fuchsia fragments

spent most of today tweaking our payroll system.

debits and credits.
debits and credits.
debits and credits.
debits and credits.
debits and credits.

i felt like i was back at uni.

we had scribbles everywhere. had to work backwards. think about where our accounts were going. whether or not it would affect the P&L, general ledger... O_O

but...

we got there in the end!!! everything that we need as line items which is fantastic. some will be implemented immediately.

Others we will wait for July 1.

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so last night, nick's like 'im going to be in late tomorrow, probably half 8' and im like 'okay then' - don't think to much more of it.

worst morning to get sick ever.

so he decides to rock up at his usual time (him living closer to work means him getting in earlier to work even though we both probably leave our respective places at the same time). well at least i think it was normal time. he had already printed off my bank statements for me so he must've been in.

anyway, so i left house a little late pretty much because i woke up feeling really cold and had this massive headache that two panadol solubles couldn't cure. so i didn't get in to about quarter past 8 which is about 20 mins later than usual.

and lol.. we must have literally just missed each other. cause he had to meet someone at quarter past and thats when i go in.

so he gets back to the office at quarter to 9-ish and was like...

'i see how it is. i tell you that i'm going to be in late so you just decide to rock up whenever.'

lol. damn it. i even had a perfectly good reason but it just looked so suss!!! but he knows the truth. i would never do that. haha.

bit of a funny joke for us this morning. and the fact that i had to go get my own coffee!!! (i avoid like the plague because the guys at the coffee place downstairs are super creepy - they know my name even though i have never told them who i was and they know my order even though i rarely go downstairs to get it myself...)

and poh (who is our very very very nice finance contractor helping us with our system implementation and budget stuff) took us (i.e., finance) out to lunch. because i made her awesome sesame st cupcakes and macarons and because well, nick gave her a job (kind of a long story but basically she use to be nick's boss at the old job, something happened at that work, they all left and now she's looking for a new job so this is a transition phase for her).

we went to ma-su-ya. yum yum yum. best lunch ever. and i love being able to not think about work and just relax a bit. funnily enough, i have never felt that i could confide in a manager as much as i can with these two :) :) feels good. and it feels good to be understood. and appreciated. oh and nick wants 20% shares in my new business in exchange for doing my tax returns, etc. LOL!!!!!! i said i'd think about it...... if he does my business plan also =D

oh and most exciting part of the day?... val finally emails me back after 2 weeks!!! made my afternoon :)

i love my kitchen. and my utensils. and my oven <3

made my first cake that i was paid for. first there was nervousness, then came excitement, relief and finally joy and contentment!!! it turned out so well. i was so happy and thankful of the opportunity and the recipient was so happy with the cake. wYn-wYn!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it was a bit of a trek (in this case, drive) to east lindfield though. nice area but not my style at all. too hilly (the roads were literally rollecoastery with all the ups and downs), very leafy and a little too quiet and inconvenient i think. plus everything is more expensive there. we were comparing petrol prices... and its even further that D's place!

also made salted caramel macarons and sesame street cupcakes. both turned out well. in all, a successful weekend of baking.

although i did break my blow torch. . . :-( but hey, great excuse for a new one!!

wonder what's in the bag for this week?

could not have come sooner!!!

I can manage my workload but some people in the workplace drive you M-E-N-T-A-L!!!

bit of a shitfight this week. Brick walls everywhere you turn. :(

newsflash: i had lunch yesterday with two girls from high school (and anna). their names were suzanne and elisa. ring a bell? and it was actually quite pleasant. and i would do it again. its nice to be civilised. and sushi train at westfield is a nice setting too.

and back at work...

double standards, racist people, hypocrites and general things at work that make one unhappy and discontent.

we did talk about doing the city2surf today. i would need to massively train... bit nervous. see how things turn out. eek!

had lunch with janice-who-now-works-around-the-corner. a bit strange. its not like my usual lunches. hmmm takes getting use to.

been a week - not that much has changed / happened.

Monday - bring macarons to work and Nick tries (and successfully...) passes them off as though he bought them and out of the kindness of his heart, shared them with ops. I told Sarah on friday that wasn't the case... it took a while for that to sink in...... funny.

Winefest 2012 and thai! So the fams trekked it out to the Bavarian Beer Cafe in the evening for Wendeh's winefest... where they won! Congrats to them and lovely little evening hosted by people-to-be in the hospitality industry. was fun. but Monday winetastings? too early on in the week *sigh*

Not that much else happened during the week.

Usual ups and downs - i will never forget how fortunate i am to have Nick as a mentor and manager as opposed to the other one. She was a total bitch this week... poor junior and SD :( :( :( :( :( He's teaching me how to pick our battles. :) Lets all my jibes at him slide (and of course gives it back and then some...). i don't need to justify taking an extended lunch break if needed. I won't get told off for coming in at 8:30 on the dot - not late, just on time.

Finance (ie, me basically - lol) finally got their sht together and had everything filed. YAY!!! Our corner looks so good!!! and orderly... and we lock everything up. We are getting there... probs a little slower than expected... but we will get there!

So tired by Thursday... Jan's first day of work in the city. so excited for her!!! xxx

So spent about 10 mins before 8 in my lobby (she was way too early and i didn't want to go upstairs yet). she it literally 2 mins around the corner. woohoo!!! New lunch buddy!!!

and we did dinner and shopping on thursday night to celebrate :)

And Friday... just cruised. had an early one. nothing exciting. boo. although sare and i did head off to surry hills at lunch to check out a shoe sale. so random and such a waste of time. hahahaha!!

Went yum cha with the family yesterday... the quality has gone down at crown dragon. tsk tsk. wasn't overly impressed although the sago pudding was really good!

Today... just took nessie for a run until it started to rain a little too heavily. baked a pandan chiffon cake this morning - YUMMMMMM!

Hot pot tonight with godbro and cruising into the second last week of May... how fast time passes. twas bit of a cruisy week

So didn't start off with that many plans Just a couple of drinks Friday night and dinner And Saturday was an early mothers day dinner with the whole family. Love it cause we get to see the kids!! So much fun. And because it was a relatively small but good restaurant, we young ones had a table all to ourselves which was a nice little bOnus :-) food was good too. Apparently it was a really cheap dinner i comparison to all the other places we usually go to! And then cause it was so early we went to strathfield for froyo and papparotti :) got home and it wasn't even 10... And that was after helping Wendie picking some stuff up at mortdale. Random wind gushes through the street and we all thought she died cause she took so long.... And then my dear Donna decides to drop in at a rather strange hour - 11.. And we drank yea and chatted. Ah love my friends and our random conversations. And even though u were just dropping MJ off I really appreciate u thinking of me and coming by :-) And I admire your awesome driving skills in getting home so quick! The Sunday baked for Wendies Winefest... My best macarons to date!! And make a few cookie monster cupcakes for the girls at work. God bro came over for dinner too. Not an epic weekend but a really fulfilling one.