Mikosyko’s blog

Bonjour! It's been a while since I've graced Vox with my presence, thats because I've been both busy and idle. Let me explain.

 

Well a few weeks ago we (Alicia and myself) were informed by her friend that there were two vacancies in a tourism type job near our college for the summer. That was great news. It would have made the summer really special for us.

 

Anyway when the first day arrived, we waited to speak to the guy who swung us the two jobs. We called to the main office but he wasn't there. Alicia tried to call him all morning but got no response from him. Then I decided to ring him (he didn't know me) and lo he answered! He said he would call across to meet us soon but typically he never did.

We found him waiting next a few buses full of tourists. Instead of talking to us he simply threw us onto someone else who was in charge. It turns out he never heard of any job vacancies and he couldn't help us. That wouldn't have been too bad if the guy who had initally offered us the jobs explained to us what was going on, but instead he chose to ignore us, and that got right up my nose.

 

Since then I've been at home and feeling lonely. But that's not to say I've been idle, oh no! This Summer has been one of the busiest I can recall.

 

New sheds:
I posted in my blog in March about the new sheds that were being built on our farm. Well they've been finished for a while, it's the little things that are taking the most time. For example we've had to improve the look of the entire yard to keep up with the new sheds. So for the past two months we've been putting down a whole new concrete yard, plastering, hanging gates etc.

Hay:
As with every Summer comes the prospect of getting ready for the Winter. So this means we have to get all the silage/hay done while the weather is perfect. This can be impossible to guage as often the weather can change within a day. Luckily we managed to find a few clear days in mid-July in which we got all the hay baled. But it was a mammoth effort to get it all in on time. But the end result was worth it.

Turf:
A task I hate with a passion is turf. We still live in the 19th century when it comes to fueling our home (although with respect, this method is entirely free and much better than oil heating).
Anyway the idea behind turf (or peat if you want to be bloody posh) is sections of moist ground are dug up and laid out in small pieces to dry. Trouble is it won't dry if it's left lying flat. So for an entire day we have to pick each piece and leave it in such a way that the wind/sun will dry it. This sounds easy, but there are thousands and thousands of these pieces and they take forever to turn.
It's especially difficult when you think you've done a lot of work and then you look up and see you've still got at least 5 hours work ahead of you. Not nice. Bringing it home wasn't a bag of laughs either. Trying to fit all that turf into an already full shed was not easy.

So anyway that pretty much rounds up my Summer '08. Right now I'm just trying to figure out what to do with Alicia's 21st birthday gift. I got her a bracelet but its blank and I want to get it engraved. I'm agonising over what to put on it.

http://www.argos.ie/wcsstore/argosie/images/130-2233772MOA67UC344404X.jpg

Help...

Anyway, bed time. Ciao!

 

No, I havn't died. I just decided to give the bolg a rest for a while.

Since I last blogged things have changed. Alicia and me are now "offical", though I think it was pretty much heading that way for a while. College is now over for the first year. It's a bit sad that it passed by so quickly.

Up to the end of May, we had exams and study, just like we had in January. The only difference was that in January the weather was typically miserable and so the appeal of going outside was non-existant. Fast forward to May and the weather is scorching, making it harder to concentrate on studying. We would often find ourselves finishing up early and straight outside streched on the grass soaking up the rays. To be honest, I don't like the sun or the heat a lot. I burn easily and I find it difficult to wear sunglasses as I'm blind as a bat without my normal pair.

Well the exams went okay, just waiting for the results next week. In the final week we only had one exam (a language), so I used this as an excuse to spend the weekend with Alicia, as I knew with the summer coming up we wouldn't see as much of each other.

We had a really nice final few days. I was actually sad on the Sunday night. I hadn't felt like that since I'd left Sweden last year. But anyway the story is now that I am on the summer holidays and I'm pretty miserable. There was hope of a group of us getting work together for the summer. The location was ideal and the wages seemed amazing. Although the odds of us getting the jobs were good, it seems they have now fallen by the wayside.
I can only hope that come this Saturday, there will be good news from MLI as regards to the job.

Anyway it's getting a bit late. Cheerio! xxx

It's just by chance that I decided to make a few tweaks to my account today. I found that I'm exactly a year registered with vox.com. It's been good to be able to express myself over the past 12 months. Needless to say it's been a hell of a rollercoaster.

I'll say no more. I'll just finish with this...

