deathpixie | Who's the boss? Me, apparently.

I turned up at work today to find I was the only one going to be there. No biggie - there's no magistrate on Mondays, so it's just the office work - but a bit harsh for my first day back on full-time and short on sleep. ;P Still, I managed okay, although I still have to get Paula to teach me the cash system at Wodonga. I've done court accounts before, but on a different system and I have to keep leaving it for her when she gets back, which can't be fun. Especially consider she was at the dentist all day today.

I found the opening I wrote for the GenX self insertion challenge. All Dex' fault - after he posted his fragment on his mailing list, I started rethinking mine. And then Yasmin got into the act. I think I'll throw it open to a vote: who thinks I should bother? A sample, to give you an idea...

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Customs wasn't a big deal, although I had fun explaining exactly what a Tim Tam was - I was carrying several packages as bribery material for the kids. No-one could hate someone with that much chocolate. And having to tick the "Yes" box under the mutant question on the customs declaration had left a sour taste in my mouth. It was such a lame question - along with "Are you a terrorist?" - especially with my passport endorsed with "M-NAP" (Mutant - Non-Aggressive Powers) in screaming red letters. There wasn't a point. For a moment I thought I'd be dragged off to some mutant restraining room and interrogated about my intentions, but the Customs bloke just looked at my forms, nodded and asked me the purpose of my visit.

"Working holiday - I'm going to be a teacher's aide in a private school in Snow Valley."

After all the hassle I'd had to get a visa in the first place and all the horror stories my friends had told me about mutant-hating Americans, it was all a bit of an anti-climax.

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Actually, that's an idea for the Subreality journal. Story teasers, suggestions, some criticing... If only I could work out how to post to the silly thing now I've joined. :P

Dinner time - I'm making cheesy pumpkin and cashew pasta sauce, while BRM catches up on his homework. If he wakes up - he had to get up at four this morning to drive up from Melbourne in time for uni. Silly bugger. ;) Mind you, the couch is looking pretty good.