Woke up with a bit of a start this morning, as my body could really use more rest. I ended up reading more of a book last night and before I knew what the time was, it was already 1am. Not sure how I managed to get up and get ready so quickly but I think it may have to be that I missed out on my morning cup of coffee that helped things move along so quickly. I also noticed that outside was very foggy and that you couldn't really see the house next door. Somehow I managed to make it to the train station on time to meet up with my friend. When we did meet up all we started to talk about is the Star Trek movie which we saw the night before and how much we've enjoyed it. I mentioned that there was one scene in which Benedict's character was teleported to a place and all I kept thinking was... "That's the poster!"
When we caught the train we noticed once more that there was less people then there usually was, so it did feel a little odd without having to shove or jump over people for seats. While on the train Rocio gave me my birthday present, which is is a ticket to see a few comedians on Saturday night. Which would explain why she wanted me to keep Saturday evening free. Haven't been to see a comedy show in a while so not only it will be a great night out with a friend, but we'll have people entertaining us instead of us being the entertainment. Before I got off at Town Hall Station she reminded me that there will be an eclipse on today at 9am to make sure I at least see a glimpse of it.
When I got into work I noticed that a few people had already arrived and had started on their work. I mentioned that I was going to message our manager to see if it was OK for me to duck out for about 10 minutes or so at 9am so I could see the eclipse which was happening at that time. She messaged me back to say she wasn't going to be in today as she still wasn't feeling well and that if I wanted to go out for a bit that was Ok by her. But then she messaged everyone and said that we could all go outside and have a half an hour meeting while we have a look at the eclipse.
So by the time 9am arrived we all walked over to Darling Harbour to watch the eclipse. What I didn't know at the time that it was only a little partial eclipse, but either way it was good to get out and enjoy the sunshine even if it was for half an hour or so. I ended up buying a hot chocolate on the way back to help warm me up a little bit more.
Not much really happened throughout the day as it's Friday and everyone seems a little quiet trying to concentrate on a Friday as not many felt like doing any work with the weekend so close. Somehow we managed to get a lot of things done, and I really surprised myself with the fact that I managed to keep a lot of the emails down without them piling up like they were before.
At lunchtime Gloria and I headed over to Nandos for lunch and it was her treat as a birthday treat for me. Since we left lunch a little earlier than usual it was packed when we arrived, but managed to quietened down after about 10 minutes or so. We just chatted about the usual things and about what we were going to do over the weekend. One the way back we passed a flower shop and I was somewhat tempted to buy a pot plant, but then I realised that once I pack up my desk I'll be taking my Dexter plant back home with me. So there wasn't any real point in buying a plant for myself.
Later in the afternoon a bunch of accounts people gathered to say goodbye to one of the temps who was leaving us. She had been with us since February of this year and managed to get a whole bunch of annoying invoices out of the way, but she managed to find a full time job. Not long after that it was time for our usual Friday get together within the kitchen, where the monthly awards were given out. I didn't win once again, but it's funny how even though I never win each month I am coming second on the list for the whole of accounts.
One of the guys from Corporate announced that it had been one of his team members birthday on Wednesday, which is when everyone gave around of applause. Then Nick from my team wanted to announce that it will be my birthday on Sunday, and everyone continued their clapping.
Nothing much happened after that. I went home and finished off the book which kept me up awake till the early hours of the morning. Ended up annoying me a little that it really didn't have a good plot. While reading the book Frank called me over to show me the guy from the Cowboys who kinda looks like my brother. So we've all nicknamed him Wayne now, so whenever he appears on the TV we now say that my brother is on TV.
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