Got this email today:

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Geee...wonder why I feel all suspicious about it?

I'm away from here for a while and WOWOWOW look at the changes!!

How are you all?

So, this is 2009!

My NewYears resolution: Be here more often

Sound like a plan?

Yes I;'ve been AWOL....lost in the world of full time work and stupid time restraints ... and though I am no longer an editor of a guide ... I am still Mistress of Box

The question is: who remembers me?

Hey guys and dolls!

Wishing you a Merry Xmas .. and if Santa didn't come, I hope you did

So what'cha all get?

My Xmas haul is/was:

Gorgeous little coin purse from Sassy {I love love love it}

Two t-shirts black, one says 'whatever', the other 'disturbed' from D man, plus a bottle of perfume.

a block of chocolate from Tillie, Pippa and Giz (they got a smackoos stocking each)

Money from my dad.

Gift vouchers totalling 250 from Mum, sister, nephew, brother. (i'm hard to buy for apparently )

Trivial pursuit from Jacqui and co

Chocolate stocking from work from manager

Overall a good haul.

And now that life is relatively back to normal, I should be around more. I've been MIA again due to a co worker having a heart attack and me having to cover his shift, but soon soon soon I should be all playful again.

I hate being 'grown up'.

One week left on uni!

Yup! My Phd is almost done, today is the last proofing meet and it goes to the printers on Monday so that i can get it back and hand it in by Friday.

Four years of work and it's almost over I can't wait. !

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Also... I got some great news from work ... as of the 31st of Dec, I've been made manager I get my own store to run and it's the store I wanted. Work has been waiting for me to finish my phd before they promoted me and 10 days after uni is over, I get my own store

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Any of you guys use facebook? If so (and you don't mind adding me) I'm Nikki Box

Summer has only just started here and I'm already sick of it...

You Are an Orange Rose

Now this made me giggle...

You Are the Ace of Spades

And finally....

Your Dominant Intelligence is Linguistic Intelligence

Not sure how much I believe in this idea ... but below is a personality test based on the colours I 'connect' with...

The results:

You seem to be trying to sweep aside the situations (and maybe the people) that you feel are standing in your way. You are impulsive and apt to follow these impulses seeking to be involved in special or exciting happenings. In this way you hope to deaden the intensity of your conflicts, but your impulsive behaviour is leading you to take some unnecessary risks. Back down a little and remember 'more haste - less speed'.

You need an atmosphere of peace and quiet and you would like to share a bond of understanding with the 'right person' - you have the belief that with the right person, your stress and anxiety could be minimised.

All the problems that you have been experiencing of late seem to have become a part of your life and there is little that can be done to change the situation. Your emotions run high - but even though you feel as if at times you are about to burst this situation will pass. Try to release your pent-up emotions by participating in some extra physical activities like running, swimming, whatever. There must be some favourite pastime, not necessarily strenuous, that can help you to relax.

Setback after setback has resulted in considerable stress and now you have got to the stage where you are continuously on your guard, not only to protect yourself from others but to protect yourself from yourself. It would seem that many of your unfulfilled hopes and dreams have led to uncertainty and suspicion. You no longer wish to answer to others and you are insisting on freedom of thought. You feel that you are fully self-sufficient and can control your own destiny. You are seeking ways to protect yourself from further loss of prestige and against further setbacks. You have become very dependent and you doubt that matters could possibly get any better in the immediate future and this negative attitude is leading you to exaggerate your claims and to refuse reasonable compromise.

You don't like authority and you rebel against all forms of limitation. You are your own person and you intend to stay that way and to get on in the world simply by your hard work and determination.

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You'll need to copy and paste it but here's the link...

http://www.goldinuniverse.com/

Under the pump here life wise (if only I was under the pump in other ways...)

Work is understaffed which means multiple hours across two stores and uni is on my arse about thesis.

But I wanted you all to know that I am about and I read your blogs I just haven't answered.

Kisses

This is a normal day in my life...

Wake up.

Make coffee, eat.

Check emails, answer emails.

Let dogs in.

Put washing on/do dishes (or whatever needs doing)

Boot laptop.

Open uni thesis. Turn TV on for background noise.

Write write write

Eat

Write write write

Look at time. Panic. Turn off Laptop

Shower

Get work uniform on.

