Oh no, it's Christmas time!
It's Tuesday, the Christmas Eve (when we celebrate Christmas) is just 4 days away, and I don't even count the fact that we are doing pre-Christmas Christmas Eve with my fiance on the 23 (he's off for his parents' on the morning of 24, so we have to celebrate Christmas a day earlier).
Taken into consideration that tomorrow is my company's Christmas party and on Thursday I have a Christmas party with my class members from highschool (I look much more forward to that one), I only have this evening to finish all preparations. And here I am, on the computer again. Oh well...
Most of the preparations are done, I am missing one me-present and have to buy 3 presents on behalf of my fiance. Now not only am I buying presents from him for my side of family, but also for his side of the family too! Now talk about equal opportunities :-)
And work is at its usual crazy peek. I will try to take a half day off on Friday, but somehow I just don't see that happening, as usually. And I so need some quite and piecefull rest... maybe next life? And my stitching is so neglected!
Right now, i am working on a sampler that should have been finished weeks ago - it is a present for in-laws-to-be and while I will be able to finish the stitching, there is no time to have it framed. Guess I will just give it unframed and either take it home for framing or leave it for them to frame it... I will post the picture once I will get to scan it, it is really pretty.
Next in line is the Guardian angel, got the pattern and fabric last week from DH2B as present to my nameday, I want to stitch it for a friend who is expecting a baby in March. maybe it will be done just in time for their daughter's (it should be a girl) first birthday! :-)
gotta run now, the shopping is calling for me.
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Thursday, December 15, 2005
I am alive and kicking!
Well anyway, sort of. After passing my finals, I had to concentrate on writing and finishing my final thesis on the law school in two months, and trust me, these two months were hell for me. I would write and write and write, untill my fingers went sore and blistery, carry my notebook to work and from the work go to the library (lots of resources, wifi internet connection for online researches and opened till 10 pm) and write there, not getting much sleep and certainly not getting much life.
But I survived, handed in my thesis on November 30 and now I am waiting for the opinions on that. Hopefully, the defence will be scheduled for January, so I could graduate (of course, if I will sustain the defence) in March. Now that would be great, because I don't really think I am ready for re-writing that bloody thing. 83 pages of unfair competitions was more than enough for me.
Now I should be concentrating on the economy school (which I don't, haven't touched a textbook ever since the thesis was handed in) and of course, there is the Christmas thing. I am semi-prepared, I mean, the tree is up, missing only a couple ornies, most cookies are baked, cards sent, presents mostly bought (still missing present for my mom's boyfriend, and mum as yet gave me no hint as to what that should be. Considering they might be getting married next year I really should not leave him out!). But I just don't know how to squeeze in the remaining preparations, especially since i am so busy with work these days (as every Christmas, I should know better).
One thing I am looking forward is the Christmas party I am throwing tomorrow night. Every year, I have a small Christmas party/celebration of my name-day, where I invite friends and we just have fun. I have prepared most things, now I just need to tidy-up the whole place, which will take some time. And time is a problem right now.
You see, I feel very guilty, because tonight my department has a farewell/welcome party. There is 7 people in the department, but I don't really feel like being a part of the team and quite frankly do not want to be a part of the team (for various reasons, one of them being that I was employed for a different position, financial one, and being put in the office with the lawyers after two years of sitting with the financial people, on the grounds that "it is a temporary solution and we need your old table for someone else" is something that I still resent). Moreover, the party takes place at a very expensive club. It is paid for by the management, but I am not a party-type, dislike clubs, don´t feel like getting drunk and since I was not told it would take place in a club, I am not dressed for it. Now if I left for home right now, I might just about make it, but I have a terrible headache and I wanted to be home early tonight because I have a lot of preparations for tomorrow evening. You see, what I was told was that it will be a dinner party so I though a) I could go straight from the office and b) be at home by 9 pm. So it looks I am not going anywhere and I know I will be talked about badly because "I do not make efforts to be a team player".
Why do I have to be such a try-to-please-them-all? I should just say "I am not a club person and it doesn't suit me to go to yet another party right before Christmas" and leave it at that. I guess some more assertivity would really do me good...
Well anyway, sort of. After passing my finals, I had to concentrate on writing and finishing my final thesis on the law school in two months, and trust me, these two months were hell for me. I would write and write and write, untill my fingers went sore and blistery, carry my notebook to work and from the work go to the library (lots of resources, wifi internet connection for online researches and opened till 10 pm) and write there, not getting much sleep and certainly not getting much life.
But I survived, handed in my thesis on November 30 and now I am waiting for the opinions on that. Hopefully, the defence will be scheduled for January, so I could graduate (of course, if I will sustain the defence) in March. Now that would be great, because I don't really think I am ready for re-writing that bloody thing. 83 pages of unfair competitions was more than enough for me.
