Problems With Filling Out the Contracts

So one of my leaders has decided that it's about time I learned how to properly fill out the contract forms, so that I don't mess them up so much when I'm signing up customers.

I guess that this can only be a good thing.

She asked me today what I was thinking when I wrote Appco Company instead of Appco Field.

I still don't really know what I was thinking when I wrote that. I was paranoid all day Friday that I was writing field wrong ... and how spectacularly wrong my spelling was!

But while everyone was laughing at such a stupid mistake, someone else piped up that at least I got my name right ... I guess the person who rewrote my forms wrote the wrong name; theirs instead of mine.

I laughed and declared that I'd never get my name wrong on a form, because, let's face it, that would be extremely stupid.

Yeah.

I really shouldn't have said that.

What was the one thing I messed up on the form today?

You guessed it! My name!

I realized what I had done as soon as I did it. I just looked at it, and was like, "Yeah. I'm not going to tell anyone about this." and scrunched up the now ruined form and began a new one ... this time taking ridiculous care to spell my name correctly (sad that I had to).

2010 Shep Road Trip Pt1

This is Tatura. At least this is where the bus dropped me off in Tatura. You can actually kind of see the main street in this pic.
There doesn’t seem to be all that much in Tatura, besides the caravan park that we’re staying at … oh, and there’s the crazy painted fake cows in the park near the main street.
But those cows are found in all of the towns in this area. Or so it seems.
And there’s a much greater selection of them in Shep. I really need/hope to get back there and get a picture and making them a world famous landmark … although the Shep council probably tries pimping them out as such already.

Mooroopna.
What can be said about good old Mooroopna?
It has a water tower near the centre or town. But that’s not unique to just Mooroopna. You can find water tower in any old country town. I mean this picture could be anywhere … at least anywhere in Victoria. I don’t really know what country towns in the rest of Australia are like.

But besides the standard country town water tower, there’s also the SPC cannery as well as some animal feed making factory. I didn’t really catch the name of it.
Apparently I didn’t feel the need to take pictures of both the factories, so this on little picture is going to have to do.
But besides those two (and possibly more) factories, there’s also a fantastic image of Australia on someone’s nature strip. It’s on Lenne St if you ever want to see it for yourself.
There’s also something for all those American Dad! and Family Guy fans out there. I really don’t think I have to actually say what it is, since this picture probably says all that needs to be said.
And I also took many, many pictures of the river and the flood waters. They’re nowhere near as impressive as what they were on Sunday when the others first arrived. But it still looks pretty cool. Especially since I haven’t seen any river that (or this. Not sure which) full for a very long time.

Road Trip

So tomorrow I go and join my work mates in Shep tomorrow.

It's probably a good thing that I'll only be door knocking for most of the time I'm there. I can't imagine that there's all that much to do in Shep (besides get blind drunk for the whole time).

If I wasn't going to be door knocking (and annoying people [which can be fun]), I'd probably get straight back on the train as soon as I arrive there.

But if I can, I will try and get some pictures of the landmarks of Shep.

And if there's no famous landmarks there, I'll make up my own and make them famous.

Actually ... that sounds like a good idea. I might just do that anyway!

So, stay tuned, peeps, and I'll show you the new famous landmarks of Shep.

Centre Link

Centre Link offices really are the places hope goes to die.

There is only despair in them.

The people who go in there for whatever reason (usually forced upon them by Centre Link) have given up hope. They're now just doing their best not to sink any further, struggling to stay afloat ... I'd say hoping to stay afloat. But like I said, hope has died for these people.

Even the Centre Link employees seem to have given up hope.

I guess it would be depressing working in a Centre Link office. Being surrounded by that desperate despair. No sign of hope unless it's gone there to die.

Everyone just goes about their business, doing their best to hide their despair, praying that no one will notice.

Work and Exercise

I can't believe the difference four days of walking has made to my weight ... even with the weekend and the associated heavy drinking that's in the middle of those four days.

Yesterday I realized that I now HAVE to wear a belt with my pants. In the past I've been able to get away with not wearing a belt if I couldn't be bothered with it.

Not anymore!

But while this job is a good way for me to get regular exercise without having to get a gym membership (hey, no I can save money on that in the new year), it's not so good for my bung knee.

Yeah. I apparently have a dodgy knee. I don't know why or how. But after a couple of days of walking around town, knocking on doors all day it gets really sore and stiff and I can barely move it.

It's really annoying.

Not to mention painful.

And ... yeah, I don't know what else.

I just really hope it doesn't get any worse today.