Save thesis on USB and transfer to desktop puter (i'm paranoid about losing it)

Feed dogs

Drive to work

Work

Drive home

Boot laptop

Write for an hour or so.

Transfer new bits to USB to desktop

Send new bits to uni

Let dogs out

Get in Jamas

Do before bed prep

Attempt to sleep

Repeat until insane because lets face it, if this is normal, I'd rather be insane.

Well, let me tell you ...

I was peacefully sleeping and then this HUGE cyclone happened and I whipped up into it transported to this strange land where i met these tiny people who sang songs to me and then this witch appeared ... oh wait that's the plot of the Wizard of Oz..

I'll try again...

I was on a road trip with my best friend when she met this guy who tried to hurt her and I may have shot him, so then we had to flee from the police ... [damnit, this is Thelma and Louise]

3rd try...

For the past few months, I couldn't sleep and started going to these self help groups, but then got this idea to make my own club, a fight club ... [sigh... again!]

4th try ...

I've been flat out with work and uni being due soon and change of management at work and running a mega store while new manager gets ready to take over and attempting to have a normal life and somewhere along the line, I had no time to do anything online by uni work and had to sacrifice fun things like here...

Ah! Truth!

[I still think the others were better reason... but you decide]

So how are you? [do you even remember me?]

Since I'm not working as many hours that I've have more time to play here. Alas, no.

Uni is getting hetic... we have a final final final date of December 21. I'm wanting it in before then, so no thesis for Xmas and there's much rewritting, editing, referencing checks and swearing afoot at the casa de boxy.

In other news..... I've cut my hair. Sassy can atest to the fact that I usually have hair half way down my back, yesterday I was feeling gutsy and got it snipped to *just* under my shoulders [which is about 4-5 inches gone]. Now I've decided that I want to grow it out back to its naturally colour [which no one has seen for about 5-6 years now] to get it all healthy again.

I've also decided that once thesis is in, I'm quitting smoking [even if i have to do it via the patches].

So how are you all?

Yup I'm a bitca.

[my response - have we not met before?]

But this is the latest reason why I am a bitca.

Friend [talking about a friend of a friend]: I found out why he didn't want to go to Philip Island. His brother drowned there.

Me: When?

Friend: When they were kids. They were swimming in [one of the major surf beaches] I don't know why anyone would swim there. You have to be really experianced, even as a surfer.

Me: Which would explain the drowning.

Friend: bitca.

But is that not logical? Inexperainced + breaking waves + hidden rips = death.

Wow... what a month!

Jacqui had her baby.

I got to manage a store for a month and the last week I was there, the crew that is that shop did the best week in terms of money in the till since July 10 last year

I won a competition at work. The store I'm at is a C class store and I won! Prize was 2 watched and a $675 overnight package at the Windsor Hotel in melbourne

I also got a $50 gift voucher at my work's Awards night for 'best customer experiance' and got nominated for Staff Member of the Year [I came third]

Uni has been amazing .. I'm almost done with the first draft and only have the final chapter to write towards the bulk of it. From there I only have to rehash the intro and write the conclusions, then it's done Done I tell thee! DONE...

I'm SO SO SO over it. I have not be over somethign with this level of overness for a long long time.

So how are you all?

Three mothers; a blonde, a brunette, and a redhead were all talking about their daughters.

The brunette said; "I was looking through my daughter's things and I found cigarettes, I can't believe my daughter smokes."

The redhead says; "Ladies, I was looking through my daughters things and I found a bottle of liquor, I can't believe my daughter drinks."

The blonde says; "I was looking through my daughters things, and I found a box of condoms. I can't believe my daughter has a penis."

Which means I'll soon be back to play more often

Sorry for not being around.

As the baby is here, I'm managing the store where the Daddy is usually the manager...which means little net time.

I hope to get here Sunday.

and word to the wise... uni + managment + life is hard!

Jacqui had her baby at 9:19am yesterday morning [July 12]. They named him James Patrick. Weight 2.45 kilos [5.39 pounds]. He was born prem so has to stay in hospital for a little bit, but both he and Mum are doing well.

Sassy and I are going to see him Sunday.

BIG BIG news!

My best friend is having her baby - tomorrow!!!!

I have the strangest craving for a peach.