Now I should be concentrating on the economy school (which I don't, haven't touched a textbook ever since the thesis was handed in) and of course, there is the Christmas thing. I am semi-prepared, I mean, the tree is up, missing only a couple ornies, most cookies are baked, cards sent, presents mostly bought (still missing present for my mom's boyfriend, and mum as yet gave me no hint as to what that should be. Considering they might be getting married next year I really should not leave him out!). But I just don't know how to squeeze in the remaining preparations, especially since i am so busy with work these days (as every Christmas, I should know better).
One thing I am looking forward is the Christmas party I am throwing tomorrow night. Every year, I have a small Christmas party/celebration of my name-day, where I invite friends and we just have fun. I have prepared most things, now I just need to tidy-up the whole place, which will take some time. And time is a problem right now.
You see, I feel very guilty, because tonight my department has a farewell/welcome party. There is 7 people in the department, but I don't really feel like being a part of the team and quite frankly do not want to be a part of the team (for various reasons, one of them being that I was employed for a different position, financial one, and being put in the office with the lawyers after two years of sitting with the financial people, on the grounds that "it is a temporary solution and we need your old table for someone else" is something that I still resent). Moreover, the party takes place at a very expensive club. It is paid for by the management, but I am not a party-type, dislike clubs, don´t feel like getting drunk and since I was not told it would take place in a club, I am not dressed for it. Now if I left for home right now, I might just about make it, but I have a terrible headache and I wanted to be home early tonight because I have a lot of preparations for tomorrow evening. You see, what I was told was that it will be a dinner party so I though a) I could go straight from the office and b) be at home by 9 pm. So it looks I am not going anywhere and I know I will be talked about badly because "I do not make efforts to be a team player".
Why do I have to be such a try-to-please-them-all? I should just say "I am not a club person and it doesn't suit me to go to yet another party right before Christmas" and leave it at that. I guess some more assertivity would really do me good...
Monday, October 10, 2005
Updating after a long time silence
It's been really a while since I last wrote something. Been too busy with life, work and school, I guess.
The big news is I PASSED MY LAW FINALS! Now that's a great feeling that doesn't go away, eventhough I took the exam on September 26, which is 2 weeks ago. I did study hard for those (though I believe I studied more and harder the first time around, which was in May, and I failed anyway), but I didn't have much time this time - the exam were Monday morning and I was only able to get out of work starting Wednesday, so I only had 5 days to study properly. But it is over! I prayed to Mother Mary (my local church is in the name of Birth of Virgin Mary) to be lucky when drawing the questions (there were 4 subjects - civil law, commercial law, criminal law and administrative law, 60 questions from each field divided in two categories, and I would draw 1 question from each category, so a total of 8 questions - some of them really big topics) and help me she did, because I had such great questions that eventhough the examinators were very detailed and not too friendly, I passed.
I am not a proper lawyer yet, because my final thesis is still not handed in (and not written, as a matter of fact), but this was a great leap towards getting my masters degree. I still somehow can't get it in my head that there are no more legal exams to be taken, no more studying of useless stuff (well, there will be one more exam if I decide to go for my doctor's degree. but that will probably be just civil law).
There is still some studying to be done on my economy degree (and the final thesis there, too - I hate creative writing!), but hopefully most of it should be done by the end of March next year, so I will be able to concentrate on getting everything ready for our wedding.
Hm, seems like the real life stuff has really taken over this time, because there is nothing about stitching here. But quite frankly I have not done much stitching lately. With all that tidying up and cleaning I have done lately (I have fired our cleaning lady and had to address the problem myself, but that's a long talk which I will keep for some other day), there has been hardly any time to really do anything crafty. But Enchanter is on the hoop at the moment and he is not going away before I finish that silly right part of the border. I so want to have him done by Christmas, but we will see.
Till then, have fun!
It's been really a while since I last wrote something. Been too busy with life, work and school, I guess.
The big news is I PASSED MY LAW FINALS! Now that's a great feeling that doesn't go away, eventhough I took the exam on September 26, which is 2 weeks ago. I did study hard for those (though I believe I studied more and harder the first time around, which was in May, and I failed anyway), but I didn't have much time this time - the exam were Monday morning and I was only able to get out of work starting Wednesday, so I only had 5 days to study properly. But it is over! I prayed to Mother Mary (my local church is in the name of Birth of Virgin Mary) to be lucky when drawing the questions (there were 4 subjects - civil law, commercial law, criminal law and administrative law, 60 questions from each field divided in two categories, and I would draw 1 question from each category, so a total of 8 questions - some of them really big topics) and help me she did, because I had such great questions that eventhough the examinators were very detailed and not too friendly, I passed.
I am not a proper lawyer yet, because my final thesis is still not handed in (and not written, as a matter of fact), but this was a great leap towards getting my masters degree. I still somehow can't get it in my head that there are no more legal exams to be taken, no more studying of useless stuff (well, there will be one more exam if I decide to go for my doctor's degree. but that will probably be just civil law).
There is still some studying to be done on my economy degree (and the final thesis there, too - I hate creative writing!), but hopefully most of it should be done by the end of March next year, so I will be able to concentrate on getting everything ready for our wedding.
Hm, seems like the real life stuff has really taken over this time, because there is nothing about stitching here. But quite frankly I have not done much stitching lately. With all that tidying up and cleaning I have done lately (I have fired our cleaning lady and had to address the problem myself, but that's a long talk which I will keep for some other day), there has been hardly any time to really do anything crafty. But Enchanter is on the hoop at the moment and he is not going away before I finish that silly right part of the border. I so want to have him done by Christmas, but we will see.
Till then, have fun!
Monday, August 15, 2005
Miserable weather!
After the high temperatures in July, Prague seems to be hit by a series of really miserable rainy days. At the moment, it about 12 degrees Celsius outside and heavy rain. And it is not gonna get better soon.
I mean, in a way, it is good, because the hot weather was killing. But, I have asked my sister to sew me some summer clothes (I did put on some weight over the two years I am working full time, especially from last summer I went almost two dress sizes up - all the stress with doing exams at two universities and working does require some chocolate!), which are almost finished now and I won't be able to wear them! And come next summer, I do not intend to be size 42, no way. I need to go back to my original 38 :-)
I took last Friday off work, stayed home, did a lot of studying and some stitching, and on Saturday I went to see a friend whom I have met over a stiching BB. Other than having to get up at 5:30 in the morning (on workdays, I get up at 7:50 and weekends usually 10:00 at the earliest) to catch a 7:10 train, it was a fabulous day. J. has also invited another stitcher, who lives nearby, so we spent the day going through stash and chatting.
J.'s husband is well-off, so she is not limited in financing her hobby as much as I am and she is investing heavily in getting every pattern (and corresponding fabric and goodies) from Mirabilia, Lavender and some others she like. So it was a real pleasure to go through them. Unfortunatelly, as we were visiting her at her summer house, not the regular, two bags of stash were left behind, so I didn't get to see all the patterns and her finished works, which I really regret. But it's not as if this was the last opportunity to meet :-)
On the 3 hrs train ride there and 3 hrs back I did do a lot of stitching - I finished backstitching "No other eggs-actly like my charming mother" from Precious moments (though I never call her anything but "Omelette"), the picture I have posted last time. She now only needs to be washed, then I will take a picture and post it here. I also worked a little on Above the Clouds, and finished the dragon's upper wings. Now I can really see him.
Which brings me to maybe preparing an overview of all the stitching projects I have, something I could look at and maybe think of a good rotation? I do admit my last rotation got totally out of hand, with me travelling and doing two obligation projects :-( but I'll leave that for another day.
After the high temperatures in July, Prague seems to be hit by a series of really miserable rainy days. At the moment, it about 12 degrees Celsius outside and heavy rain. And it is not gonna get better soon.
I mean, in a way, it is good, because the hot weather was killing. But, I have asked my sister to sew me some summer clothes (I did put on some weight over the two years I am working full time, especially from last summer I went almost two dress sizes up - all the stress with doing exams at two universities and working does require some chocolate!), which are almost finished now and I won't be able to wear them! And come next summer, I do not intend to be size 42, no way. I need to go back to my original 38 :-)
I took last Friday off work, stayed home, did a lot of studying and some stitching, and on Saturday I went to see a friend whom I have met over a stiching BB. Other than having to get up at 5:30 in the morning (on workdays, I get up at 7:50 and weekends usually 10:00 at the earliest) to catch a 7:10 train, it was a fabulous day. J. has also invited another stitcher, who lives nearby, so we spent the day going through stash and chatting.
J.'s husband is well-off, so she is not limited in financing her hobby as much as I am and she is investing heavily in getting every pattern (and corresponding fabric and goodies) from Mirabilia, Lavender and some others she like. So it was a real pleasure to go through them. Unfortunatelly, as we were visiting her at her summer house, not the regular, two bags of stash were left behind, so I didn't get to see all the patterns and her finished works, which I really regret. But it's not as if this was the last opportunity to meet :-)
On the 3 hrs train ride there and 3 hrs back I did do a lot of stitching - I finished backstitching "No other eggs-actly like my charming mother" from Precious moments (though I never call her anything but "Omelette"), the picture I have posted last time. She now only needs to be washed, then I will take a picture and post it here. I also worked a little on Above the Clouds, and finished the dragon's upper wings. Now I can really see him.