If I could make days last forever
If words could make wishes come true
Id save every day like a treasure and then,
Again, I would spend them with you

 

 

 

 

And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end, the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance
I could have missed the pain
But I'd have had to miss the dance

 

 

Love, love is a verb
Love is a doing word
Fearless on my breath
Gentle impulsion
Shakes me makes me lighter
Fearless on my breath

 

 

You with the sad eyes
Don't be discouraged
Oh I realize
It's hard to take courage
In a world full of people
You can lose sight of it all
And the darkness, inside you
Can make you feel so small

 

I just thought it would be different to post something like this for once. Enjoy them. :)

Well, at least I hope not. The problem is my accomodation for next September. Over the past few weeks I've been saying that wanted to move out because the landlady has been doing my head in with these mood swings.

 

But, mood swings apart, the accomodation has been pretty much perfect for this year. If I move out I could end up in a place that's either twice as shabby or twice as expensive (or both).

 

Elsewhere, I got my maths results back today. I failed by 1% which was a bit cruel.

 

 

But I know that lately (since December) I've been getting distracted by certain things (the internet mainly). I have one month to go, and if i keep my focus I can pass the year easily.

 

Yeah things are going okay right now. I've been off college for a while now (easter break) and I've been relaxing. I'm bracing myself for the next month and a bit, I assume the exams will be upon us like a shot, but we've got no confirmation of them as of yet.

Apart from the usual, most of my time is occupied with these little creatures! ^ ^
Yes it's well into the lambing season at this stage and despite the weather being choppy, it's good to be out and about looking after them.
Elsewhere, we've had a new shed constructed on our farm. It's going to be really handy this time next year, when its completed. (The purpose of the shed is to house sheep during lambing season).
Finally, I've started using Vox with IE instead of Opera. It's much easier to use now! (But I still think IE sucks!)

So it's a Saturday, the weather is brutal and has been for weeks, rain, wind, cold. Depressing.

 

Let me bring you up to date with college. Basically I have two weeks off now for easter, but when we go back we have just one month and then we have exams to round off the year. We had a maths assessment this week (assessments take the pressure off final exams, providing you do well), and I'm not sure how I did. It was 50/50, and if i scrape a pass I'll be happy.

Mum has been pestering me lately about summer work. I have my C.V. done pretty well, I just need to sort out my referees. I feel if I get those included it would add an extra bit of momentum to my job hunt.

Elsewhere, it's lambing season, the weather isn't helping, mum is sick and I think I'm coming down with something too. Oh joy.....

Nora Warde - 1915 - 2007

 

During your journey on your final flight home.
White wings will carry you and you will be flown.
To the pearly gates of Heaven, where they will usher you in.
To the feet of your Lord, your Saviour, and your friend.
He will hold you in his arms and the angels will sing.
As another one of His children is delivered by white wings.

Ok its just gone 1am and I'm kinda afraid to sleep. Lately I've been having these....not nightmares, just disturbing dreams.

I havn't spoken to Tilda for nearly two months now. I know I've let her go, but that doesn't mean she doesnt still cross my mind from time to time. The music I hear, the people I meet, the places I go. They all somehow remind me of the time she visited Galway.

The other night I dreamt that she had come back to see me. I was so thrilled because she said she wanted me. And we talked what seemed like for hours. Gradually though it seem to slip away. At the end of the dream I see her getting on a train, and I'm invisible. I'm just staring at the machine taking her away forever....

Then I woke up at about 7am and cried my heart out. I just hate when dreams tease me like that. 

What should I read from this though?

She impacted my life like no other girl before, and yet almost as swiftly she captured me, she was swept away.

I guess I need this experience, and in time it will make me stronger.

I love Alicia now, but typically I don't know if she feels the same for me. 

It’s been a while since I updated my blog so here goes.

Alicia:
Apparently, it seems, we are going out officially now. Although I haven’t got a proper chance to ask her if that’s the case. We seem to spend every free hour together and at the moment its getting a bit tiresome. Don’t get me wrong, I adore her, but these mixed messages I’m getting aren’t helping at all.

A certain Swede:
Yes I know I said I would never mention her again but the latest I hear (from her friend at least) is that she has now ditched her Canadian bozo of a fiancée and instead found herself a new fella just outside Västerås.
I’m glad she’s found someone else at last. I guess I can take from this that its over and I can move away and get on with my life full tilt.

College:
It’s not going great so far this year. I’ve been losing motivation in some of the new classes I have to attend. However having Alicia there is a great help. I just need to find the rhythm I had last semester. That will probably require me to get my notes in order and get my timetable fully fixed up.

Rag Week:
Well at the time of writing, Rag Week 2008 is officially over. I’ll write a blog about that later.