The Cynic's Mirror: Ketchup

I'm overworked and underpaid. 7 days in a row thanks to my brilliant acceptance of emergency overtime. Additionally, I may work overtime in Kashiwa today but I don't know because I didn't work in my branch on any day since I applied. I have to call today and check.

Australia beat Japan 3-1. Aussie Aussie Aussie! oy!oy!oy! Ty and I were relieved to find that neither of us were actually rooting for Japan.

I finally faxed my juror response form yesterday, the 13th. Who knows, maybe it won't matter and I'll have a bench warrant out for me the next time I enter the country. Might be worth looking into.

Nearly broke it off with Melissa over the weekend because we never see each other and she sends me a text like once a day. Not really enough to call a relationship, and "taking it slow" doesn't mean largely ignoring one another. But, I have to give her some credit she's still new in this country, and has a lot on her plate with two jobs and little free time to herself anymore. So, I'll go the patient route and see if things pan out.

Tyler will be here in two weeks, and I've arranged to get 5 of the 6 days off I was hoping for, so that's nice. At least if nothing else I'll have some well needed rest time, seeing as I've had one day off per week for the last two months or so, with nothing different after Tyler leaves. I still need to plan what we're actually going to do while he's here.

I swung by Melissa's work after I finished on Friday and brought her a box of chocolates, just cause. She seemed very happy, and that's what I was after.

I've discovered that women like me. Twice in the last week I've had someone tell me, "You know what? I'm really glad we've gotten to be friends, you're awesome." And you know what? I am, just a little bit. I may be neurotic but what I lack in chiseled God-like abs I make up for in superior chiseled God-like sarcasm. Er, I mean, crap. I dunno, chiseled, God-like something redeeming.

Tomorrow is payday.

I get paid 5,000 yen today for working more hours than I normally would during a shift swap in Ushiku on Monday. w00t.