If I am disgruntled, which is unpleasant, does that mean that being gruntled is a good thing? It doesn’t sound very nice.
I’m a bit worried about my folio, I haven’t done any work on it lately. Well, not much. I’ve been busy with Sunday school and IHC work and babysitting, housekeeping, critiquing other people’s writing, blogging, reading blogs, reading books… most of which is my own fault for not saying Noooooo!! and running away screaming.
But the annoying part is that the biggest chunk of the past couple of weeks has been spent trying to get WINZ to give me money.
First I got a letter saying I hadn’t returned my annual review form – which I hadn’t even received. So I went in to the office, filled one out, and handed it back. Then I got a letter saying that I hadn’t provided all the necessary information so my benefit was going to be cut off. I phoned up and asked what I needed to provide, and they weren’t sure, so they said they’d get back to me. Meanwhile my benefit got suspended. A week later I hadn’t heard anything, so I called back and they said they couldn’t help me because my case manager had left and I hadn’t been assigned a new one. Grrrrrr!!
Finally I got assigned a new case manager and set up a meeting. He told me that my old case manager had done everything wrong, and I had to go and get reassessed by a doctor. Had to wait a couple of weeks for that.
Then I the best part of four days (seriously) wandering around the university, from one department to another, begging different people to sign bits of paper. Seen that sequence in Love and Other Catastrophes? Just like that.
Tomorrow I have another appointment with my case manager, and hopefully he’ll give me the money and that’ll be the end of it. Until next semester.
Add to all that a sequence of very late nights, poor diet, chronic back pain, lack of exercise, and you’ll get a picture of how I’m feeling.
I’m tired, grumpy and headachy, and I really need to get my A into G and work on my folio.
Now.
Gruntled is a good sounding word. If you've ever met a happy pig (or piglet) you'll understand why.
I'd recommend hot water bottles for the back. Which is probably not news for you. :/
Posted by: .carla at June 24, 2003 10:42 PMactually, that's a good idea. I should invest in a hot water bottle!
unfortunately i don't see it fitting into my budget for the next couple of weeks.
Posted by: Fi at June 24, 2003 11:12 PMDude!
My suggestion: Have a cup of peppermint tea. Sit down and do nothing for 20 minutes.
how can you be cranky when Ali G is coming to work on your folio!!!
Posted by: Richard D. Bartlett at June 25, 2003 12:18 AMNot just any hottie! Try a *Fashy*... built with German engineering. They are made of plastic instead of rubber, and you can put boiling water in them, or freeze them. They also retain heat longer than normal hotties (they usually stay warm all night if in a hottie cover). We have 4. (okay, rant over ... :)
Posted by: .carla at June 25, 2003 08:32 AM