Day at home

Today my man is sick in bed. He is all snotty and aching and sore bones and throat and stuff. This of course works out perfectly for my boys, who now get to spend the whole day in bed with him. What a day to spend in bed. What a good life a loved dog has!

Unlikely couple

Tefnut and Leche have been friends since the beginning and they love each other very much.

Network21

I have this huge neon sign above my head. It flashes only when I am at a network function, or when I am around groups of people who I don't know. It flashes "OOZING CONFIDENCE HERE" all the time. So I always get these people form Network21, or a similar 'organization' who try to contact me. I was at a networking breakfast on Thursday, and two days ago I went to call on Amway and saw the Network21 offices. Immediately a chill went down my spine, and I remember thinking to myself that one of these people are going to call me. then lo and behold, yesterday I get a phone call from one of the ladies that was at the networking breakfast, with the normal Network21 opening line: 'you look like someone who is very confident and ambitious'. I immediately knew what she wanted, and when she said her husband is involved in loads of networking, I asked her if it was Network21 and she got a bit annoyed and said yes. I politely told her I was not interested.

Now I am not saying they are a pyramid scheme, coz they profess that they aren't. But its so strange that they never want to tell you they are involved in Network21, they always have to play this cloak and dagger shit. Then once they finally get you to attend a 'meeting' they explain to you how you can make more money by getting more people involved and making money off their purchases....Sounds a little like a pyramid scheme to me.

I have nothing against it, but just respect the fact that I don't like it, and that I don't want to be part of it. don't try and tell me how much I will loose out and then get pissed off with me because I say no. Get a real job!!!!!!

Michael Jackson 1958 - 2009

This morning for the first time since his departure, I was really sad. Was listening to the radio and heard some of his songs and people talking about him and his music and really felt sad that he was gone. Just as sad as I felt when the foreigners got attacked in South Africa, just as sad as I was when the Air France plane fell. Human tragedy always affects me.

Sunset

On another day in Cape Town. Maybe I must move to Australia, or America and live with my cousin.

Times are tuff

Where am I going

I don't know what to do with myself, and what to do with my professional career. I am in a position at the moment, where I work for a very good company, that looks after its staff members. I sell a really good product, that almost sells itself. The problem is I am not enjoying my job. The basic day to day function of my job is so frustration, that I find myself on Monday mornings wanting to cry when I have to go to work.

I cant help but think, every day, that I do not want to be in this same position when I am 35 or 36. I do not want to be a 35 year old sales rep who is still trying to get 20 sales calls a week of new business. Where am I going to find the new business in 2 or 3 years time. I am feeling so frustrated and upset, because I really don't know what to do. I am not a corporate new business executive. I am a Key Account Manager. I like looking after accounts and making sure the relationships are strong and keeping business.

So my issue at the moment is, do I go for another job, again, where I have the job description that I enjoy and I love my job, but I might not have the great treatment or great company I work for now. Or do I stay at the great company that really looks after me, with a fantastic product, but I hate my job everyday....

The other personality

There is a side of me that comes out on occasion. Its the dark side. The side that makes me such an unpleasant person, where I scream, swear and throw things around. This side of me only really comes out when I have to do cold calling. Its the worlds most horrific thing. It forces me to speak and interact with idiots, who I would normally avoid. Its not so much the shooting down that gets to me, its the same F@#* answer all the time. At the moment the answer of the month is: "because of the financial climate, we are cutting down on travel". I have a HUGE surprise for your company. You are not going to make it. If you had to wait for someone to tell you there is trouble, and if you sit and pity yourself over it, you are going to go down in flames.

Cold calling turns decent, God-fearing people into absolute snarling, drooling, screaming monsters.

I hate it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

'Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain.'

Break in the clouds

On the way to Paarl

Cold

Ok so today I will say its cold. I don't think its gone below 10 deg here in a very long time. Even I have my car heater on slightly. However this is supposed to be the worst of it, and the sun will come out tomorrow. Cape winter my ass!

