After doing a trial day on Friday I officially started my new job today with a small garden maintenance business in Mosman.
Over the last three weeks I applied for a lot of jobs, mostly admin and accounting type roles, and I was beginning to give up hope as nobody was replying to my applications. However, last week it all went a bit mad and, like buses, I suddenly found myself with a few to choose from. I was offered two office jobs in Chatswood, which is a nasty place to get to in rush hour, then an agency I had signed up with started coming up with more jobs to put me forward for. After a lot of umming and ahing I finally decided to ditch the office altogether and turned down the first two in favour of gardening.
I wasn’t sure whether I had actually got the job until yesterday as Graham, who’s business it is, had a few more people to try out. It’s long hours as I meet the crew at 7am and don’t finish until 5pm but the people are sound and I don’t have to spend all day humping great big logs around like I did at Plateau.
Saying that, today was hard work as I had to help dig up a load of Bamboo roots and then dig a trench to put metal sheets in, to prevent the Bamboo from spreading again. There was just me and another lad, Beau, and by the end of the day I was about ready to drop. My muscles are certainly going to ache tomorrow and I shall sleep very well indeed. It feels good to be working again though and nice to be outside instead of stuck in an office with permanent air-con (which I’m sure is what was causing my allergy as since leaving Plateau’s office my nose has been fine).
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Alex, congratulations with a new job! I hope you enjoy it!
Thank you, I’m on my second week now and still enjoying it. It has its arduous moments but it’s great to be working outside again
Hi,
You may remember me from our previous communications. I am your blog, and for two weeks now, you have ignored me. Should I assume we are no longer talking? sniffle. pout.
Please do let me know if I’ve done something wrong, I would really like to have a new post to display to my visitors.
Yours,
Your blog
Lol, hello Blog.
Sorry for ignoring you. As you may notice I actually did a little post last night without realising you were upset with me. I also apologised for my slackness. Please forgive me. Due to no longer working in an office and being tired when I get home I find it difficult to get any intimate time with the computer. I promise to try harder though!