Work continues to suck. I have a new boss since Monday. On Thursday, another person is gonna move into our already cramped office. We get to have even less space to work. We won't get any help (I still work for 1.4 people), because they used the 40% my coworker reduced somewhere else. Not where they need to, mind you. Not that they told us where. They tell us nothing anyway. I swear I get more usefull information from having lunch with coworkers/people from adjecent departments than I ever get told the official way. Turns out, one person is moving to Hong Kong for work. I know that only because I had lunch with him in the canteen.

I so need a new job. All this stuff just shows me that they don't appreciate our work at all. The people there are totally helpless without us assistants, but yeah, let's piss us off. They are all very intelligent, but have trouble finding envelopes on their own. My new office mate is similiarly pissed off. She actually told our new boss that as soon as she finds a new job, she's out of there.

Today I spent hours clicking on online job ads, but I haven't found something worth applying for. I think I need to go the job placement agency route again. It's probably easiest and fastest. I don't really have time to surf the net every day to look for a new job.

And I still haven't found a new roommate. Blergh! My life could do with a little less sucking.

I bought myself a new computer. I'm writing this on my new MacBook Pro 13''. It's awesome and pretty and so shiny! Although I'm trying not to touch the screen as much as possible, I'm pretty sure if need be they could pull my fingerprints off it without problems. The wireless capability is nifty. I managed to pull everything off my old iBook without a hitch.

Christmas was nice. Nothing special happened, my family was as loud and funny as ever. I got to see two of my cousins again. They've grown so much. They're full on teenagers now. The older of the two wore high heel shoes and makeup (she's 14). I couldn't even walk in those shoes. Kids these days. They grow up so fast!

Work still sucks. I need to start thinking about what I really want to do and getting a new job. I had my performance appraisal on Tuesday. It wasn't bad, it was pretty much the same as last year. The thing is it was so impersonal and failed to take into account my actual performance, it was a huge letdown. I swear, if there wasn't my name on top, you would have no idea it was mine. It's just not motivational at all.

I obviously could have started to think about all that this long weekend, but I didn't, because I'm great at procrastinating. If only I could put that on my CV ;-)

Loved the fall finale of Glee. Can it be April, like now?

I was sick again this week. I think it's because my coworker only works 60% since September. Because I basically do 140%, I'm tired all the time and lack energy. I need to take this up with my boss. I can't go on like this. Why is so hard to ask for help?

I still haven't found a new roommate. There were a few that were interested, but a lot of them never showed up for our meetings. It's really annoying. There must be someone out there, who I like and who wants to live with me, right?

More Pictures from Marrakech

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We had a great hotel in Marrakech, maybe the nicest of the whole trip. Many of the group I traveled with had diarrhea/issues with digestion. My roommate for this trip had it worst of all. From Marrakech onward she was weak, had fever and diarrhea and spent the whole time in bed.

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After a night in the worst hotel room I've ever slept in, it was time for another journey by bus to Marrakech.

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I'm sick. I don't know whether it's just a normal flu or swine flu. I don't have a fever, but I have 5 of the symptoms on the NHS list (unusual tiredness, headache, loss of appetite, aching muscles, diarrhea). In short, I feel like I've been run over by a truck. Unless my one day of bed rest prompts some sort of miracle, I'll stay home tomorrow.

We got up super early (4 a.m.) to be in the desert at 5.30 to be up in the dunes at 6, when the sun came up.

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Day 3 was mostly spent on the bus, with photo stops and bathroom breaks.

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Next stop was Fes. Fes never had a map that was actually factual. They have so many small nooks and crooks in the old part of the city, they advise you not to go in there without a local guide and they are not lying.

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We flew to Casablanca.

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Wow, it's been a while since I last posted anything on here.

Life has been going on as usual. I was in Morocco on vacation. Morocco is a beautiful country. The group I traveled with was good as well. No oblivious jackasses like my trip to Greece this year. I took over 400 pictures. I've weeded it down to 318 and uploaded the best ones online. I might do a photo post later. We started in Casablanca, than Fes, than went to the desert, Marrakech, spent 2 nights in Essouira and then back to Casablanca. There is a serious downside to being a tourist in Morocco and that is there are always people trying to sell you something. It's seriously annoying. Also as a woman, you feel really vulnerable. Once I went to the ATM around the corner from our hotel by myself and was immediately followed by a guy on a scooter, hitting on me and trying to find out what language I was speaking. Thankfully, when I ignored him, he went away, but it's just not pleasant, you know.

