El presidente is away at a conference this week, so I'm heading up the union by myself for the week. Sounds exciting to some people, but in practice really all it means is I need to sign more things and approve more stuff. Uni holidays are on at the moment, so campus is quiet - personally I love it; no lining up for the ATM, no queueing for lunch, no having to navigate the crowds simply to go visit our business department which is in a different building. No people also means no income, though, which isn't exactly so great.
We had a meeting with the trade union reps that represent our staff on Friday. These are one of the more frustrating and time-wasting meetings that we have on a semi-regular basis. Now, I'm a huge supporter of collective bargaining and trade unionism - staff in workplaces that are unionised are consistently shown to have better pay, entitlements and work conditions. However, I think when union reps are representing staff in a workplace that already has excellent conditions, they don't exactly know what to do with themselves, so they find an endless list of petty, menial, trivial complaints to present to the executive, to make it appear to the staff that at least they are doing something, so staff should still be members. What a waste of a day.
6 or 7 weeks to go til I find out for sure whether or not I have an interview...
Tuesday, June 26
Wednesday, June 20
Blegghhh....
Ugh, so sick of being sick! I've had one of those ridiculous colds-that-just-won't-stop-hanging-around for about a week and half now, and am really FED UP with being congested and breathing through my mouth. More fresh fruit for aspirant....
There's so much work I should be doing, too, but can't be bothered doing when I feel like this. I've had the last two days off from work - it's kind of nice being the boss, no one can question whether you're really sick or not. On the other hand, no one's questioning whether you're really sick or not, so there's that temptation to just stay in bed everyday... I've brought work home with me, but just can't be bothered. All the work I can do at home is incredibly boring anyway: drafting reports, reviewing expenditure, reading other people's reports, blah, blah, blah. Why am I doing this job again? I'm the secretary of a student union, and while it's a great experience, I get so sick of the factionalism, and being 'chief bureaucrat' of the organisation is not exactly the most fun experience in the world. Oh well, halfway through my term, so only six months and counting - and elections in second semester are sure to keep me plenty busy, anyway, so hopefully the time will fly!
There's so much work I should be doing, too, but can't be bothered doing when I feel like this. I've had the last two days off from work - it's kind of nice being the boss, no one can question whether you're really sick or not. On the other hand, no one's questioning whether you're really sick or not, so there's that temptation to just stay in bed everyday... I've brought work home with me, but just can't be bothered. All the work I can do at home is incredibly boring anyway: drafting reports, reviewing expenditure, reading other people's reports, blah, blah, blah. Why am I doing this job again? I'm the secretary of a student union, and while it's a great experience, I get so sick of the factionalism, and being 'chief bureaucrat' of the organisation is not exactly the most fun experience in the world. Oh well, halfway through my term, so only six months and counting - and elections in second semester are sure to keep me plenty busy, anyway, so hopefully the time will fly!
Saturday, June 16
(Not Even My) Family Commitments
So I'll be spending the weekend down the coast at my boyfriend's grandfather's 90th birthday celebrations - sounds like fun, right? Yeah, maybe - except that it is meaning an influx of HUNDREDS of extended relatives from all around the country, and as my boyfriend and his immediate family are organising the whole thing, this all means LOTS OF STRESS! I've been asked to stage manage the actual event, and I've said yes even though I'm not too sure what this will involve. Hmm, we shall see.... The old guy is really cool, though - I've spent a bit of time with him before, and he's so interesting and genuine. He was the commodore of a yacht club a while back, so that is where the luncheon tomorrow will be.
Meanwhile, the wait for interview offers is driving me crazy! I don't know how I'm meant to survive the wait for the actual interview after this, and THEN the wait until I find out whether or not I'm actually in. Luckily, I got a good enough GAMSAT score that I'm virtually guaranteed an interview (the place I applied to only uses GPA as a barrier), but it doesn't really make the wait any more bearable. Guess I should start actually preparing instead of just dividing all of my time between being ridiculously excited about the possibility of getting in and freaking out about the possibility of not getting in.
Meanwhile, the wait for interview offers is driving me crazy! I don't know how I'm meant to survive the wait for the actual interview after this, and THEN the wait until I find out whether or not I'm actually in. Luckily, I got a good enough GAMSAT score that I'm virtually guaranteed an interview (the place I applied to only uses GPA as a barrier), but it doesn't really make the wait any more bearable. Guess I should start actually preparing instead of just dividing all of my time between being ridiculously excited about the possibility of getting in and freaking out about the possibility of not getting in.
Friday, June 15
It has begun...
So, after having been addicted to the blogs of med students and doctors for the past week or so due to my uncontainable excitement at the prospect of studying med next year, I've decided to actually create a blog of my own. And hey, maybe I might even have something interesting to say, even though I'm NOT a med student yet :P
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