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My shoulder, which had been good up until a couple of weeks ago, started playing up again, to the point where I had to take the Diclofenac I was prescribed when I went to my doctor in February about the pain. Sure, the label stated that I was to take one tablet twice a day but there was nothing that said I couldn’t take two at once – because the pain at the time was that bad. That did work.

Last week, I got a promotion of sorts at work. I’m working one day a week as a Self Checkout Supervisor! This means that my potential alcohol related fine goes from $2,000 to $10,000 and that amount of money isn’t something I have readily available. I do get paid more which is good and I’ve had a few days down in the Self Checkout area, getting used to how things work down there. I have three days straight there starting tomorrow (I’m doing an extra shift tomorrow, a swapped shift on Sunday and then my permanent shift on Monday) so the extra money will definitely come in handy as I really need it right now!

Apparently, there was a 4.6 earthquake in the Christchurch area at 12pm yesterday. I say apparently because I didn’t actually feel it and I normally feel quakes that are at least 3.8. Then again, I really don’t react to them that much now unless they are over at least 5.3 or so.

I’ve been living in Christchurch for just over two years so that means I’ve experienced pretty much all of the major earthquakes that have struck the city since 4 September 2010. I still remember hearing the pre-earthquake noise at 4:35am on 04/09/10 – I was in bed but was woken up by a quake before that one which was initially reported as being a 7.4 but was downgraded to 7.1. I’d had all of three hours sleep because at the time, I started work on Saturdays at 1:30pm so I tended to go to sleep around 2 or 3am.

22 February 2011 is a date that will stay with me for the rest of my life. I will forever remember where I was at 12:51pm on that date. Someone I went to primary school (elementary school for those of you in the US) with died at that time on that date. To this day, I still plan on actually visiting the cemetery where she is buried to pay my respects to her, even though I didn’t realise until July 2011 that she actually had died because of the earthquake.

I still feel guilty in a way because I haven’t lost power, water or phone lines where I live. I still have a roof over my head that is somewhat stable. My rent may have gone up $15 a week but that’s nothing compared to what rent elsewhere in Christchurch has gone up by.

Anyway, the drama that happened at work last month has disappeared – when it gets to the point where you’re looking at the Labour Department website to see what you should do, putting it in writing and actually speaking to the owner of your place of employment (and in my case, having my manager with me), you know it’s bad. I’m still waiting for an apology from the Personnel Manager but I think I will be waiting until the cows come home on that one because she is a bitch, to put it politely. The official written warning I was given by the PM was crossed out and ripped up in front of my manager and I by the owner, because he basically said that I shouldn’t have been given it, because I was doing what was asked of me on the roster.

And in other news, if I get my arse into gear and contact the finance company who I got my laptop through later on today, I could officially own my laptop later on today, as opposed to July!

Inside. Typing this up. This morning (rather afternoon as it’s right on 1pm), I’ve done the following:

*put on a load of washing (my work clothes)
*boiled the jug about three times for a cup of tea that I haven’t yet had
*hung out my washing
*played World of Warcraft (I was able to get my Goblin Warlock to level 78 – level 80 is the next big one for me to aim for)
*played The Sims 3 until it stopped working.

My original intention was to tidy up my flat but thinking about it is as far as I’ve gotten so far. And knowing me, that’s probably as far as I’ll get when it comes to it. My recent work dramas are now behind me thankfully although I’m still waiting for an apology that won’t be forthcoming anytime soon, given the person who it would be coming from.

Having typed up what I have about my World of Warcraft playing, I might as well get back into it. Oh, and get around to writing up a letter to TelstraClear about their “wonderful” customer service.

After not hearing from TelstraClear for a month, who will be getting either a letter or an email from me, I bit the bullet and now have a working phoneline and will soon have working broadband – with Telecom. It took Telecom less than 72 hours from the moment I filled in the first form to get a phone line connected to the text messages I got from them today regarding my broadband connection – and I only filled in the form regarding that between 10am and 11am this morning!

Certain people will be receiving my new phone number and it is unlisted so it won’t be in the White Pages – both in print form and online.

But yay! Should’ve stuck with Telecom right from the get go!