good memories which I hope will linger.