mongoose

It's not that I don't love you all. Oh no. It's just that I'm lazy.

I was planning a big Slovenia summary, and I started to write one, but only got a few paragraphs in before something amazing came on TV, and I haven't been able to concentrate sufficiently since.

Maybe it's because my brain is completely fried from all the work I've been doing. I seriously find myself at the end of the day sat staring straight ahead, drool dangerously approaching my chin. I've put in so much overtime that I've collected another day off. Though god knows when I'll be able to claim it. Everyone else is trying to get their holidays in before I flee, so that leaves me there day in, day out. On Thursday, I worked from 8.45am to 10.45pm, with one hour off for dinner. I spent the hour close to tears, unable to face the rest of the night. It was local by-elections, and I had to be there when they started counted the votes at 9pm, then phone in the results at 10.30. There were loads of people there, surprisingly, and they kept making fun of me for yawning. I didn't think it was that funny. Maybe if it was a job I cared for, a newspaper I respected. But no.. neither applies, so it's no fun at all. Unbearable, even.

And what do I get for all this extra work? Respect? Appreciation? Words of thanks? Hell, no. Condescending, mean demands for more results, suggestions that I haven't done nearly enough. I was beyond fuming come Friday. Luckily, Raymond was as well, which made me feel better. Thank god I'm getting out. Two weeks to go...

Richard's found a flat! And I finally saw pictures. It looks really nice actually! I'm impressed. I was a bit worried, didn't really trust his flat selection abilities. But he done good by the looks of it. It's sited across from a hospital, on the top floor of a four-floor building, on the top of a big hill. Eeps! At least I'll be forced to get some exercise. I've been fantasising about it all week, can't wait to get the hell out of here and escape there. Mind you I'll probably become terribly bored within the span of a week, but no matter. It has got to be better than here.

Today I went and bought lots of healthy food. I'm on a mission to rid my diet of refined white flour and sugar and unnecessary fat. Yes. So far so good.

I've been reading lots. And lots. I just got some more books today too. Yay! My great escape. To tide me over until the real one.

Watching the Olympics makes me sad. I'm supposed to be there, damnit. Instead I was forced to sell my tickets on ebay for a pittance.

Someday you'll hear all about Slovenia. Until the, just imagine a weird marriage between Austria and Italy. And pizzas with leeks, corn, tomato and sour cream as toppings. Yum.