Winter

Is finally here and not a minute too soon! I hope it lasts for long enough and is cold enough!

Human Nature

I had the privilege once again today to witness human nature at work. Standing at a till point at the local supermarket, there was a lady ahead of me finishing off by paying. The lady behind the till swiped her card and eventually said to her that the swipe machine requested them to phone her bank for authorization. This was when human nature kicked in:

The woman paying was visibly distraught, and kept on saying: "Its a credit card, you don't need authorization". The human nature aspect of her argument was clear when she started defending herself by making it very clear to everybody around her that there is more than enough money in the card and nobody has ever needed to phone for authorization. It was vitally important to her that everyone understood that she had enough money.

She was trying so hard to blame the machine, or the lady behind the till, that she completely lost all sense of reality. She was adamant that a credit card always goes through, and that you never need to phone for authorization. This is the human psyche. She was so concerned that people around her would think that she doesn't have money.

Very healthy lunch

Courtesy of a work collegue, I am having steak, potato and salad for lunch!

Poetic Justice

This morning I experienced justice at work. While driving to work on Seapoint beach road, I was in a lane going straight and a mini bus taxi was in a turning lane, and sped away to cut in front of everybody and go straight. I saw this happening and sped up to stop him from cutting into my lane also. So while I was staying with him, a mother in a read half loaf kiddy-wagon, pulled out of her parking spot and in front of the taxi, forcing him to brake, hard, and hoot at her. I just started laughing and drove off. Finally they get what they do to us. I am pretty sure he just went past her and drove on doing exactly what he does, but at least for the one minute he felt the frustration we feel daily....

To The Traffic department

Please take note of my new address for any and all fines.....

On the freeway

One of the ladies in my office came to work yesterday morning in a state. She drives to work on the N1 freeway from the Northern suburbs and in bumper to bumper traffic. Apparently she yesterday and Wednesday morning she saw a gentleman standing in the bushes on the centre aisle of the freeway, masturbating. She was giggling but really disgusted.

Now I know there are a whole bunch of people who get off on doing that in public, hell there are websites devoted to it. I think its cool for people to get turned on by whatever turns them on. The problem is that you don't really want to scare others or get arrested. I thought it was hilarious, but am sure if I had to see it, I would have been very upset. Unless he was hot!!!

The hot boy, with the snot

This morning I got into a lift to go to my first appointment. I noticed this really nice looking guy standing right in the front of the lift. I scanned him a bit, to see what kind of clothes he was wearing, of course. He had a pair of black pants on, little tight over the bum, but a nice ass none the less. That's when I noticed it. on his back pocket of his pants, smeared over the button of the pocket, a nice line of snail see through snot. At first I thought it might be something else, but it was definitely snot. I wanted to take a picture but lift, confined space, limited floors and time, I couldn't. Naturally, he lost all appeal and became very ugly, very fast.

Moral of the story.....

CHECK YOUR CLOTHES BEFORE YOU LEAVE HOME BOYS!!!!!

So this is what traffic cops do....

They fine innocent road users for going a little faster on a freeway on ramp so that they don't go onto the freeway at 10km/h.......

Life lessons from a 90 year old

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.


4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.


5. Pay off your credit cards every month.


6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.


7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.


8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.


9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.


10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.


11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.


12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.


13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.


14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.


15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.


16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.


17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.


18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.


19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.


20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.


21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.


22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.


23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.


24. The most important sex organ is the brain.


25 No one is in charge of your happiness but you.


26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'


27 Always choose life.


28. Forgive everyone everything.


29. What other people think of you is none of your business.


30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.


31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.


32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.


33. Believe in miracles.


34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.


35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.


36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.


37. Your children get only one childhood.


38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.


39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.


40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.


41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.


42. The best is yet to come.


43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.


44. Yield.


45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift