Holiday

I can't wait! In less than 4 days time I will be off to Capetown for a midweek break of 3 whole days. The past few weeks have been so hectic that I haven't even gotten around to doing any posts before now. But since the bonus I got for working all through the weekend is paying for this trip, I'm not complaining too much.

Still, I hate that feeling you get when you work really hard to finish a project with an extremely tight deadline, and you actually finish it with time to spare, when the client turns around and tells you that Mr. Whoever can't keep to the original schedule and the project will be extended indifinitely. But the client is always right, so what can a lowly designer do?
Anyway, enough ranting now.

I did get to see Phantom of the Opera in the State Theatre though. It was absolutely amazing! I never knew Andre Schwartz had such a powerful voice. As for the decor - it was some of the best scene changes I have ever seen. My favourite one was probably the whole transformation sequence where Christine sings 'Think of me'. Some of the visual imagery like the drapery falling down after the auction scene and of course the underground river left me sitting there with goosebumps crawling up my back.

Mornings

I am a morning person - a go to sleep at 3 in the morning person. NOT a get up a 5 to go to go to work in the morning person! I know it is the only way to miss the majority of traffic, and it does save me up to 90 mins of drive time, but that does not mean I have to like it! Getting to work before the sun is even up is also not the greatest feeling in the world. But summer is coming soon. I hope.

Somebody once told me that when you just start working, all you actually do is work, get home, eat and sleep. I waitressed while I was studying, but that really doesn't prepare you for a proper 9-5 (or rather 6:30-3:30) job. The money is much better though. I love getting an actual paycheck.

It doesn't really help that most of my friends are still studying, and thus have much more time to atually have a social life. Weekends have also taken on a totally different meaning. I never really appreciated them enough before. As for scool holidays, I wish they would go on longer - traffic was sooo much easier.

I miss reading. A book that would normally take a few days to read, now take a few weeks. It is ironic that the moment I actually earn enough money to buy all the books I want, I don't have enough time to read them anymore.

Other than that, working life is great - I enjoy my projects, the rest of the people are fun to work with and hey, I'm getting paid for doing something I like, so I can't really complain.

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