Which brings me to maybe preparing an overview of all the stitching projects I have, something I could look at and maybe think of a good rotation? I do admit my last rotation got totally out of hand, with me travelling and doing two obligation projects :-( but I'll leave that for another day.
Friday, August 05, 2005
Friday update
Tomorrow’s my stepdad’s birthday party, he’s 50, so it will be a big time. He invited his family from England to come, his daughter, his sister and her daugter. I have never met them before, so I am kind of anxious.
You see, he is not really my stepdad, cause he and my mum are not married, but since my biological father doesn’t really count as dad, I prefer to refer to Alan as to my stepdad.
So anyway, this will be kind of a rehearsal to my wedding next year, where I plan to invite them too.
But with all of this going on (I also need to attend dress rehearsal tomorrow morning), I will have only very little spare time. In the 2nd week of my preparation for the legal finals, I am already 1000 pages late (out of the 1800 I wanted to have done as of today). I want to cut this down a little so I have taken the harsh decision not to do any stitching this coming weekend unless I catch up completely. Right now, I am thinking if Friday counts, too :-)
The thing is, just today I have received the fabric and floss for the charity project that is due September 30. It is the Precious moments theme, and I have selected to stich this pattern:
I think she is a cutey, and I don’t know if I can stay awy from her the whole weekend. Maybe if I manage to read some 200 pages tonight?
Fridays seem like a good day to post updates. Work is keeping me busy lately, though I remember times when it was much worse. Must be the summer, everyone’s out of Prague and the business is slow.
Tomorrow’s my stepdad’s birthday party, he’s 50, so it will be a big time. He invited his family from England to come, his daughter, his sister and her daugter. I have never met them before, so I am kind of anxious.
You see, he is not really my stepdad, cause he and my mum are not married, but since my biological father doesn’t really count as dad, I prefer to refer to Alan as to my stepdad.
So anyway, this will be kind of a rehearsal to my wedding next year, where I plan to invite them too.
But with all of this going on (I also need to attend dress rehearsal tomorrow morning), I will have only very little spare time. In the 2nd week of my preparation for the legal finals, I am already 1000 pages late (out of the 1800 I wanted to have done as of today). I want to cut this down a little so I have taken the harsh decision not to do any stitching this coming weekend unless I catch up completely. Right now, I am thinking if Friday counts, too :-)
The thing is, just today I have received the fabric and floss for the charity project that is due September 30. It is the Precious moments theme, and I have selected to stich this pattern:
I think she is a cutey, and I don’t know if I can stay awy from her the whole weekend. Maybe if I manage to read some 200 pages tonight?
Friday, July 29, 2005
A little introduction never hurts
I do admit having blogged before at livejournal, but I think blogger will offer me better service etc., so I will move on.
Anyway, to introduce myself, I am a 24 year old hip-Czech (as an old friend once called me) and I come from a little country in the heart of Europe called Czech Republic. English is not my native language, so I appologize for any grammatical errors I might make. I am, as the title suggests, a working girl, though I am still fighting to finish my university education (my majors are law, at Charles University in Prague, where I only have to pass the finals - this September - and hand in my final thesis, and Economy at the Mechanical engineering faculty of the Czech Technical Institute, where I am missing a couple exams, the finals and of course the final thesis - all to be done by end of January 2006).
In the little free time I have, I love to read, play with my two cats (Miriam and Brioni, two female beasties), cross-stitch (a great obsession of mine), play role-playing games, and, of course, spend some quality time with my boyfriend Michael, who has finally proposed this year and whom I will marry next July.
So much for introduction, the next posts will be hopefully more funny (for I prefer to make fun of life, especially when things go wrong) and more on the subject!
I do admit having blogged before at livejournal, but I think blogger will offer me better service etc., so I will move on.
Anyway, to introduce myself, I am a 24 year old hip-Czech (as an old friend once called me) and I come from a little country in the heart of Europe called Czech Republic. English is not my native language, so I appologize for any grammatical errors I might make. I am, as the title suggests, a working girl, though I am still fighting to finish my university education (my majors are law, at Charles University in Prague, where I only have to pass the finals - this September - and hand in my final thesis, and Economy at the Mechanical engineering faculty of the Czech Technical Institute, where I am missing a couple exams, the finals and of course the final thesis - all to be done by end of January 2006).
In the little free time I have, I love to read, play with my two cats (Miriam and Brioni, two female beasties), cross-stitch (a great obsession of mine), play role-playing games, and, of course, spend some quality time with my boyfriend Michael, who has finally proposed this year and whom I will marry next July.
So much for introduction, the next posts will be hopefully more funny (for I prefer to make fun of life, especially when things go wrong) and more on the subject!
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