My last post was back in January and sadly I don't really have anything to report on about my life lately. Since entering the year I've been applying every week for jobs, hoping I'd get a call in the next couple of days or weeks. I've been fortunate to receive a call from one job and had an interview but didn't receive the job in the end. But I was happy that I could experience an interview and shake off the nerves off before having to go to another one.

I have a lot of time off, to myself and I guess I've been sharing that time with Drew. If I can, I go over to his house and just stay there and go on my laptop and watch a couple of shows. Or I do some cleaning and help around the house if my mum ever asks. I take my mum out occasionally to places that she wants to go because she can't drive and she stays at home all day. On days I have off, I really want to make the most of it because I hate wasting time. Everyday I just pray that I receive an email or call saying "Hi Emily, we'd like to have a chat to you about the job and your application". I want to fill up my time by doing something that involves making money.

I'm stressing so much about money because I'm contributing to house bills now and I split it with my sisters. Every quarter, it'll come to about $500-$600 so I've been trying to save everytime I know a set of bills is going to come around. At first I was okay with it, but then I realized I wasn't making any money because I had other things to pay for. I would lose more than what I earn because of these bills. If I was to look at it on the positive side, I'm helping my parents in the long run and I'm preparing myself for when I move out in the future.

So January was the occasional job hunting, working, go out with friends and Drew.

February was a little more eventful because I went on a short cruise and getaway for Valentines Day. The cruise was only 3.5 days with Drew's family in celebration of his dad's 50th birthday. It was nice to be away and have food... food that was prepared and you didn't have to travel great lengths to get it or wait for it to be made. Our activities were a little limited because the length of the cruise sort of accommodated to older adults, so activities were like Bingo and comedy shows. Nothing really for the youth... but I guess that's for like the 7-12 night cruises. But me and Drew enjoyed our unlimited alcohol package in which we scouted for pina coladas at every bar and paid for it on our special card.

Then straight after we came back, we drove the next day to Blackheath (near Blue Mountains) and spent a couple days there for Valentines Day. I think this will be the last trip away together for a while because we're both being cautious of our money since we go out all the time. We didn't really do anything there haha We spent most of our time inside the house that we fully bought out. It was so lovely! It had 3 bedrooms with fully made queen beds, a kitchen, bathroom, living room and reading room. We only used the kitchen, bathroom, living and one bedroom haha But we wanted to book an entire place to ourselves and it was lovely. Oh not to mention a beautiful garden at the back! But yes, we drove down to the Blue Mountains and looked at the three sisters for about an hour and headed home haha We were like cavemen. Sleepy, tired, netflix and just constant eating.

And now that leads to March. I'm still job hunting and praying everyday that I'll receive a call from some workplace that I've applied for. I haven't planned any further trips or plans as a holiday. I'm hoping this is my year to settle with a full time job. I'm sort of done (well taking a break) from traveling. I think being in Europe twice says enough about traveling haha If anything, I'll enjoy exploring our own country or road trips outside of Sydney.

But for now, I hope before my next post (whenever I remember to do it) I'll have a job by then :)


Thursday, March 8, 2018 4:11 PM