At the moment, I'm not happy at work at all. I think it's the result of the two months I worked for two. I'm still sort of tired and grumpy because of that, even though I took a week off. And starting this week, my coworker starts to work part time (60%). I'm trying really hard not to resent him for that. I mean, it's not really his fault. But I'm just so fucking tired of being the responsible, reliable one, the one that has to take care of everything. In addition to that, I've come to the realization that while the job is a challenge on a organizational level, the rest of it is boring and I'm way overqualified. Of course, now is the perfect time to look for a job in finance *sarcasm*. I'm just fucked....

I had a nice vacation last week. I chose a great week weather wise. It was almost too hot. I bought a small table for my balcony on Monday. So the rest of the week I spent a lot of time having breakfast outside and reading. Such a simple pleasure. I also got 2 massages and spent some time with my parents on Wednesday. I even got lunch out of it. My dad is such a good cook. Afterwards we went swimming in the local pond. Too bad my vacation is already over.

I got some stuff done too, I cleaned a bit, did some laundry and cleaned out my closet. I got rid of 2 bag full of clothes and 3 pairs of shoes.

They "attempted" delivery again today and noted that receiving address was closed when attempted delivery. I'm sorry, I gave them my work address and we are not closed on Friday morning. What do I need to do to get them to deliver it, sacrifice a goat? I live in the biggest city of Switzerland. There are street signs and numbers and everything. DHL is supposed to do this for a living. How hard can it be????

ETA: They apparently tried again an hour later, so I should be receiving it this afternoon. Hopeful yay!

I ordered some shoes from Shoebuy two weeks ago. Turns out they arrived in Switzerland 12 days ago. Shoebuy contacted me to verify my address. So apparently DHL attempted delivery and didn't leave me a slip. Asses! I want my shoes. I will call them tomorrow and try to sort it out.

Also, no massage today, because my masseuse is still in Poland. Hopefully I can go on Friday.

On the plus side, I took next week off. I'm so looking forward to it. My motivation is non-existant at the moment. Yesterday I was so tired I went to bed early. I slept 7 1/2 hours on a week night, which must be a new record.

I chose Morocco. It's still a long time away I feel. I'm just so tired at work. It's not that it's not doable, it's just that I'm sick and tired of having to do everything by myself. I'm thinking of taking a week off before my vacation. I only have to survive the next week, then my coworker will be back. Maybe a week where it's not raining cats and dogs.

Which brings me to the weather. My god, July was wet. Thankfully, it was also sunny and warm from time to time, but the amount of rain we had is staggering. And it was weird, sometimes it was raining like crazy in the morning, but by 5 or 6 o'clock it was 30 degrees Celsius. Well, I guess it's better than rain and cold.

I had another Facebook chat with my former classmate. It seems he is interested in me in that way. Woohoo! I told him I was too. We still haven't actually set up a real-life meeting, though.

I'm planning my next vacation. So it's either Morocco, Egypt or Thailand. Morocco would require me to take 8 days off work, Egypt 10 and Thailand 13. Egypt and Morocco would both take place middle of September, and Thailand middle of October. I really just need a vacation asap. Always these damn decisions.

I've mentioned this former classmate of mine a while back. We're still chatting over Facebook and it's slow torture for me. We're still flirting and getting to know each other, but god, I'm so impatient. I really like him. He makes me laugh. He asked for my cell phone number a while back, so we exchanged numbers. It seems like he's interested, and hopefully he can tell that I'm interested too. I don't chat with people I don't like over 4 hours! There have been talks about meeting eachother but in a joking matter. I'd very much like to meet him (haven't seen him in 6 years), but on the other hand, I'm scared that if we meet it'll be horribly awkward and it'll destroy whatever we have now. Aaargh! Why must I be such a wuss?