It’s a notable day for me for a couple of reasons. Firstly, this is my fiftieth post on my blog so that is cause for consideration and secondly, today marks 24 years since I commenced work for Australia Post.
To everyone who has taken the time to read some or all of my ramblings on this blog I thank you and hope I haven’t said anything that might offend you or make you see me in a less favourable light.
I just think that many of us drift through life pretty aimlessly and don’t leave anything of ourselves, don’t take the time to test ourselves or leave anything of consequence after we have gone except memories for our families to savour. So I just want to leave something of myself behind. My observations and recollections of my life as it goes by, with a seemingly ever increasing cadence.
Just tonight I was taking Monique, Megan and her friend Alyce down to the shops to buy some dinner and they were poking fun at me for being so old at 41! It reminded me of how fast the years are rolling by and I mentioned to them that they should watch out because they will be getting into adulthood before they know it and as far as my own life is concerned the years between 30 and 40 went by in what seemed like a flash.
I don’t feel any older and in many ways I feel like a better and stronger, healthier person in both mind and body than I did 11 years ago but I guess it would be nice to be 30 again and know what I know now. But that isn’t possible and maybe that’s a lucky thing.
My blog is just about making my mark and letting people know what I am up to. I don’t get into anything really personal just try to observe and describe what is going on inside my life and what is going on around me as I negotiate my way through this existence.
As I mentioned before it is also 24 years today since I started with Australia Post which is a scary thought indeed. I can still remember my first shift on the floor at the old mail centre opposite the railway station. It was a morning shift and it snowed and I remember how unimpressed I was to be up that early watching the snow fall. I have never forgotten how nice the crew on morning shift were to me that day. Looking out for me and making sure I knew how to do the job and didn’t get too rattled. A lot of water has passed under the bridge since that day and a lot of things both good and bad have happened to me on the job and I have learnt a lot about life and human emotions and different types of people and cultures. It has helped shape me into who I am.
To everyone who has taken the time to read some or all of my ramblings on this blog I thank you and hope I haven’t said anything that might offend you or make you see me in a less favourable light.
I just think that many of us drift through life pretty aimlessly and don’t leave anything of ourselves, don’t take the time to test ourselves or leave anything of consequence after we have gone except memories for our families to savour. So I just want to leave something of myself behind. My observations and recollections of my life as it goes by, with a seemingly ever increasing cadence.
Just tonight I was taking Monique, Megan and her friend Alyce down to the shops to buy some dinner and they were poking fun at me for being so old at 41! It reminded me of how fast the years are rolling by and I mentioned to them that they should watch out because they will be getting into adulthood before they know it and as far as my own life is concerned the years between 30 and 40 went by in what seemed like a flash.
I don’t feel any older and in many ways I feel like a better and stronger, healthier person in both mind and body than I did 11 years ago but I guess it would be nice to be 30 again and know what I know now. But that isn’t possible and maybe that’s a lucky thing.
My blog is just about making my mark and letting people know what I am up to. I don’t get into anything really personal just try to observe and describe what is going on inside my life and what is going on around me as I negotiate my way through this existence.
As I mentioned before it is also 24 years today since I started with Australia Post which is a scary thought indeed. I can still remember my first shift on the floor at the old mail centre opposite the railway station. It was a morning shift and it snowed and I remember how unimpressed I was to be up that early watching the snow fall. I have never forgotten how nice the crew on morning shift were to me that day. Looking out for me and making sure I knew how to do the job and didn’t get too rattled. A lot of water has passed under the bridge since that day and a lot of things both good and bad have happened to me on the job and I have learnt a lot about life and human emotions and different types of people and cultures. It has helped shape me into who I am.
I whinge and complain a lot about AP and I don’t retract any of it but I will say I am very proud to have worked for the company and they have paid off my house and given me a comfortable life so I owe thanks for that. I’m not sure how much longer I have to go there whether it be a long time or short but it certainly has been an experience.
Strange Notations From a Laborious Life 